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Morning headlines brought to you by Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com Top Story Senate to take another stab at Iraq war
WASHINGTON - After weeks of watching their counterparts in the House make headway on anti-war legislation, Senate Democrats say it is their turn to put their members on record on whether President Bush should pull U.S. combat troops out of Iraq. The Radical Fringe
The WorldBush protesters, police clash in Mexico
MEXICO CITY - Hundreds of demonstrators marched to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City on Tuesday, attacking riot police with concrete blocks, metal bars and firecrackers and tearing down barricades to protest the visit of President Bush.
Quiet Food Revolution Under Way In Britain
In recent months, evidence of a revolution in England's eating has multiplied. Supermarkets and major retailers are rapidly expanding their fair-trade offerings, and sales last year were up 46 percent from 2004. Is ethical eating taking off?
European politics turn green
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - British opposition leader David Cameron rides a bike to work. German Chancellor Angela Merkel switches to low-energy lightbulbs. Pro-business French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy promises to double taxes on polluters.
World population boom likely by 2050
The world s population will likely reach 9.2 billion in 2050, with virtually all new growth occurring in the developing world, a U.N. report said Tuesday. The NationGonzales rejects calls for resignation
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales rejected growing calls for his resignation Tuesday as scores of newly released documents detailed a two-year campaign by the Justice Department and White House to purge federal prosecutors.
Alberto Gonzales's Role in the Plame Cover-Up
When (then-White House Counsel Alberto) Gonzales first learned that the Justice Department had started an official investigation into the Plame leak, Gonzales waited twelve hours before putting the White House staff on notice that they had to preserve documents and electronic files. Which seemed than -- and seems now -- like an open invitation to "shredding and deleting," not to mention getting your story straight. In short, obstruction of justice.
Thanks to Crooks and Liars. —Caro
Bush removal ended Guam investigation
WASHINGTON -- A US grand jury in Guam opened an investigation of controversial lobbyist Jack Abramoff more than two years ago, but President Bush removed the supervising federal prosecutor, and the probe ended soon after… (I)nvestigators were looking into Abramoff's secret arrangement with Superior Court officials to lobby against a court reform bill then pending in Congress.
Uh-oh ... Bush got Iglesias axed.
There's a sub-issue emerging in the canned US Attorneys scandal: the apparently central role of Republican claims of voter fraud and prosecutors unwillingness to bring indictments emerging from such alleged wrongdoing… The very short version of this story is that Republicans habitually make claims about voter fraud. But the charges are almost invariably bogus. And in most if not every case the claims are little more than stalking horses for voter suppression efforts. Mediahttp://www.mediachannel.org/out.php?url=http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/03/13/dan-rather-journalism-has-lost-its-guts/">Rather: Journalism Has 'Lost Its Guts'
During his keynote at South by Southwest Interactive, Dan Rather said American journalists "have become lapdogs to power."
That’s Dan Rather in 2007. But in 2003, he said: “George Bush is the president, he makes the decisions, and, you know, as just one American, he wants me to line up, just tell me where.” —Caro
Anderson archive reveals a gloves-off style of newsgathering
A memo in Jack Anderson's files addresses rumors about Richard Nixon being treated at a hospital for mental illness and discusses "how to get some nurses at this institution drunk and seduce them to get them to talk about Nixon being hospitalized there," says Anderson biographer Mark Feldstein. "The methods that the reporters were using -- not the kind of thing I teach in my journalism classes -- are a fascinating window into the kind of old-school, Front Page tactics that really were not uncommon in an earlier era."
Why Drudge Matters
Watch how Drudge is used as a news driver by the various Republican (and Democratic) campaigns as they seek to disseminate negative information about their opponents throughout the primary process. And, remember that whether you love him or hate him, you can't ignore Drudge.
Talking Points Memo: “Matt Drudge is the mainstream media's assignment editor.” —Caro
Internet risks killing off the goose that lays its golden eggs
Sasha Abramsky attacks Tribune Co., then says what we all know: Online businesses like Yahoo rely on news bureaus run by newspapers and other traditional news organizations, and distribute their information free of charge. Newspaper subscriptions are canceled and the possibility grows of a news-gathering infrastructure breakdown. "If the LA Times doesn't generate news from places like Iraq, how will Yahoo, which doesn't operate its own bureaus, maintain a reliable stream of professional quality reporting? In a very real way, the internet risks killing off the goose that keeps laying its golden eggs." Technology & ScienceHouseholds to get coupons for digital TV switch
WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - Brushing aside congressional suggestions that the nation is ill-prepared for the conversion to digital TV in 2009, the Department of Commerce on Monday unveiled its plan to help subsidize the switchover from analog.
Experts close the lid on 'suitcase nukes'
Jack Bauer may lose 24 hours of sleep worrying about suitcase nukes, but should his viewers? Probably not, nuclear weapons experts say. Nuclear bombs cleverly concealed in suitcases don't exist in real life. Even so, they have long been a popular Hollywood plot point.
GMO corn causes liver, kidney problems in rats: study
PARIS (Reuters) - Environmental group Greenpeace launched a fresh attack on genetically modified maize developed by U.S. biotech giant Monsanto, saying on Tuesday that rats fed on one version developed liver and kidney problems.
Just as I would be suspicious of a study funded by Monsanto finding the opposite, I have to wonder about this one funded by Greenpeace. —Caro
New Images: Huge Seas on Saturn's Moon Titan
A NASA spacecraft has found evidence of huge seas, likely filled with liquid methane or ethane, in the high northern latitudes of Saturn's moon Titan. EnvironmentStart-Up Fervor Shifts to Energy in Silicon Valley
Former dot-com entrepreneurs have found a new purpose in transforming the $1 trillion domestic energy market.
White House seeks to cut geothermal research funds
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Bush administration wants to eliminate federal support for geothermal power just as many U.S. states are looking to cut greenhouse gas emissions and raise renewable power output. For more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com. |
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