Anything in excess usually loses its luster.
Excess would be an understatement in this case:
MSNBC Friday announced it will present live coverage from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET Saturday in preparation for the announcement of Sen. Barack Obama’s vice presidential running mate for the November election.
The coverage will kick off with MSNBC Live at 6 [...]

One can only imagine how appreciative the parents of these children must be:

When you hear that we had nothing whatsoever to do with the injuries sustained by these children and yet stop at nothing to help them recover, it reaffirms that the citizens of this country (be they military or civilian) are some of the [...]

Will the real mood in the room please stand up?
On CBS’ “Early Show” former Clinton chair Terry McAuliffe said there was “a great feeling in the room” at the Mayflower Hotel, added: “I love Barack Obama.”
ABC’s “Good Morning America” said there was “serious tension in the room” during Thursday’s meeting, but Stephanopoulos said Obama [...]

Senator Lieberman, much like President Bush is a man I admire for his courage to follow his convictions even in the face of abandonment of his party.
Once again the Senator delivers remarks to Generals Petraeus and Odierno which only serve to reinforce my feeling toward him as an American first, Senator second:

The Senator’s remarks coupled [...]

A little Monday fun at the expense of a few major media outlets:

Good News is No News
Until about a year ago, one couldn’t turn on the news without hearing something about the Iraq War. If it wasn’t a diatribe about how badly things are going, it was about how incompetent our leaders are.
Indeed, when President Bush announced the ’surge strategy’ last year, MSNBC ran the story [...]

Helen Thomas. That name evokes many emotions in people on both sides of the aisle.
For a Friday laugh, you must read this post at Riehl World View.
I won’t include any blockquotes as the entire Q and A involving Ms. Thomas should be read at once.
Hope you had yourself a good chuckle!

Ed Morrissey, whom I believe every blog I read has linked or quoted from time to time, was invited to do a segment on CNN in regards to the Clinton campaign’s planted questions.

Well done Captain.
UPDATE: For a related story from CNN go here. It doesn’t look like this student is backing down at [...]

Nathaniel Helms at Defend Our Marines has written a very interesting piece with information on the Haditha case which I have read no where else to this point.
Buried in the mountain of exhibits attached to the once secret Haditha, Iraq murder inquiry prepared by US Army Maj. Gen. Eldon A. Bargewell is an obscure Marine [...]

Hopefully, when Chris Matthews co-hosts the Republican debate next Tuesday, he will have reigned in his spittle and vein bulging long enough to ask and listen to the answers of fair questions.
Chris Matthews had barely finished praising his colleagues at the 10th anniversary party for his “Hardball” show Thursday night in Washington, D.C. when his [...]

David Schuster in one of his finest moments. Not.

Tennessee Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn got a dose of tough journalism tonight on Tucker Carlson’s MSNBC show. Substitute host David Shuster did the honors:
Shuster: “Let’s talk about the public trust. You represent, of course, a district in western Tennessee. What was the name of the last solider [...]

Ed Driscoll has addressed the evolution of mass media in its various forms just superbly.
If you are someone involved in the information business from mass media to talk radio or the largest or smallest blog on the web, this is a must read.
The twentieth century was the high point of mass culture—or “the [...]

After all this time I find out that my research tool, Wikipedia, can be written and edited by anyone.
It’s been said history is written by the victors. However, in 2008’s presidential contest, history is increasingly being written, rewritten and argued by the supporters, friends, relatives, and maybe even the staffs of presidential hopefuls.
Every day on [...]

It is seldom that I find myself posting on an opinion piece from any publication but this particular one from the Washington Post caught my attention and read in its entirety, offers a view of newspaper journalism which I found quite interesting.
Newspaper journalism is different these days: Suddenly everyone is obsessed with eyeballs, page [...]

