Cancel the rallies - this is serious! Protest next Thursday's Jackson verdict.

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Thursday June 09, 2005 · 7:21 PM PDT

2005/06/09 · 19:21

There's more, much more to covering the Downing St. Minutes Hearing next week than making sure it's on C-Span, although that is imperative and I thank Allegre for an excellent diarywith contact links.

We all know the so-called Fourth Estate has been worse than absent for far too long. Many of us worry the SCLM may have already weakened our democracy beyond its ability to recover. We watch 24-hour coverage about Michael Jackson sharing his bed with young boys while our country's own guardian is in bed with rapists, thieves, and murderers. They've already produced a couple of illegitimate wars from their coupling, and if they don't leave the bed soon we Americans may find ourselves orphans of democracy.

It seems to me that Priority One, the prerequisite-of-all-we-hope-to-accomplish, is getting the media back in the business of informing the electorate. IT'S THEIR JOB.

It's not our point of view we're fighting for any more. It's our country. [more after the break] Read More

Why does the NYT hate America?

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Saturday May 21, 2005 · 3:05 PM PDT

2005/05/21 · 15:05

When did Karl Rove become Editor in Chief of the NYT?

You've all seen Armando's front page piece on Karzai wanting control over US forces. Well, guess what the pundits will discuss when Afghanistan comes up during tomorrow's Sunday talk shows? Guess what the MSM will focus on when Karzai visits next week?

Here's a hint: Tomorrow, the Sunday Times' lead international story is not Karzai's outrage over the abuse and his insistence on the return of all Afghani prisoners as well as command of the military presence in his country. No! That is story two, "Army Faltered in Investigating Detainee Abuse".

The lead story, story one, which apparently "leaked" nearly ten days ago, appears under the headline, "U.S. Memo Faults Afghan Leader on Heroin Fight"

Congrats, Karl, for getting this story developed in time to screen the bad news you knew was coming. No more after the break.

Exclusive: in 1999, candidate Bush wanted to invade Iraq

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Thursday October 28, 2004 · 1:00 AM PDT

2004/10/28 · 01:00

Just posted by GNN: Long time Bush family friend and ghostwriter shares insights from 20 interviews with candidate Bush: Bush Wanted To Invade Iraq If Elected: GNN exclusive by Russ Baker

"He was thinking about invading Iraq in 1999," said author and journalist Mickey Herskowitz. "It was on his mind. He said to me: `One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief.' And he said, `My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it.' He said, `If I have a chance to invade....if I had that much capital, I'm not going to waste it. I'm going to get everything passed that I want to get passed and I'm going to have a successful presidency."

"He told me that as a leader, you can never admit to a mistake," Herskowitz said. "That was one of the keys to being a leader."

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