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Arbitrary Justice, Hidden Truth
Purely by chance, I was in the middle of reading Katharine Graham’s autobiography when President Bush commuted I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s sentence. I had just reached the part where Graham, the publisher of The Washington Post during the Watergate era, was despairing...
A Climate Crisis Message That Works
Yesterday, MoveOn.org announced that former Sen. John Edwards won the straw poll following its Virtual Town Hall Meeting on the Climate Crisis (co-sponsored by Campaign for America's Future and others). And by a considerable margin. Edwards won 33% of the vote, while...
Dr. Gupta's Bias
Michael Moore and CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta faced off yesterday on Larry King Live, following Moore's on-air criticism of Gupta's anti-SiCKO piece which accused Moore of "fudg[ing] some facts." Moore, on his website, is ably taking Gupta to task on the factual points....
Middle Ground or Firm Ground?
A new bipartisan global warming "cap-and-trade" bill is being unveiled today by Sens. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M. and Arlen Specter, R-Penn., and the sponsors are succeeding in getting the media to christen it with the coveted "middle ground" and "compromise" labels. But...
Michael Moore-CNN Smackdown
Yesterday, Michael Moore slapped CNN silly. CNN's The Situation Room ran a piece taking inaccurate shots at Moore's SiCKO right before having Moore on to be interviewed. Moore proceeded to rip CNN's credbility, and later, posted a point-by-point rebuttal on his...
Debate, But Not Obstruction
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has lately been taking a tough line on ending the Iraq war. That comes in the face of weeks of stubborn Republican opposition to any attempt to bring the troops home or to even curb President Bush’s imperial use of power to keep the...
Dingell Playing Troublemaker?
As I've reported twice before, Rep. John Dingell, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and longtime ally of automakers, has been sending mixed messages about his intentions on global warming. It's been unclear if that's because his views were evolving in a...
Presidential Pack Pushes Clean Energy Economy
As MoveOn.org's Eli Pariser predicted Friday, Saturday's Virtual Town Hall Meeting on the Climate Crisis was highlighted by the leading presidential candidates embracing a "cap-and-auction" approach to slash global warming pollution. And pretty much across the board,...
'SiCKO' Builds A Movement
Americans want big changes in our heath care system. And now Michael Moore's great new film, "SiCKO," is helping to turn a desire for change into a crusade for change. Now breaking box office records in its second week in theaters, "SiCKO" conveys powerfully...
Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up
For the third week in a row, the Sunday shows go 0-for-3 for the Watchdog. None of the shows raised the possibility that the commutation of Scooter Libby's jail sentence is an act of obstruction of justice, even though the Founders did not believe the pardon power...
