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Politics
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Los
Angeles - 
California
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Illinois
- "Editor
Fires Parting Shot at His Chain." ... "The ousted
editor of The Los Angeles Times [based in Los Angeles, California] on Monday
offered a scathing critique of the newspaper industry and specifically
his longtime employer, the Tribune Company [national media conglomerate
based out of Chicago, Illinois], arguing that cost cuts, a lack of investment
and an aversion to serious news was damaging the business." ... "The editor,
James E. O’Shea, left after he refused to carry out another in a series
of newsroom budget cuts sought by the publisher in Los Angeles, David D.
Hiller — 15 months after Mr. Hiller fired the previous editor over the
same kind of dispute." ... "The current showdown and Mr. O’Shea’s parting
comments made for a remarkable statement by an editor who was seen as a
Tribune loyalist and was sent to Los Angeles to calm a rebellious staff."
... "“I disagree completely with the way that this company allocates resources
to its newsrooms, not just here but at Tribune newspapers all around the
country,” Mr. O’Shea wrote in a memo to the newspaper’s staff, echoing
farewell remarks he made Monday morning in the newsroom." ... "The chairman
and chief executive who took control of Tribune a month ago, Samuel Zell,
sided with Mr. Hiller." ... "[Mr. O'Shea asserted:] "“Even in hard times,
wise investment — not retraction — is the long-term answer to the industry’s
troubles,“ he wrote, while suggesting that Tribune executives have been
unable to see the logic of anything but budget cuts."
-By Richard
Pérez-Peña -NYTimes
Newspaper
- Los
Angeles - California
- Illinois
- "L.A.
Times editor fired, "significant changes" ahead."
... "The editor of the Los Angeles Times [Los Angeles, California], James
O'Shea, has been fired over a budgetary dispute only 14 months after he
took over the post, the newspaper said on Sunday." ... "O'Shea, a veteran
of the Chicago Tribune [Chicago, Illinois] who was hired by the Times in
November 2006, was fired by publisher David Hiller after he refused to
carry out some $4 million in cuts, said the newspaper on its Web site,
citing an unnamed source." ... "O'Shea's firing comes one month after the
paper's parent, Tribune Co, completed an $8.2 billion buyout led by Chicago
real estate tycoon Sam Zell." (1, 2)
-By Alexandria Sage with contributions by Paritosh
Bansal and Kim Coghill -Reuters
Tim
Russert
- 
Hillary
Clinton - 
Barack
Obama
- Civil
Rights - 
History
- Politics
- 2008
Election - Illinois
- "Russert
falsely claimed to show "exactly what President Clinton said," aired truncated
quotes from both Clintons." ... "Summary: After
falsely asserting that he was showing viewers "exactly what [former Democratic]
President Clinton said," referring to January 7 comments Bill Clinton made
about [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and Illinois Senator]
Sen. Barack Obama, Tim Russert played a truncated quote from Clinton. In
addition, Russert read a quote from The New York Times that truncated
[2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate] Hillary Clinton's statement
about civil rights, omitting her reference to President Kennedy." -MediaMatters.org
Hillary
Clinton
- Language
- Race
- Civil
Rights - 
Law
- History
- Media
- Politics
- 2008
Election - "New
York Times Keeps Running Truncated Version Of Hillary's Quote About
Martin Luther King." ... "For the second time, the
[The New York Times] paper has run a truncated version of something
[2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate] Hillary Clinton said
about Martin Luther King that has become a major campaign issue -- even
though the full transcript has been available for days." ... "But as Josh
[Marshall, editor and publisher of TPM Media,] pointed
out on TPM the other day, here's Hillary's actual quote from the interview:
Matt
Blunt
- 
E-Mails
- Politics
- 
Missouri
- 
Computer
- Archives
- Media-
"Governor
Blunt Lawsuit." ... "A new lawsuit claims that some
of [Missouri Republican] Governor Blunt's top aides instructed staffers
to delete e-mails so that damaging information could not be released."
... "Blunt's former deputy counsel Scott Eckersley filed the suit Wednesday.
Blunt fired Eckersley last September after he repeatedly told Blunt's aides
that the governor's office was deleting e-mails in violation of state law."
