Just how was Al Gore’s US slam in Saudi Arabia funded?
This article gives the details:
Odds and ends
Item 1: If you’ve sent me an email in the last couple of days, are not a troll/spammer, and have not gotten a response from me – it’s likely due to the fact that several emails I’ve sent in the last couple of days are stuck in cyberspace. I’ve been having trouble with it off and on since Monday morning and am still having issues with it today.
Closely examining Iraq war assertions
…. assertions such as “Bush has created more terrorists!” and “the terror threat has risen since the Iraq war!” Aslan over at Logic Times takes a closer look at those assertions and makes the case that they don’t have much basis in reality.
How the media manufactures a scandal
You’re watching it and reading it all over the news – the ‘scandal’ over the accidental shooting by VP Dick Cheney of fellow hunter Harry Whittington. Newsbusters gives the lowdown on how Charlie Gibson on Good Morning America tried to spin this story this morning.
The next Bush/Abramoff photo?
Time Magazine published a photo (click through the ones on that page) this past weekend of the President and disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff – it was introduced with dramatic flair, as if to show that this was a “gotcha” moment from the press towards the President. Note the red circle around Abramoff’s head – in the photo as he was off in the distance a bit from the President … hence, Time having to point him out to us amongst a sea of other faces.