Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director The general notion is not really open to dispute today that the news media of tomorrow will be very different from the news media of yesterday — but the specifics are. The challenges of operating a[Read More…]
Opinion
Palin, the Press, and Her No Más Moment
Commentary by Eric Boehlert Like frustrated welterweight Roberto Duran, who stunned the sporting world by walking away, mid-bout, from his 1980 prize fight against Sugar Ray Leonard with the memorable, muttered Spanish phrase for “no more,” Sarah Palin’s decision last week to walk away, mid-term, from her governorship stunned Beltway[Read More…]
U.S. Occupation of Iraq Continues Unabated
by Dahr Jamail T r u t h o u t “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” – George Orwell On July 4 in Baghdad, Vice President Joe Biden, who campaigned with Barack Obama[Read More…]
FBI Letter to the Editor Regarding the Terrorist Watch List
Commentary (A version of this letter appeared in the Fredericksburg, Virginia Free Lance-Star on June 30, 2009) The recent Free Lance-Star editorial (“List full of holes,” June 25, 2009) included a number of inaccurate statements—and critical omissions—about the U.S. government’s consolidated terrorist watch list. Neither the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC)[Read More…]
Putting Sikhs to the ‘Cruel Choice’
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Unless Army officials act quickly, Capt. Kamaljit Singh Kalsi and 2nd Lt. Tejdeep Singh Rattan will soon be compelled to choose between obedience to God and service to country. The two officers wore turbans and beards[Read More…]
To the Editor: Enjoyed Clapton/Winwood Concert Review, Fireworks
To the Editor: Thank you for the article about the Clapton/Winwood concert. It was the first time I had been to a concert where no one was introduced – they needed no introductions. I have a hearing aid in one ear and can’t handle a lot of noise and flashing[Read More…]
GOP Strategist Ed Rollins: Sarah Palin Looks ‘Inept,’ Timing ‘Suspicious’
Embedded video from CNN Video Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– GOP Strategist Ed Rollins echoes what many are already speculating: Sarah Palin’s timing is very, very suspicious. “Everyone’s goint to assume there’s another story,” Rollins told CNN. “You don’t just quit with a year-and-a-half to go as governor. You certainly don’t do this[Read More…]
Fox News Runs with Global Temperature Decline Falsehood
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Following allegations that the EPA “suppressed” an internal document that was skeptical of climate change, several Fox News figures have advanced the document’s false claim — previously repeated by CBS — that, in Fox News host Steve Doocy’s words, “for the last 11 years, temperatures had been dropping.”[Read More…]
Fox News Continues To Ignore Climate Science
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– During a July 1O’Reilly Factor discussion about whether “the liberal media” are helping President Obama “advance his energy agenda by spreading global warming propaganda,” guest host Juan Williams advanced falsehoods about global warming. Williams did not challenge Fox News contributor Bernie Goldberg when he falsely claimed that if[Read More…]
Dog Parks are for Dogs Who Like Other Dogs
A patron of the Park Forest Bark District running with a visitor’s sandal. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Commentary Saturday was a special day for dogs and the people the dogs walk. Thanks to years of work by the Recreation and Parks Advisory Board, a grassroots petition drive from dog lovers Pam Moore[Read More…]