... "The suit alleges that Blunt's aides repeatedly told general counsels
to destroy e-mails so they could not be turned over to the media and the
public." ... "The suit says "All emails should be deleted to ensure they
did not have to provide such damaging evidence to the news media or the
public in the future". It says Eckersley informed Blunt's aides that "E-mails
were stored for a period of several years after deletion by the individual
user and were available even if deleted by that user."" ... "The suit then
claims that Blunt and his aides "Ordered that all these back-up e-mail
computer tapes be destroyed"." -By Erika Thomas with
contributions by Wale Aliyu -KOMU.com
John
McCain
- Law
- 
Investigation
- 
Ralph
Reed
- 
Jack
Abramoff
- 
Grover
Norquist
- 
Tom
DeLay
- Secret
- 
Corporate
- Religion
- History
- 
Georgia
- 
New
Hampshire - 2008
Election - 
Television
- Politics
- Opinion
- "Ralph
Reed's New Role." ... "Eighteen months ago, the political
career of Christian right golden boy [Republican] Ralph Reed came crashing
down, a casualty of his role in the [Republican] Jack Abramoff lobbying
scandal. This week, Reed has found a new calling. He appeared on CNN during
its New Hampshire primary coverage and again last night, labeled as a "GOP
[Grand Old Party=Republican] political analyst."" ... "Reed sounded none
too bullish about [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] John
McCain's prospects going forward despite his big New Hampshire win. That's
perhaps not surprising, given the long history between the two." ... "McCain,
as chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, launched an investigation
of Abramoff's tribal lobbying that turned up a mountain of e-mails, including
some between Reed and Abramoff." ... "The e-mails revealed Abramoff's corrupt
dealings with politicians, as well as conservative religious and advocacy
groups. Reed often participated in Abramoff's business schemes, telling
him in a 1998 e-mail after stepping down as head of the Christian Coalition:
"I need to start humping in corporate accounts!"" ... "E-mails and testimony
before McCain's panel showed that Reed, who once branded gambling a "cancer"
on society, reaped millions of dollars in tribal casino proceeds that Abramoff
secretly routed to him through various non-profit front groups. Abramoff,
a lobbyist for the tribes, paid Reed to whip up "grassroots" Christian
opposition to prevent rival tribes from opening casinos." ... "Abramoff
sometimes routed his money to Reed through a group called Americans for
Tax Reform, run by conservative anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist. Norquist
lately has been attacking McCain's record on taxes, placing robo calls
to voters in New Hampshire." ... "Reed's much-publicized role in the Abramoff
scandal cost him the 2006 Republican primary for Georgia lieutenant governor--the
first rung on what was widely expected to be a climb into national politics."
... "Former House majority leader [Republican] Tom DeLay, who left Congress
and is still under investigation by the Justice Department in connection
with the Abramoff probe, predicted to MSNBC's Chris Matthews that McCain
won't fare well with conservatives in the South." -By
Susan Schmidt -WashingtonPost
Matt
Blunt
- E-Mails
- Politics
- Missouri
- Computer
- Archives
- Reporters
- "Suit
alleges illegal destruction of state e-mails." ...
"Scott Eckersley, a lawyer fired from [Missouri Republican Governor] Gov.
Matt Blunt's office, filed a suit today that accuses several top Blunt
aides of ordering the illegal destruction of state e-mails to prevent potentially
damaging messages from being turned over to reporters." ... "The suit contends
that Eckersley was fired for repeatedly pressing Blunt aides with warnings
that such orders violated state record-retention and open-records laws.
