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The former head of Armys Media Relations in Afghanistan lets loose on the marketing of Osama, the coffin controversy, and engineering combat footage for NBC.
Christopher Hayes explores how David Axelrod, Barack Obama's closest political adviser, is applying the lessons he learned from Chicago's ugly racialized politics.
On February 1, USA Today reported on former NewYork City Mayor RudyGiuliani's (R) potential presidential candidacy in a front-page articlethat bore the headline "Giuliani: Can hero of 9/11 win overhis own party?" The article, which said that Giuliani was "[d]ubbed'America's mayor'after he led New York City'sresponse to the Sept. 11 attacks," discussed a leaked memothat detailsGiuliani's campaignplans, but omitted thememo's mention of a scandal relating to preparedness for terrorism.
How absurd it is that in six short years, this country has reached the point of waking up to 138 articles (as of last count, more surely posting by the minute), with variations on the following Reuters headline:
U.S. not planning for war with Iran, Gates says
February 2, 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is not planning for a war with Iran and instead is trying to stop them from contributing to the violence in Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
During a February 1 interview with Sen.Carl Levin (D-MI) about a Senate resolution co-authoredby Levinthat opposes President Bush's plan to increase the level of troops inIraq, CNN Situation Room host Wolf Blitzer said toLevin: "On the right, though, a lot of your critics are saying,'You know what you're doing, Senator? You're giving aid andcomfort to the enemy, and you're undermining the U.S. military in Iraq, who are serving there rightnow.' " Blitzer then aired comments by White House press secretaryTony Snow, who, while critical of the Senate resolution, did not say it was"giving aid and comfort to the enemy." Blitzer did not name any"critics" who actually said that Levin was "giving aid andcomfort to the enemy."
State Of Delusion The Campaign for America's Future truth-squads Bush's State of the Union address....
