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read this. you know randi better than i http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view_article.php?article_id=28286

In the U.S. we're proud of the freedoms that so many soldiers have died to protect. One of those freedoms is freedom of the press which keeps ordinary Americans aware of what is happening in the world and in our country. It's a right that our forefathers thought essential to the Democratic...

Yesterday, I saw at least a 1-hour program dedicated to attacking the NY Times for publishing news. It couldn't be much clearer that Faux News would greatly prefer a press in which they are the only parties free to say what they want. The attacks were jingoistic, emotionally laden...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060419/pl_nm/bush_mcclellan_dc_1 That's two that have left this administration. Has any previous administration lost spokespeople like this? I don't recall any, but I haven't been paying attention until the last few years. It must suck to have job where you have to...

Seriously, I am sooooooo relieved. Since we as a nation are going so far out of our way to demonstrate our sensitivity to our Muslim brethren, we've been able to avoid catching all sorts of hell over the collective outrage. Oh, wait, no we haven't. I'm a bit offended by their insensitivity to...

According to a study done at UCLA, there is a definite, though moderate, liberal bias in the press. http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6664 Excerpt: I'm not sure I entirely buy their methodology; but I don't know enough about it to say for sure where the flaws are.

Let's hear it for truth and credibility. Got a couple minutes, Armstrong Williams?

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Eagan (MN) Blogger Fans Canadian Scandal I've learned something today about the (lack of) freedom of the press in Canada. From the Star Tribune article: edited to add this quote:

Jounalistic integrity is dead. It's all about being the first to get the most sensational story published, getting the highest ratings, selling the most newspapers, and landing the most high-profile interviews. Facts, truth, and ethics are completely meaningless. There are no checks and...

http://themoderatevoice.typepad.com/blog/2004/10/fox_newsor_fox_.html An apology is not enough -- someone needs to be fired.

http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20040143.txt January 16, 2004 Release Number: 04-01-43 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DETAINEE TREATMENT INVESTIGATION BAGHDAD, Iraq – An investigation has been initiated into reported incidents of detainee abuse at a Coalition Forces...

This isnt about Bush. they do it with all the prez's. I just notcied it the other day when GW was in the Rose Garden. It bothers me how the prez is on a first name basis wh the reporters. AND I understand its the same reporters who often travel with the prez. Isnt this an inappropriate...

Darn I missed the show but the transcipt is here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4179618/ One gem: "I'm a war president."

This from "This is London": http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/7683440 Can international journalism be this gullible? Didn't the Raelians use up their 15 minutes two years ago? I have a hard time believing that ClonAid has actually done *anything* let alone research. I'm sure when...