Eric Florack on November 14th, 2007

If we ever needed an indication of the way Newsweek is going, we don’t anymore.

Newsweek press release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Tuesday, November 13, 2007

MARKOS MOULITSAS, FOUNDER AND PUBLISHER OF DAILYKOS.COM,
TO BECOME NEWSWEEK CONTRIBUTOR FOR 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

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Eric Florack on November 13th, 2007

For the third time in the last two days, the website of The New Republic has come out with a decidedly “Democrat-Unfreindly” article. Here, we have one from Jon Cohn, questioning the wisdom of government healthcare, as an example.

And

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Eric Florack on November 8th, 2007

I confess that Andy McCarthy is not one of my regular reads, unless he happens to come up in The Corner.  But I have to say, that this is a GEM.. of both for the news it contains,  and

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davidl on November 6th, 2007

Tim Russert Linda Hirshman, New Republic, has put yet another liberal face on Adolf Hitler:

Oh, and for you Obama and Edwards supporters, remember the story about the man who didn’t stand up to the Nazis when they came for his

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davidl on November 5th, 2007

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“Controversial” means saying things that make liberals sniffle. Apparently a lot of Americans enjoy watching liberals sniffle.

Ann Coulter,  from John Hawkins’,  Right Wing News,  interview.

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Eric Florack on November 5th, 2007

Michelle notes that to get the story of what’s happening in Iraq, you need to turn to the newspapers… in Austrailia.

IT is whispered about at the margins of meetings, and discussed in Washington parties where rumour is passed around

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Eric Florack on November 4th, 2007

Apparently, the press is desperate to get something in the paper to push Norman Hsu off the front page, and for the ability to say “They have crimnials too”. Via Memeorandum, The WaPo is an example:

Republican presidential candidate Fred

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The more I read Joe Klein the more I’m convinced the guy is working at being stupid. Nobody could come by his level of stupid, naturally. When he opens with this, you know it’s going to be brainless:

I’m puzzled

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Eric Florack on November 2nd, 2007

On the subject of a biased press, comes Investor’s Business Daily:

Just like so many reports before it, a joint survey by the Project for Excellence in Journalism and Harvard’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy

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davidl on November 2nd, 2007

Kevin Hayden, American Street, proves the advantage of posting while sober(PWS).   The British rag, Guardian, has been publishing her list the the top one hundred most influencial conservatives and liberals all week.   The Guardian is trolling for American

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Eric Florack on November 1st, 2007

The always worthwhile Michael Yon

“Al Qaeda in Iraq is defeated,” according to Sheik Omar Jabouri, spokesman for the Iraqi Islamic Party and a member of the widespread and influential Jabouri Tribe. Speaking through an interpreter at a 31 October

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Eric Florack on November 1st, 2007

It’s as I said yesterday… the left… and this of course includes the press, is truly worried about Hillary Clinton getting the Democratic Party nod. How else would something like this appear in anything to do with the New York

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Eric Florack on October 30th, 2007

Look, let’s call this what it is:

Saying that Glen Greenwald is a drooling, lying, sock puppeting idiot, is not a political statement.  Provacative, perhaps, and arguably correct, but it’s not political.
And that goes for Greg

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Eric Florack on October 29th, 2007

Surber this morning says:

 It is the interview heard ’round the world. French president Nicolas Sarkozy walked out on Leslie Stahl because instead of asking the world leader about France, Europe, the War on Terrorism, etc., she kept bugging him

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Eric Florack on October 28th, 2007

An interesting discussion has popped up over that bombing of a nuclear target in Syria by Israel. One instance of this was at Hot Air:

Why did Israel hit the reactor now if they were comfortable enough with it for

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