Eckersley's firing violated state law protecting whistle-blowers, according
to the lawsuit." ... "Filed in Jackson County Circuit Court, the suit names
Blunt, three former or current top aides and the deputy Office of Administration
commissioner, Richard AuBuchon." ... "The suit includes allegations about
a meeting convened last summer by Blunt's general counsel at the time,
Henry Herschel. At the meeting, the suit contends, Herschel told lawyers
for all departments under the governor that e-mails about state business
"would not have to be turned over in response to Sunshine Law requests
if they were destroyed and not retained."" ... "The suit also contends
that Blunt's chief of staff at the time, Ed Martin, ordered all staff members
to make sure they were deleting e-mails. Martin and other top Blunt aides
also are accused of orchestrating the destruction of the state's computer
backup system for such e-mails." -By Jo Mannies
-STLtoday.com
Kevin
Jeffrey Martin - Corporate
- 
Government
- Politics
- Investigation
- Media
- 
Communications
- Broadcast
- 
Radio
- History
- Electronic
- E-Mails
Kevin
Jeffrey Martin - Corporate
- Government
- Politics
- Investigation
- Media
- Communications
- Broadcast
- Radio
- Historical
- E-Mails
Ron
Paul
- Race
- Gay
- Politics
- Media
- History
- 2008
Election - "Angry
White Man: The bigoted past of Ron Paul." ... "[2008
Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Ron] Paul's newsletters
have carried different titles over the years--Ron Paul's Freedom Report,
Ron Paul Political Report, The Ron Paul Survival Report--but they generally
seem to have been published on a monthly basis since at least 1978. (Paul,
an OB-GYN and former U.S. Air Force surgeon, was first elected to Congress
in 1976.) During some periods, the newsletters were published by the Foundation
for Rational Economics and Education, a nonprofit Paul founded in 1976;
at other times, they were published by Ron Paul & Associates, a now-defunct
entity in which Paul owned a minority stake, according to his campaign
spokesman. The Freedom Report claimed to have over 100,000 readers
in 1984. At one point, Ron Paul & Associates also put out a monthly
publication called The Ron Paul Investment Letter." ... "Of course,
with few bylines, it is difficult to know whether any particular article
was written by Paul himself. Some of the earlier newsletters are signed
by him, though the vast majority of the editions I [James Kirchick] saw
contain no bylines at all. Complicating matters, many of the unbylined
newsletters were written in the first person, implying that Paul was the
author." ... "But, whoever actually wrote them, the newsletters I saw all
had one thing in common: They were published under a banner containing
Paul's name, and the articles (except for one special edition of a newsletter
that contained the byline of another writer) seem designed to create the
impression that they were written by him--and reflected his views. What
they reveal are decades worth of obsession with conspiracies, sympathy
for the right-wing militia movement, and deeply held bigotry against blacks,
Jews, and gays. In short, they suggest that Ron Paul is not the plain-speaking
antiwar activist his supporters believe they are backing--but rather a
member in good standing of some of the oldest and ugliest traditions in
American politics." -By James Kirchick
-TNR.com
John
Edwards
- Barack
Obama
- Hillary
Clinton
- Corporate
- Media
- Politics
- 
Iowa
- New
Hampshire - 2008
Election - "Elizabeth
Edwards To Chris Matthews And Rest Of Media: Ahem -- John And I Are Still
Here." ... "One of the things I'd been wondering
was whether [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate] John Edwards'
slim victory over [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate] Hillary
[Clinton] for second-place in Iowa would shift the media dynamic of the
race and get people to cover it as more of a three-way contest. In general
terms, it's already obvious that the answer is No." ... "First, Elizabeth
[Edwards] was asked whether John would be able to survive if [2008 Election
Democratic Presidential Candidate] Barack Obama won both Iowa and New Hampshire.
She observed that John had come in second in Iowa in 2004, that he had
gotten short-shrifted in coverage then, and that this was happening again[.]"
... "Now, I recognize that news orgs have a dilemma on their hands in deciding
whom to cover and how to apportion resources. And I also realize that the
candidacies of Hillary and Obama are both historic in ways that Edwards'
effort isn't. But in a general sense there's no question that the media's
treatment of the Edwards campaign has really been an ugly failure on many
levels." ... "Though Edwards had all along been very competitive with Hillary
and Obama in Iowa -- a state in which victory is supposed to be hugely
important, according to the pundits themselves -- Edwards's campaign was
never treated with anywhere near the same scope or seriousness that the
others were. The coverage has often been tinged with a snide dismissiveness.
This hasn't palpably changed with Edwards' second-place finish in Iowa.
