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Cleaning Up the Nation
Austin Bay:
If Air America were a conservative radio network its corrupt funding trail and cynical abuse of a poverty program would be front page news at the NY Times and full-time mega-scandal at
Rank Materialism
Freedom. I am now the proud new owner of a Gateway 6020GZ laptop, perfect for students and others with limited means. I can now go into a Starbucks or a Barnes & Noble and look like I'm doing some
Fallujah Fonda
Uh-oh. From the Telegraph comes this exciting news:
Jane Fonda is returning to anti-war activism and embarking on a cross-country tour to call for an end to US military operations in Iraq.
Acros
John Pilger: Partner in Terrorism
In an outrageous piece of terrorist propaganda appearing on the cover of today's New Statesman, John Pilger puts the blame for the 7/7 London attacks not on the terrorists, but rather on Tony Blair:
AP Top Ten
AP's membership has decided what the top ten news stories of 2004 were. Here's number one:
1. U.S. ELECTION: After vanquishing Howard Dean, John Edwards and other Democratic rivals, Kerry seemed to have a strong chance of ousting Bush. But the Massachusetts senator struggled to explain his stance on Iraq, underestimated the sting of negative ads and in the end narrowly lost the pivotal swing state of Ohio after a campaign in which Bush, over and over, insisted he was best qualified to be commander in chief at a time of complex challenges to national security.
Or why not "the Massachusetts senator struggled over and over to explain his stance on Iraq..."? And is 100,000 votes really so narrow?
2: IRAQ: Throughout 2004, Iraq was a striking mix of bloody turmoil and tantalizing promise. Anti-American insurgents wreaked havoc with car bombings and videotaped beheadings of hostages; the death toll for U.S. military forces passed 1,300, and the toll of Iraqi civilians was many times higher. Yet Iraq's interim leaders doggedly proceeded with plans for national elections early in the new year.
Ah, the subtle shadings of the mainstream media. They're not neutral- they're on the other side. Note that the insurgents are not anti-democratic or anti-liberal- they're anti-American, despite the fact that there are many more Iraqi deaths than American deaths. This is to take the insurgent's propaganda at face value. As Western reporters, naturally their top job is to question American propaganda.
And it's well known by now that the insurgents are resolute. In contrast, the Iraqi leaders are dogged. They're not even determined, just dogged.
Later in the list, we get a classic "blame" formulation: "Soon after the [Madrid] attack, which was blamed on Islamic militants...." When will we Westerners stop playing the blame game?
(Via LGF.)
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