We’ve all seen the pundits on local and national news programs, captivating us with their million-dollar smiles and their award-winning personalities. They are mostly white and mostly male and can be found on any television network, including the cable news channels. One thing they all have in common is that their news stories and commentaries […]
The Financial Times reports: General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s military ruler, urged the US on Monday to resolve a growing dispute with neighbouring Afghanistan over the location of Taliban dissidents who Kabul says have taken refuge on Pakistani soil. In unusually tough remarks, Gen Musharraf said Pakistan would use a visit to Islamabad on Wednesday by […]
Al Jazeera magazine (not affiliated with Al Jazeera television) raises the question of the authenticity of the latest Osama tape. The audiotapes of OSAMA BIN LADEN have become an important medium between AL-QAEDA network and the outside world. If authentic, these tapes could enable BIN LADEN to convey his opinions to his enemies and followers, […]
An interesting story from Germany which gives us some insight into how they view our leaders and their use of rendition: German police in 2003 shielded a German national suspected of terrorism by the United States from questioning by the CIA, according to a newspaper report to be published on Thursday. Die Zeit weekly said […]
Here’s a new exciting low to the ethical level the White House will go. It appears as though they are now changing the transcripts of the press conferences. This viewThink Progress: There is a brewing controversy about what exactly was said at the White House press conference on October 31. Everyone agrees NBC?s David Gregory […]
This week the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) chairman, Ken Mehlman, put out a “talking points” memo to help discredit Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame while showing support for Karl Rove’s actions of disclosing a CIA operative’s identity. As soon as I read these I realized that the RNC was in fact putting their old spin […]