" -By Greg
Sargent -TalkingPointsMemo.com
Ron
Paul
- 
Duncan
Hunter
- 
Rudolph
W Giuliani
- Corporate
- TV
- Politics
- Censorship
- New
Hampshire - Iowa
- 
Texas
- California
- 2008
Election - "New
Hampshire G.O.P. Backs Out of Fox Forum." ... "[2008
Election Republican Presidential Candidate] Ron Paul raised nearly $20
million in the last quarter, likely more than any of his rivals. He garnered
10 percent of the Republican vote in the Iowa
Caucuses, surpassing [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate]
Rudolph W. Giuliani. And he’s in New Hampshire this weekend on the airwaves
and the campaign trail before the Jan. 8 primary." ... "But the Texas congressman
and presidential contender won’t
be getting a seat and the table at Sunday’s Fox News Republican candidate
forum." ... "On Saturday the New Hampshire Republican party expressed its
disappointment with the decision to exclude Mr. Paul and Representative
Duncan Hunter of California by severing its partnership with Fox." ...
"“We believe that it is inconsistent with the first in the nation primary
tradition to be excluding candidates in a pre-primary setting,” said Fergus
Cullen, chair of the state G.O.P. [Grand Old Party=Republican] party. “All
candidates regardless of how well known they are or how much money they’ve
raised should be treated equally here.”" -By Michael
Falcone -NYTimes
Obama
- Edwards
- Clinton
- 
Huckabee
- 
Romney
- McCain
- 
Thompson
- Iowa
- 2008
Election - Media
- "Iowa....Once
Again Shaping A New Political Reality." ... "Let's
put things in perspective." ... "[2008 Election Democratic Presidential
Candidate] Barack Obama just won 18 delegates to the Democratic Party's
national nominating convention. A total of 2025 are needed to become the
party's presidential nominee. [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate]
John Edwards just won 17 delegates. [2008 Election Democratic Presidential
Candidate] Hillary Clinton won 16." ... "On the Republican side, if Iowa
apportions according to yesterday's vote, [2008 Election Republican Presidential
Candidate] Mike Huckabee will get 14 delegates. [2008 Election Republican
Presidential Candidate] Mitt Romney will get 10. [2008 Election Republican
Presidential Candidates] John McCain and Fred Thompson will get 5 each.
A total of 1191 delegates are needed to win the Republican presidential
nomination." ... "The way people get nominated for president is to win
the majority of delegate votes at national conventions. Measured against
the number of delegate votes needed, what happened yesterday was a small
blip on the scoreboard. Obama won 2 more delegates than Clinton. Huckabee
won 4 more than Romney." ... "But Iowa happens to be in the center ring
of a gigantic media circus. And so it becomes the main act, well beyond
what all rationality and common sense would dictate." -By
Joe Rothstein -EinNews.com
John
Edwards
- Iowa
- Manufacturing
Plant - 
Jobs
- 
Peoples
- 
Kids
- 2008
Election -
- Ad
- Money
- Journalism
- Opinion
- "Laid-off
worker voices Edwards themes." ... "[2008 Election
Democratic Presidential Candidate] John Edwards, pressing his populist
anger [?editorial opinion masquerading as journalism via Foon Rhee and
the BostonGlobe, Watch
the TV ad] in the final days before the Iowa caucuses, is returning
to a familiar tale in a new TV spot and newspaper ad -- layoffs at the
Maytag [manufacturing] plant in Newton, Iowa." ... "The TV ad is to begin
airing Wednesday, while the newspaper
ad appeared in today's Des Moines Register. They both feature Doug
Bishop, who lost his job in September 2004 and who relates his story of
meeting Edwards." ... ""This is something I'll never forget -- he grabbed
my seven-year-old son by the hand, he dropped to one knee, and he looked
him straight in the eye and he said, 'I'm going to keep fighting for your
daddy's job, I promise you that.'" ... ""You know, that stuff sticks with
you," Bishop continues. "That's the kind of thing we need in a leader in
this country. Not somebody that's going to go to a big fund-raiser and
say, 'Write me a check for $2,300, and I'll let you know you have my support.'"
