The NY Times gets into the act of the mainsmear media, ignoring policies and issues

Like Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson before him, John Edwards nearly always runs late while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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USA Today: "Electability"

Jeff Cohen called this article to our attention.

USA Today attempts to move John Edwards out of the Iowa primary race by excluding him from their reporting about "electability."

The paper forgot to mention that Edwards outperforms both Clinton and Obama in hypothetical head-to-head contests against Republican rivals.

In fact, the only mention of Edwards at all comes in pigeon-holing him at 15 percentage point backing by voters in a USA Today/Gallup poll.

Here is FAIR's reporting on the matter.

Free Press Applauds House Media Ownership Act

The House has introduced a companion bill to the Senate's media ownership bill. The only thing that surprises me is that the House members can continue to face their constituents without having impeached Martin.

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Magnet and PDA Sufficient to Change Votes on Voting Machine

The title says it all.

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Story of the Day: NY Times Buries Dodd's Filibuster Victory

The story that is just as big as Dodd's historic filibuster of the telecom retroactive immunity FISA bill in the Senate yesterday is ... the NY Times buried it on page A29

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Is junk media making you sick???

Shock Doctrine

The Genius of Naomi Klein is visible in this little interview by John Cusak.

Bush Goes Private to Spy on You

The Bush administration is launching a new government agency that will rely heavily on private security contractors to conduct surveillance in the U.S.

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No Comment

President Bush has told the American people that he makes his own rules and doesn't have to tell anybody when he breaks them, he sets the limits of his own authority, and he tells the department of justice what the law is.

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Information Warfare

From 14 Die In Baghdad Blast As Gates Visits, by Hamid Ahmed, AP.

One suspect thought to be involved in "terrorist media and propaganda operations" was detained in Baghdad, along with a "large amount" of propaganda materials, the military said.

CASH STARVED FOREST SERVICE SPENDS $600,000 TO BUY TASERS

Washington, DC — The U.S. Forest Service has bought $600,000 worth of “Electronic Control Devices” without any training program, rules for use or even a written explanation as to why the devices are needed, according to agency records posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

The Forest Service has anted-up to the weapons racketeers in the Homeland Security syndicate.

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