NY Post columnist: Baker "would wash his hands in the blood of our troops"
In the December 7 New York Post, columnist Ralph Peters responded to the recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group (ISG) by comparing ISG co-chair and former Secretary of State James Baker (R) to the biblical figure Pontius Pilate, who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Peters wrote, "The difference is that Pilate just wanted to wash his hands of an annoyance, while Baker would wash his hands in the blood of our troops." Peters claimed: "Baker resembles Pontius Pilate in wanting those bedeviling local problems to go away and in imagining that, by caving in to unjust local powerbrokers, he can safeguard the empire's interests." Read more
What the media aren't telling you about the Iraq Study Group report
Media Matters for America has identified six findings in the Iraq Study Group's report that major news outlets have largely overlooked. They include: that the Pentagon has significantly underreported the extent of violence in Iraq, that U.S. officials possess little knowledge about the sources of the ongoing attacks, and that the situation in Afghanistan has grown so dire that U.S. troops may need to be diverted there from Iraq. Read more
In crediting Rep. Wolf with ISG's creation, NBC ignored differences between his findings and ISG report
NBC's Brian Williams said that Rep. Frank Wolf "came up with the idea for the Iraq Study Group after ... returning from his third trip to Iraq after having seen how much the situation there had deteriorated and how violent Iraq had become." In fact, a September 2005 op-ed by Wolf written after that trip stressed that "real progress is being made [in Iraq]" and claimed the media were not giving sufficient attention to it -- a very different picture from the dire conditions described in the ISG's final report. Read more
Blitzer continues to ask about McCain plan to send more troops to Iraq without mentioning questions about plan's feasibility
Wolf Blitzer has raised the topic of Sen. John McCain's plan to send more troops to Iraq in interviews or in panels at least once on each of the last three editions of Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer and on seven of the 12 editions of The Situation Room on which he appeared between November 13 and December 5; on the December 5 edition of The Situation Room, Blitzer asked all three of his interviewees about McCain's plan. At no point during any of these appearances did Blitzer note that questions have been raised about the plan's feasibility. Read more
Conservative media on Iraq Study Group report: "[T]he problem with Iraq is the Iraqis"
In the wake of the Iraq Study Group's (ISG) recently released report on the future of U.S. policy in Iraq, some conservative media figures are blaming Iraqis for the situation in Iraq. Read more
Melanie Morgan co-host on "Halfrican" Obama
On the December 4 broadcast of San Francisco radio station KSFO's Sussman, Morgan & Vic, in speaking to a co-host -- apparently Brian Sussman -- co-host Melanie Morgan referred to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) as an, "as you call, 'Halfrican.' " Sussman responded, "Halfrican ... his father was from Kenya, his mother's white." He added that, "in my opinion -- 'cause my opinion is your average white guy," Obama "is not allowed to wear the African-American badge because his family are not the descendants of slaves, OK? He can't identify with the discrimination and the slavery and all of that that's gone into these black families for generations." Read more
Conservatives who criticized Kerry's "invasion" of Mary Cheney's "privacy" in 2004 now question Cheney pregnancy
Focus on the Family expressed its disapproval over Mary Cheney's pregnancy, with analyst Carrie Gordon Earll arguing that "conceiv[ing] a child outside" of a heterosexual marriage is not "a good idea" because "[l]ove can't replace a mother and a father," while Bill O'Reilly devoted a segment to the "controversial" family-to-be. However, Focus on the Family and O'Reilly both criticized Sen. John Kerry in 2004 for allegedly invading Cheney's privacy when he mentioned her sexual orientation during a presidential debate. Read more
Carlson encourages Clinton-bashing on TuckerTucker Carlson encouraged Dick Collins, who took over the anti-Hillary Clinton website Stop Her Now, in his bashing of Sen. Clinton. Collins characterized her as an "ultraliberal," an "ambitious, calculating, tough politician," and an "ultra left-wing Democrat." Read more
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