... ""I want a guy that's going to sit down and look a seven year-old kid
in the eye," Bishop says, choking up, "and tell him, 'I'm going to fight
for your dad's job.' That's what I want."" -By Foon
Rhee -BostonGlobe
Dennis
Kucinich - 
Joe
Biden
- 
Chris
Dodd
- Ron
Paul
- Duncan
Hunter
- Television
- Politics
- 
US
- 
Iraq
- 
Military
- 2008
Election - New
Hampshire - "FOX,
ABC to reduce debate fields." ... "This weekend’s
[New Hampshire] presidential debates and forum will not include some nationally-known
candidates, and the chairmen of the state Republican and Democratic parties
are not happy." ... "Fergus Cullen and Raymond Buckley say the decisions
by ABC News, WMUR and, in Cullen’s case, FOX News, are inconsistent with
the New Hampshire primary’s tradition of providing a level playing field
for all candidates." ... "ABC News and WMUR-TV (Channel 9) confirmed today
that they have established performance-based criteria for Saturday night's
pair of presidential debates. Those rules could leave several relatively
well-known candidates on the outside looking in, including [2008 Election
Democratic Presidential Candidates] Democrats Dennis Kucinich, Joe Biden
and Chris Dodd." ... "And Cullen confirmed that FOX News has invited only
five presidential candidates to a GOP [GOP=Grand Old Party=Republican]
forum scheduled for Sunday night, leaving out [2008 Election Republican
Presidential Candidates] Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter." ... "GOP candidate
Paul has said that FOX News is “scared of me” and has called the network
“propagandists for this (Iraq) war, and I challenge them on the notion
that they are conservative.”" -By John Distaso
-UnionLeader.com
Ron
Paul
- Television
- Politics
- New
Hampshire - Iowa
- US
- Iraq
- Military
- 2008
Election - "Paul:
Fox News is 'scared of me'." ... "[2008 Election
Republican Presidential Candidate] Ron Paul said the decision to exclude
him from a debate on Fox News Sunday the weekend before the New Hampshire
Primary is proof that the network "is scared" of him." ... ""They are scared
of me and don't want my message to get out, but it will," Paul said in
an interview at a diner here. "They are propagandists for this war and
I challenge them on the notion that they are conservative."" ... "Paul,
the Republican Texas Congressman, was wrapping up his final day of campaigning
in New Hampshire until the Iowa Caucuses on Thursday." -By
James Pindell -BostonGlobe
John
Edwards
- Ron
Paul
- Mike
Huckabee - Noteworthy
- Journalists
- Politics
- Corporations
- Legislation
- Telecom
- Money
- 2008
Election - "Media
hostility toward anti-establishment candidates."
... "[2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate John] Edwards, [2008
Election Republican Presidential Candidate Ron] Paul and [2008 Election
Republican Presidential Candidate Mike] Huckabee are obviously disparate
in significant ways -- ideologically, temperamentally, and otherwise. But
there is a vital attribute common to those three campaigns that explains
the media's scorn: they are all, in their own ways, anti-establishment
candidates, meaning they are outside and critical of the system of which
national journalists are a critical part, the system which employs and
rewards our journalists and forms the base of their identity and outlook.
Any candidate who criticizes and opposes that system -- not in piecemeal
ways but fundamentally -- will be, first, ignored and, then, treated as
losers by the press." ... "It is very striking how little Edwards' substantive
critique
of our political system has penetrated into the national discourse. That's
because the centerpiece of his campaign is a critique that is a full frontal
assault on our political establishment. His argument is not merely that
the political system needs reform, but that it is corrupt at its core --
"rigged" in favor of large corporate interests and their lobbyists, who
literally write our laws and control the Congress. Anyone paying even casual
attention to the extraordinary bipartisan effort on behalf of telecom immunity,
and so many other issues driven almost exclusively by lobbyists, cannot
reasonably dispute this critique." ... "Yet because that argument indicts
the same Beltway culture of which our political journalists are an integral
part, and further attacks the system's power brokers who are the friends,
sources, and peers of those journalists, they instinctively react with
confusion, scorn and hostility towards Edwards' campaign. They condescendingly
dismiss it as manipulative populist swill, or cynically assume that it's
just a ploy to distinguish himself by "moving left." In the eyes of our
Beltawy press, the idea that our political system is "rigged" or corrupt
must be anything other than true or sincerely held." ... "As Digby notes
[**],
Ron Paul is going to raise more money than any Republican candidate this
quarter; he just topped the record for most money raised in a single day;
and has now exceeded Howard Dean's 2004 quarter total when Dean was at
the peak of his online fundraising prowess. Huckabee is now tied for the
lead in national polls and is leading in several of the key early states.
