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9th Aug, 2006 6:00pm
In the wake of anti-war candidate Ned Lamont's win over Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary in Connecticut, the paper's lead editorial on Wednesday, "Revenge of the Irate Moderates," ludicrously tries to portray vengeful anti-Lieberman bloggers and anti-war activists as moderates. In what universe do ultra-left Rep. Maxine Waters, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton (who supported Lamont) quality as "moderates"?"Mr. Lieberman's supporters have tried to depict Mr. Lamont and his backers as…
9th Aug, 2006 4:48pm
     You’ve been eating healthy all week, but you could really go for a cheesy, greasy steak sub right about now. Forget about it, CBS’s “Early Show” warned its audience on the August 9 show.        “Researchers say that by eating one high-fat meal, it can actually start you on the way to clogged arteries and heart disease,” teased host Harry Smith at the beginning of the program’s second half-hour.       “In a new study, and if it’s correct, you should think twice about going on an occasional…
9th Aug, 2006 2:42pm
     Greedy BP (NYSE: BP) skimped on maintenance to make even more money, charged liberal critics of the oil industry on the August 8 “World News with Charles Gibson” and “Nightly News.” Yet NBC’s Lisa Myers and ABC’s Betsy Stark focused on the complaints of those liberal critics without airing out BP’s defense, even though the company explained its pipeline maintenance program the day before in a news conference.      “In the last five years,” complained Stark, BP earned $63 billion in profits…
9th Aug, 2006 2:34pm
Thepaper finally gets around to the story of how bloggers caught Adnan Hajj, the Lebanese photographer who doctored photos he took for the Reuters news service to make Israel's attacks look more damaging than they actually were. According to Katharine Seelye and Julie Bosman, the Times has published eight of Hajj's photos since March 2005, but reviewed them and found nothing amiss: "Times editors said a review of those pictures found none that appeared to have been changed improperly." In…
9th Aug, 2006 1:55pm
Political reporter Adam Nagourney, always hypersensitive to any sign of "harsh" rhetoric among Republicans, twitches in his front-page story Wednesday on Ned Lamont's victory over Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary race in Connecticut."At the same time, Republicans are ready to pounce on what they hoped could be a political opening presented by Mr. Lamont's rising star, during what has been a difficult political season for them. They said this could become a crystallizing moment: an…
9th Aug, 2006 1:33pm
What is so controversial about Rep. Cynthia McKinney that would cause her to losea Democratic primary racein Georgia's Fourth Congressional District? You wouldn't get many clues from Brenda Goodman's Wednesday morning story, "Democratic Congresswoman Loses Runoff for Re-election in Georgia."The Times ignores McKinney's history of Israel-bashing, her past support by Louis Farrakhan, and her conspiracy theory that Bush may have known about 9-11 in advance. Goodman does briefly discuss the "…
8th Aug, 2006 4:57pm
     You’re shopping for jeans at the mall and Banana Republic is charging you twice what you would pay at Old Navy or Sears. Quick, call the government and report them!       That’s ridiculous, you say. Just take your business elsewhere. Vote with your feet.       But that’s not the advice ABC’s “Good Morning America” gave viewers of the August 8 program when it came to dealing with “panic at the pump” over an Alaskan oil pipeline shutdown.       “If you’re a consumer, be vigilant. If you see…
8th Aug, 2006 1:53pm
Reporter Ethan Bronner does some heavy blame-shifting in his Sunday Week in Review think-piece on Ehud Olmert, who succeeded Ariel Sharon as Israel's prime minister in "Sharon Set The Stage His Heir Reacts On."Three times, Bronner describes Israel's reaction to Hezbollah's terrorist acts by using a form of the slanted word "ferocious," and continues by citing a rule of war that seems only to get applied to Israel's actions - "asymmetry." As if there are a certain number of Israelis who should…
8th Aug, 2006 12:40pm
Rachel Swarns has a dog-bites-man story in Monday's Times: "Critics Say Politics Is Driving Hearings on Immigration - Meetings Set for G.O.P. Battlegrounds.""When House leaders announced their plan to hold 21 immigration hearings in 13 states during the August recess, they said it demonstrated a commitment to battling illegal immigration and securing the border."But some Democratic and Republican lawmakers said the schedule of the hearings had only heightened their concerns that the Republican…
8th Aug, 2006 11:55am
Todaymarks the highly anticipated Democratic primary in Connecticut between sitting Sen. Joe Lieberman, reviled by the left, against anti-war millionaire Ned Lamont. Monday's front-page story Patrick Healy and Jennifer Medina, "Views on Iraq Are Explained By Lieberman," shows Lieberman trying to distance himself from Bush while justifying his vote to authorize the use of force in Iraq, and airs a discredited liberal myth that has long been a favorite in the Times - the myth of Max Cleland."Mr.…