Poll watching: 64% support warrantless eavesdropping
… on suspected terrorist operatives here in the US who are believed to be communicating with overseas terrorist operatives. Via Rasmussen:
Liberal newspaper: we don’t see the Iraq conspiracy
This was a refreshing change: a liberal newspaper taking a critical look at the administration’s rationale for the Iraq war, and examining each argument carefully without inserting the spin so often found in opinion/editorial pieces on the Iraq war from either side.
“… the only thing outrageous about this policy is the outrage itself”
That’s the best description of heard used to describe the media-fueled outrage over the NYTimes book promo article (using the Common Dreams link as the original link to the NYTimes piece is now a PPV link) and subsequent reporting on domestic ‘eavesdropping’ (of foreign communications made on American soil, I might add) that was authorized by the President shortly after the 9-11 attacks.
Inflating the number of celebrators of Kwanzaa?
I blogged at Right Wing News this morning about what I believe may be inflated numbers reported by the Associated Press on the number of people who celebrate the so-called ‘alternative to Christmas African American holiday’ Kwanzaa. Make sure to check it out.
Michael Barone on the MSM’s ‘eavesdropping’ coverage
He nails the overhype and sensationalistic slant to the MSM’s reporting of the NSA ‘eavesdropping’ controversy:
Media Research’s Notable Quotables 2005
Some of these will make you laugh – some will make you cry. But none of them should surprise you. After all, this is our esteemed ‘mainstream media’ hard at work to report the news — as they see fit.