Yet our establishment media stars continue to sneer at these anti-establishment
candidates as though they are aberrational jokes, and there is virtually
no serious effort to understand the meaning of their success." ... "Worse,
whenever these candidates are discussed, it almost never entails any discussion
of the critiques they are making. Is Edwards right that corporations and
lobbyists dictate legislation in Washington and that this state of affairs
is profoundly anti-democratic and corrupt? Are Paul's criticisms of our
bipartisan imperial policies and his warnings of resulting financial unsustainability
(and increasing anti-Americanism) accurate? Is Huckabee's claim true that
the GOP has obliterated the economic prospects of its own middle- and lower-middle-class
followers?" -Glenn
Greenwald -Salon
Kevin
Jeffrey Martin - Corporate
- Government
- Politics
- Media
- Communications
- Broadcast/
- Radio
John
Edwards
- United
States - 
Canada
- 
Mexico
- Working
- Families
- 
Multinational
- Corporate
- Media
- Government
- 2008
Election - New
Hampshire - "Edwards
Condemns NAFTA." ... "[2008 Election] Democratic
presidential hopeful John Edwards said Saturday he wants to replace the
empty promise that NAFTA [North American Free Trade Agreement] would create
millions of jobs with his own promise to be a tough negotiator on trade
deals." ... "On the 14th anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement,
Edwards condemned the deal that lowered trade barriers between the United
States and Canada and Mexico, arguing that it has paved the way for a series
of deals that put the interests of multinational corporations ahead of
working families." ... ""NAFTA was sold to the American people with promises
that it would grow the economy and create millions of new jobs. But today,
we know those promises were empty," he said. "In all three countries, it
has hurt workers and families while helping corporate insiders."" ... "He
also told voters in Derry [New Hamshire] that those corporate powers are
in danger not only of controlling what comes out of government but the
election process itself. Responding to a woman who said she resented media
conglomerates trying to dictate the outcome of the presidential campaign,
Edwards said the concentration of media ownership has become unhealthy
for democracy." ... ""This all goes back to the same problem. Are the big
corporate interests in Washington going to decide what's going to happen
with your democracy and what's going to happen with your government? You
can't let them decide what's going to happen with your elections," he said.
"Then, they're not only controlling your democracy, they're controlling
your elections."" -AP
via -CBSNews
Hillary
Rodham Clinton
- TV
- Company
- Politics
- 2008
Election - Iowa
- 
New
York
- "In
Iowa, Clinton Is Pressed on Murdoch." ... "The curious
relationship between [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate]
Hillary Rodham Clinton, presidential candidate, and Rupert Murdoch, media
baron, flashed briefly before the eyes of Iowans on Saturday night during
a Clinton campaign event." ... "A woman in the audience rose to ask Mrs.
Clinton about Mr. Murdoch’s ownership of multiple media outlets (Fox News,
The New York Post, soon The Wall Street Journal, and various other organs),
and also whether Americans would “lose out democracy” if one person is
in control of the media." ... "And Mrs. Clinton played both sides in her
answer, responding sympathetically to the woman’s concern about media consolidation,
but also making clear that she wasn’t singling out “any company in particular”
for condemnation." ... "Mrs. Clinton, as a senator from New York, has built
a relationship with Mr. Murdoch over the years – not only due to his role
as an employer in her home state, but also because, as the hands-on owner
of the Post, he can make life easier or harder for her (and for her husband,
who has been a target of the tabloid’s gossip pages at times.) And Mr.
Murdoch has reciprocated, throwing a fundraiser on Senator Clinton’s re-election
campaign in 2006 and participating in Mr. Clinton’s annual philanthropic
conference. " -By Patrick Healy
-NYTimes
Fred
Thompson
- TV
- Business
- Politics
- 2008
Election - 
Tennessee
- New
Hampshire - 
South
Carolina - "Thompson
charges Fox News is biased against his campaign."
... "Former [Tennessee Republican Senator and 2008 Election Republican
Presidential Candidate] Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) suggested on Sunday
that Fox News is biased against his campaign, charging that the network
highlights commentators who have been critical of his run for the presidency."
