Howard Kurtz has an interesting column in the Washington Post today where he has examined the response of the blogosphere to Judith Miller’s story. While questions are being asked around the internet about her security clearance that she received from the Department of Defense (see this article atPoynter Online by former CBS correspondent Bill Lynch), […]
Visions of Ohio have come to Iraq as we start to hear about problems from the polling places. Ishaki, Iraq — Less than two hours after polling stations opened Saturday morning, potential voters in the Sunni town of Ishaki were convinced the Iraqi government had rigged the referendum in favor of Kurds, Shiites and Iran. […]
Back in August when the Valerie Plame investigation was really heating up, Robert Novak tried to say he learned that Joe Wilson’s wife was Valerie Plame through Who’s Who in America. Of course the Bush supporters jumped on that because they thought it would exonerate any wrong doing. This of course was not the case […]
You think of the images of Bush and the prince of Saudi Arabia holding hands in front of the ranch and about want to puke. Bush supporters of course think it is a sign of unity between the United States and the Middle East. But what if it is just a show and Bush in […]
A mysterious letter appeared this week in the media. It was a letter from Al Qaeda’s second in command intended for the head of Al Qaeda Iraq, but its authenticity is in serious question. U.S. intelligence officials who released a letter purporting to be from an al Qaeda leader to Iraq insurgency leader Abu Musab […]
Early reports from Iraq are indicating a higher than expected turn out in Sunni areas. This could lead to a defeat of the constitution as it will take 66% of the votes in 3 provinces to defeat the measure. Iraqi officials are saying there could be some news of the count as early as tomorrow […]
Via Raw Story: Reporter in leak case to take leave of absence effective immediately 10/15/2005 @ 4:19 pm Filed by John Byrne and Jason Leopold New York Times reporter Judith Miller, who spent 85 days in jail protecting her source in the recent CIA leak investigation, will take an indefinite leave of absence effective immediately. […]
Judy Miller finally released her account today of her ordeal surrounding the Valerie Plame leak (full New York Times articlehere). I have not read the entire article in full, but have read an interesting diagnosis into it done by Editor and Publisher magazine. For the first time this clearly, Miller, in today’s article, admits, “WMD–I […]
So why isn’t stories likethis getting much press in the United States? Simple answer is that we still don’t have our press back. UNITED STATES CAUGHT IN IRAQ CAR-BOMBING Friday, October 14, 2005 – FreeMarketNews.com by staff reports It’s happened again – allied troops being caught with bombs. This time it is the Americans captured […]
In a few hours, Iraqis will be taking to the poll to either approve or reject their new constitution. Historical in the sense of it being their first constitution, the biggest story behind this vote will be the work done by the Bush administration. Is the constitution does pass, then we can be sure to […]