memeorandum: More Reuters Images Staged (Howie/The Jawa Report)

12:50 AM ET, August 15, 2006

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Jeffrey Feldman / FRAMESHOP:

'Macaca' or 'Macaque' — News breaking out of Virginia is that Senator George Allen called a person a 'macaca' while on the campaign trail. The person was dark skinned and, as it happens, working for Jim Webb's campaign. — There has been some question as to what this word 'macaca' means …

Discussion: Seeing the Forest and Eschaton

Tom Curry / MSNBC:

Donors say Lieberman will be well-funded — Supporters of Israel from both parties will be crucial to senator's effort — Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., campaigning last Thursday in Waterbury, Conn., a city he won with 60 percent of the vote in last week's primary. — WASHINGTON -

Discussion: Ned Lamont for Senate, The Huffington Post, The Agonist, The Strata-Sphere, Donklephant, Daily Kos, The Reaction and Centerfield

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Don Michak / Journal Inquirer:

Senate rivals' lieutenants launch ideological salvoes — So much for civility in the now three-way race for the U.S. Senate. — In separate e-mails sent to reporters over the weekend, top officials in the campaigns of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman and his Democratic challenger …

Discussion: Associated Press and LamontBlog

Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:

Did Cheney Go Too Far? — By insinuating that the sizeable majority of American voters who oppose the war in Iraq are aiding and abetting the enemy, Vice President Cheney on Wednesday may have crossed the line that separates legitimate political discourse from hysteria.

Discussion: Interesting Times, LamontBlog, Booman Tribune, Blogs for Bush, AMERICAblog, The Democratic Daily, Oliver Willis and The Carpetbagger Report

Associated Press:

2 Fox News Journalists Kidnapped in Gaza — Palestinian gunmen ambushed a car carrying a Fox News crew in Gaza City on Monday and kidnapped two of the journalists inside, according to witnesses and Fox. "We can confirm that two of our people were taken against their will in Gaza," Fox News said in a statement.

Discussion: Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, Outside The Beltway, The Moderate Voice, Ace of Spades HQ, Suitably Flip, Sticky Notes, CBS News and PoliPundit.com

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Reuters:
Two Fox News journalists kidnapped in Gaza: witness

Discussion: Ms Underestimated, Flopping Aces and PunditGuy

Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:

Bush Says Israel Defeated Hezbollah — President Bush said Monday that Hezbollah guerillas suffered a defeat at the hands of Israel in their monthlong Mideast war. — "There's going to be a new power in the south of Lebanon," Bush said. — The president also said the war was part …

Discussion: Times of London, Liberty Street and Power Line

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Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
Rockets hit Lebanon despite cease-fire

Discussion: Jerusalem Post and Blue Crab Boulevard

Daniel McGrory / The Australian:
Army can't disarm Hezbollah fighters

Discussion: Power Line, Say Anything, Iowa Voice, neo-neocon, Outside The Beltway and Captain's Quarters

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Arab TV binging on Lebanese death porn to incite Muslims (Update: Ynet busts CNN) — It's electrifyin'. … "The Sixth War," as in the sixth Arab-Israeli war. They've made Hezbollah the standard-bearer of Arab pride. Quote: … And this despite the fact that Sunni governments like Saudi Arabia …

Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ, Slublog and The Sundries Shack

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BBC:
Step up extremism fight - Kelly

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Janet Daley / Telegraph:
'Fascistic' is the right word for Islamic fundamentalism

Discussion: The Corner, Blue Crab Boulevard and Jerusalem Post

Ben Webster / Times of London:

Muslims face extra checks in new travel crackdown — THE Government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a screening system that allows security staff to focus on those passengers who pose the greatest risk. — The passenger-profiling technique involves selecting people …

Discussion: Riehl World View, The Irish Trojan's Blog, Ace of Spades HQ, GroupIntel and Wizbang

Yael K / Step-by-Step:

Pres. Ahmadinejad trying to infect Israelis with web viruses? — Information forwarded to me: — The Iranian president, Ahmadinejad, has opened his very own blog. You can read the news here. Wouldn't it be nice to pay him a visit and tell him what you think about his terror-supporting regime?

Discussion: BBC, Liberty and Justice, Daimnation! and Little Green Footballs

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Associated Press:
Iranian Censors Clamp Down on Bloggers

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Spencer Ackerman / American Prospect:

A Hawk for All Seasons — When it comes to foreign policy, Joe Lieberman's hawkish consistency is the hobgoblin of a little mind. — It took all of two days for Joe Lieberman to jettison the high-minded justifications for his post-primary campaign against Democratic Senate nominee Ned Lamont.

Discussion: Hullabaloo, american footprints, Middle Earth Journal, Needlenose, The Next Hurrah, The Carpetbagger Report, Eschaton and Connecticut Local Politics

Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:

Defeatism and attacks on the Commander-in-Chief during a time of war — We have a rule in our country that "attacking the Commander-in-Chief during a time of war" helps The Terrorists and emboldens our enemies. Joe Lieberman put it this way: "in matters of war, we undermine presidential credibility at our nation's peril."

Discussion: Democrats.com, Liberty Street, Middle Earth Journal and Nitpicker

White House:

Press Briefing by Tony Snow — White House Conference Center Briefing Room — MR. SNOW: Let me run you through a bit of what's going on with the President's day. Then we will get to questions. First, let me — I'll run through the President's day. — He is meeting right …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, Don Surber, The Fix, Bring it On!, First Draft, Political Animal, Outside The Beltway, LamontBlog, Hullabaloo, IntoxiNation and Connecticut Local Politics

Michael J. Totten:

The Storm Before the Calm — The events in this essay took place on August 11 and 12. — METULLA, ISRAEL - Israel scrapped the proposed ceasefire agreement on August 11 and launched a full-scale ground invasion of Lebanon. Presumably the Israeli Defense Forces wanted to rapidly snap …

Discussion: One Hand Clapping, The Jawa Report and TigerHawk

Media Matters for America:

Media Matters to CNN: Will anchor Roberts be disciplined for suggesting Lamont is "the Al Qaeda candidate"? — Dear Messrs. Klein and Santos: — I am writing to express my great concern over an incident that occurred on your network Friday, August 11, 2006.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, My Left Nutmeg and AMERICAblog

Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:

Saint Maximilian Kolbe, A Saint For Our Times — Today is the feast day of my favorite saint (yes, I know, Catholic alert!), Father Maximilian Kolbe. The patron saint of journalists, families, and prisoners died in Auschwitz in 1941, taking the place of another selected for death.

Discussion: Steve Janke, Nitpicker, The Florida Masochist and RIGHTWINGSPARKLE

DarkSyde / Daily Kos:

Perspective: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Get a Grip — I know there are millions of brave, decent conservatives. My apologies to those folks for the following. But good grief, when did the Republican Party become infested with what sound like so many loud, whining cowardly pundits?

Discussion: Right Wing News, unfutz and Liberal Values

Maria Aspan / New York Times:

Ease of Alteration Creates Woes for Picture Editors — The recent discovery that a Lebanese freelance photographer, Adnan Hajj, had manipulated pictures he took for Reuters has raised questions about the standards of photojournalism at a time of widespread digital photography.

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard, MediaShift and Media Blog