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Tim Lambert / Deltoid:
The Washington Post's war on Gore — In my post on the decision by Justice Burton to allow the showing of An Inconvenient Truth because it was "broadly accurate" I listed some of the reporters who wrongly claimed that the judge decided that AIT had nine errors. Mary Jordan's story was particularly bad.
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
The Trivial Pursuit — Yesterday began with the gratifying news that Al Gore, derided by George H.W. Bush as the "Ozone Man," had won the Nobel Peace Prize. — The first thing media types wanted to know was whether this would prompt Mr. Gore to elbow his way into the presidential campaign.
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Bjorn Lomborg / Boston Globe:
An inconvenient Peace Prize
An inconvenient Peace Prize
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Sanchez' Message — It seems that half of the message retired General Richard Sanchez intended to deliver missed the cut at most newsrooms, and with most bloggers. Typical among the reports of his blistering oration is the front-page treatment given by the Washington Post's Josh White …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
A TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST — If the Bush administration gets attacked, the press will report it. But what if someone attacks the press? If the attack goes unreported, did it ever really happen? — Today General Ricardo Sanchez gave a speech to the Military Reporters and Editors' annual conference …
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
SANCHEZ AND THE PRESS....Matt Yglesias takes note of former Lt. Gen. Rick Sanchez's Friday blast at everyone but himself over our failure in Iraq, but then says: … Actually, not quite. It's true that Sanchez didn't pretend that things are going well in Iraq, but he actually spent the entire …
New York Times:
Analysts Find Israel Struck a Nuclear Project Inside Syria — Israel's air attack on Syria last month was directed against a site that Israeli and American intelligence analysts judged was a partly constructed nuclear reactor, apparently modeled on one North Korea has used to create its stockpile …
New York Post:
THE NEW YORK CRIMES — MEDAL OF DIS-HONOR FOR THE GRAY LADY — The posthumous award of the nation's highest battlefield honor to a Long Island war hero has become an other black mark for the Gray Lady. — The New York Times carried not a whisper of news yesterday about the bestowal …
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Former CEO Says U.S. Punished Phone Firm — Qwest Feared NSA Plan Was Illegal, Filing Says — A former Qwest Communications International executive, appealing a conviction for insider trading, has alleged that the government withdrew opportunities for contracts worth hundreds of millions …
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
The Speech He Needs to Give — Giuliani and social conservatives. — Rudy Giuliani has a problem. It's bigger than he imagines and could doom his presidential prospects. The problem is his pro-choice position on abortion. It's one he cannot finesse by simply saying he "would keep the balance exactly where it is now."
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Sharia By The Inch — Islamofascism: In a monumental nod to political correctness, the Empire State Building is to be lit up green in honor of the Muslim holiday Eid. The separation of Islam from terror is officially complete. — Six years ago, Islamic terrorists screamed "Allah is Greatest! …
Chuck Simmins / America's North Shore Journal:
Spc. Rachael L. Hugo … Milwaukee Journal Sentinel … Wisconsin State Journal … Channel 3000 … Channel 3000
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
Davis suffers setback in Senate quest — Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) suffered a setback today for a future Senate campaign, as the Virginia GOP's Central Committee opted to select the party's nominee through a convention, not a primary. — The state's 85-member committee, comprised of GOP activists …
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
At an Army School, Blunt Talk on Iraq — FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Here at the intellectual center of the United States Army, two elite officers were deep in debate at lunch on a recent day over who bore more responsibility for mistakes in Iraq — the former defense secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld, or the generals who acquiesced to him.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Sparrows Prefer Classical Music — And they know from melody: … Alex Ross's book of essays on twentieth century music, "The Rest Is Noise," can be found here.
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The Corner:
Thy Will Be Done — Good Catholics support government-run health care, or at least the expansion of SCHIP, say some activists in Detroit—and it sure sounds like the archdiocese office is egging them on:
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