This Colbert issue reminds me of what Phil Graham, husband of Katharine Graham of the Washington Post said about the media shortly before he was locked up in a mental hospital and committed self-murder.
COLBERT SHOCKS MEDIA SILENT Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher The same media that's trashing Stephen Colbert gave a pass to Bush's jokes about missing WMDs in Iraq two years earlier. http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/35804/ STEPHEN COLBERT'S REMARKS TO THE PRESIDENT 'The president makes decisions, he's the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down.' http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/35797/ ... THE INTELLIGENCE WAR OVER IRAN Robert Parry, TomPaine.com Intelligence Czar John Negroponte splashes cold water on the neocons who are hot to attack Iran. http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/35707/ ... HITCHENS TRASHED FOR WARMONGERING AND BAD MANNERS PEEK -- Juan Cole writes: 'We are not going to let you have a war on Iran... So sit down and shut up.' http://alternet.org/blogs/peek/35816 -->New in Multimedia: AGAINST THE GRAIN: SICKNESS AND WEALTH Against the Grain On this episode of Against the Grain, a look at how spending money on healthcare does not create a healthy society, and the relationship between wealth and health. http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/35690/ ______________________________ *** New in THE MIX: Maria Luisa Tucker asks, why do more Americans trust the government than the media? http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/35789/ Onnesha Roychoudhuri on how Enron is still wreaking havoc: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/35799/ *** The Latest From THE ECHO CHAMBER: Deanna Zandt on how the American dream has become a nightmare for most middle and lower class Americans http://www.alternet.org/blogs/echochamber/35783/ ______________________ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM
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