Yesterday I wrote in admiration a story about the executive editor of the Seattle Times chastising his newsroom for cheering when they heard Karl Rove resigned.
Apparently, it impressed MSNBC personality and former Florida Congressman Joe Scarborough, who is quoted here on what happened his first night at MSNBC, which also happened to be the [...]

Reuters writer Ed Stoddard has written an article titled “Religion and culture behind Texas execution tally”
Great eye-catching headline there, Mr. Stoddard.
Like his predecessor, Governor Perry is a devout Christian, highlighting one key factor in Texas’ enthusiasm for the death penalty that many outsiders find puzzling — the support it gets from conservative evangelical churches.
This [...]

In middle school we were taught to report the five W’s—Who, What, When, Where and Why. This was taught to us as the basics of writing or reporting.
A lot of newspapers and news outlets have strayed from the five W’s and added an “O” for opinion to it instead.
Reading this article has given me [...]

I believe this Washington Post article by Monica Hesse was meant to be her version of funny, but somehow I find it unhumorous.
Titled Fred, Fred, Fred: Thompson’s Challenge Has a Name she goes on to make fun of his name as some stupid hick from the back woods of the South.
I suppose a lot of [...]

I could have told you that without a poll.
More than half of Americans say US news organizations are politically biased, inaccurate, and don’t care about the people they report on, a poll published Thursday showed.
And poll respondents who use the Internet as their main source of news — roughly one quarter of all Americans [...]

The Anchoress has returned and I find her latest post echoing a feeling I have had for some time now about the daily news.
As I said, nothing has changed. All the stories are the same, we can simply re-file them and change the dates. It almost feels like the press and the whole world [...]

It is so nice to know that the shadow government is still in place.
AP: Government Report Concludes Al Qaeda Now as Strong as in Summer of 2001
I will offer nothing other than the above headline and the sentence below and add that whoever is leaking this type of information needs to be found and [...]

There is an update posted by Michael Yon on his piece entitled “Bless the Beasts and Children.”
It is worth a read and I found one segment of this article particularly interesting.
Update on “Bless the Beasts and Children”
Baqubah, Iraq
As the investigation unfolds more pertinent details, I’ll continue to update the story. But the biggest question rippling [...]

Judge dismisses ‘New York Times’ lawsuit
How refreshing to read the above headline today.
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a New York Times lawsuit against the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice, saying classified documents the newspaper was seeking under the Freedom of Information Act were properly withheld.
The Times sued the [...]

It really has been slim pickings lately for good news stories but I chuckled at the way it is described by James Lileks.
There is no news today. We’ve run out. Sorry; come back tomorrow. We’re expecting a shipment around noon, but we can’t guarantee it’ll be Grade-A news – could be that weird stuff packed [...]

In the early Cold War, churches and civic organizations, together with government officials, built a civic religion to help mobilize for the Cold War–a war without end against a shadowy enemy (the international communist conspiracy) who could be anywhere. So the Eagles put the Ten Commandments on courthouse lawns, and thousands of people petitioned [...]

Fox’s “Hannity and Colmes” show on May 21 featured Melanie Morgan, chair of Move America Forward, an organization that supports the Bush administration’s war policy in Iraq.
HANNITY: And welcome back to “Hannity & Colmes”. I’m Sean Hannity.
In an action that reeks of censorship, PBS’ signature broadcast, “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer”, has effectively banned conservative [...]

An analyst at the Project for Excellence in Journalism thinks so.
What happened to the overwhelmingly liberal media?

The week before last there were 45 articles and opinion pieces on religion and politics. This past week, there were 101. The Los Angeles Times (18), the Washington Post (16) led the way, with the New York Times (9) and USA Today (8) distant seconds.
Two kinds of stories drove this minor explosion in [...]

Several posts here have suggested that the NY Times is not to be trusted when it comes to news and commentary on the US war in Iraq. Has NY Times coverage always been biased against the war? Let’s look at opinion and news pieces published in early 2003.
First off, the Times prominent columnist, [...]

Why this is important to know from a presidential candidate is beyond me.