From July 6, 2005:Today, NYT reporter Judith Miller and Time Magazine reporter Matt Cooper faced a civil contempt charge for failing to reveal the confidential White House source who leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. “The Source” called Cooper at the last minute and waived the confidentiality, allowing Cooper to testify before the [...]
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So You Want to be a Media Source…
Posted in Media, Politics, tagged Bob Novak, Deep Throat, Joseph Wilson, Judith Miller, Mark Felt, Matt Cooper, Valerie Plame on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When The Note is Wrong
Posted in Media, Politics, tagged Democratic Party, Harry Reid, The Note on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From February 2005:Alright — I admit it. I may reject most insider opinion (and who can blame me when they are almost always wrong), but I do have one very inside guilty pleasure — ABC News “The Note.” Along with The Hotline, The Note is the political Establishment’s Bible (and, unlike The Hotline, it can [...]
Forget the Fairness Doctrine, Just Win
Posted in Media, Politics, tagged Armstrong Williams, Fairness Doctrine, Fox News on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From February 2005: In the wake of the Armstrong Williams scandal, many progressives are calling for a return to the Fairness Doctrine — the 1949 policy requiring that public policy news be presented in a fair (and balanced…) manner. The FEC killed the policy in 1986, and as the story goes, its death ushered in [...]
An Optimistic Note: Why We Will Win the Party Wars
Posted in Media, Politics, tagged Air America, Al From, Al Gore, Bruce Reed, Democratic Party, DLC, Howard Dean, Jon Stewart, Michael Moore on March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From January 10, 2005: As the “party wars” heat up, the election defeats set in, and the leadership of our Party once again seems to be buying the DLC spin, there is reason to hope — in fact, there is reason to be confident — that this time, the grassroots will prevail. This is not [...]
Constructive Criticism for Air America
Posted in Media, Politics, tagged Air America, Al Franken, Rush Limbaugh on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From April 5, 2004: Like all liberals tired of watching the Right wing media empire grow, I couldn’t wait until March 31 — the day we would fire our first shot in the battle over the airways. After months of hype, “Air America Radio” debuted at noon with “The O’Franken Factor.” What followed was three [...]
Bill O’Reilly: Misunderstood Genius
Posted in Media, Politics, tagged Bill O'Reilly, Bo Derek, Raquel Welch on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From March 29, 2004: At first, I didn’t know whether to laugh or shake my head in disgust when I saw that Bill O’Reilly had an op-ed in today’s New York Daily News warning readers to watch out for partisan journalists masquerading as nonpartisans. I assumed even someone as dense as O’Reilly HAD to realize [...]
Conservative Change of Heart?
Posted in Media, Politics, tagged Andrew Sullivan, Bob Novak, Chris Matthews, Democratic Party, Lou Dobbs, Pat Buchanan, Republican Party on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From March 5, 2004: Earlier this week it was announced that the upcoming liberal radio network, “Air America,” has secured a prime spot on the dial and will be broadcast on WLIB in New York within a month. Judging from the recent “conversions” of many conservative media personalities, WLIB should not have any trouble filling [...]