... "In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," host Chris Wallace pressed Thompson
on how some conservatives have lambasted Thompson's campaign and showed
clips of Fox conservative commentators Charles Krauthammer and Fred Barnes
criticizing the former senator." ... "Thompson said, "This has been a constant
mantra of Fox, to tell you the truth." He noted that other conservatives
have praised his bid for the GOP nomination and took issue with a Fox promo
that focused on polling in New Hampshire, where Thompson is registering
in the single digits." ... "He said he is running second in national polls
and has been leading or tied for the lead in South Carolina for "a long,
long time."" ... "Thompson, in a firm, but measured tone, scolded Wallace:
"...for you to highlight nothing but the negatives in terms of the polls
and then put on your own guys who have been predicting for four months,
really, that I couldn't do it, kind of skew things a little bit. There's
a lot of other opinion out there."\" -By Bob Cusack
-TheHill.com
US
- 
Pakistan
- Emergency
- Law
- Journalists
- Human
Rights - 
Del
- Joseph
R Biden
- 2008
Election - "Bush
More Emphatic In Backing Musharraf: He Says Leader
'Believes in Democracy'." ... "[Republican] President Bush yesterday offered
his strongest support of embattled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf,
saying the general "hasn't crossed the line" and "truly is somebody who
believes in democracy."" ... "Bush spoke nearly three weeks after Musharraf
declared emergency rule, sacked members of the Supreme Court and began
a roundup of journalists, lawyers and human rights activists. Musharraf's
government yesterday released about 3,000 political prisoners, although
2,000 remain in custody, according to the Interior Ministry." ... "Several
outside analysts and a key Democratic lawmaker expressed incredulity over
Bush's comments and called them a sign of how personally invested the president
has become in the U.S. relationship with Musharraf." ... ""What exactly
would it take for the president to conclude Musharraf has crossed the line?
Suspend the constitution? Impose emergency law? Beat and jail his political
opponents and human rights activists?" asked [2008 Election Democratic
Presidential Candidate] Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del. [Delaware]), chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a presidential candidate.
"He's already done all that. If the president sees Musharraf as a democrat,
he must be wearing the same glasses he had on when he looked in Vladimir
Putin's soul."" ... "Bush was asked in the interview if there is any line
Musharraf should not cross. "He hasn't crossed the line. As a matter of
fact, I don't think that he will cross any lines," Bush replied, according
to an ABC transcript." -By Michael Abramowitz and
Robin Wright -WashingtonPost
Bernard
Kerik
- Rudolph
Giuliani
- Media
- TV
- Business
- Politics
- Police
- Government
- New
York
- History
- 2008
Election - "Regan
opens Fox's can of worms: Judith Regan's lawsuit
against Fox sets up the possibility of some very interesting disclosures,
says Richard Aregood." ... "Her most recent fame came from her role as
the paramour of the former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik,
meeting him for assignations in a city apartment intended to provide respite
for 9/11 rescue workers." ... "News Corporation owns, among other properties,
the New York Post, the 20th Century Fox movie studio, DirecTV, the Fox
Network, Fox News and the recently acquired Wall Street Journal." ... "The
Fox News chief, Roger Ailes, is a long-time Republican activist dating
back to the days of the [Republican President] Richard Nixon administration,
and a close associate of former New York mayor and [2008 Eelction] Republican
presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani." ... "Ailes managed Giuliani's
first and unsuccessful race for mayor in 1989, and Giuliani later officiated
at Ailes's wedding. When Fox News was a start-up, then-Mayor Giuliani pushed
so hard to force cable networks such as Time-Warner to carry it that a
federal judge hearing a subsequent lawsuit blocked the mayor's plan to
put Fox on a city-owned channel, calling it "special advocacy" to "reward
a friend and further a political viewpoint". Guiliani was a highly visible
tablemate and guest of Ailes and Fox at the most recent White House Correspondents'
Dinner." ... "Regan's 70-page filing, in spite of its frustrating lack
of elaboration on its most spectacular allegations, paints a picture at
considerable variance from the 24-hour news network's "fair and balanced"
slogan." ... "Her central point, which might seem credible to anyone who
has seen a Sean Hannity-Giuliani televised lovefest, is that Fox's coverage
of the presidential race is determined by its desire to promote Giuliani.
In fact, she alleges in court papers that "a senior executive" had advised
Regan to "lie to, and withhold information from, investigators concerning
Kerik"." ... "Indeed", it adds, "another News Corp. executive similarly
advised Regan not to produce clearly relevan