[JohnHuang2]

Bedtime for me. Have a nice day, everyone.

[MistyCA]

John! Where on earth have you been? Gosh...at first I thought you were not pinging me anymore and I was about to get hurt feelings when I noticed you weren't even posting! Glad to see you back!!!!!!! You see? You are missed when you don't send out your giant sized mega ping! :)

[MistyCA]

Oops! I posted to bunny on the wrong thread and now I will have to delete it or be forever embarrassed! LOL :)

[b4its2late]

Good job John......

By the way (and I know you already know this), it's

NEWSWEAK

[b4its2late]

Just the facts, or Yellow Journalism?

Okay, let's make it

NEWSWEAK

[RottiBiz]

I'll tell ya what this tempest in a teapot is about: It's the press's on-going effort to cripple the Bush administration politically, and to profit financially from the tragedy of 9/11. That's what. Nothing more complicated than that.

You are absolutely right, as usual, John.

The media are in a frenzy to bring down the President's approval in any way they can. It seems that every day there's another "smoking gun" headline that turns out to be just another hit piece on the Bush Administration.

I have grown weary of it all. Even here on Free Republic, Bush bashers have come out in droves.

The F.B.I. agent who wrote the Phoenix memo labled it "routine;" yet, we have had weeks of "Did the F.B.I. Fail to Prevent 9/11?" This week it's "Did the C.I.A.?"

I personally believe the media are out to demoralize those in the intelligence community and divert their attention from the important work they have to do.

At the same time, the democrats want to drag these same people in front of endless congressional committees so they can be bashed publicly.

That will REALLY help to keep us safe! I am totally disgusted.

[blackie]

Right-on John !!

Freedom Is Worth Fighting For !!

Molon Labe !!

[browardchad]

Aside from "Yellow Journalism," the Newsweek story underlines the major weakness of our news media: laziness. The two print giants -- NY Times and Washington Post -- do the investigative reporting, and the balance of the media parasitically rehashes and regurgitates their work.

I remember watching Fox News one morning, in the thick of the battle in Afghanistan, and the foreign correspondent in Islamabad was reporting, verbatim, a New York Times front-page article of that day. I remember thinking "All that money spent in positioning this guy, bodyguards, security, satellite links, etc. -- and he's parroting a story from a U.S. paper -- unbelievable!"

With reference to the CIA story in the NYT, Fox News picked up on it back in October, I believe -- and are now chortling with self-congratulatory glee that they "reported it first."

The most frustrating thing about this news monopoly is that there is so much room for refutation and analysis in the Times and Post stories -- heck, sometimes even re-arranging the graphs, so artfully edited to present a certain slant -- can, and does change the entire story in some instances. In other cases, you'll find NYT stories on a related topic -- separated by months -- that use the same facts with entirely different twists.

Maybe these other so-called "journalists" don't have the sources or the clout of the NY and DC giants, but if they would get up off their smug and lazy butts, and actually do some research, they might be able to balance the news with facts, rather than play the never-ending parrot game.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Despicable isn't strong enough a word for it, however. But it ain't working; in fact, all attempts, whether by media slugs or political opponents, to weaken or hobble this President have boomeranged -- backfired, big time, and will continue to do so.

Incidentally, the Newsweek "bombshell" is already falling apart with reports late tonight that CIA, in fact, had notified FBI months earlier than the story implied. So who is to blame for 9/11 -- who bears full responsibility?

Hey, here's a novel idea: The terrorists, that's who.

Here, here. Well said John, thanks.