The Iranian thugocracy now concedes it murdered an Iranian-Canadian journalists by beating her into a brain haemorrhage. This strikes me as a huge deal. It will say a lot about the priorities of left-wing news organizations like ABC News if they cover this seriously. But they are too busy undermining the fledgling democracy in Iraq.
SPINNING “QUAGMIRE”: The media war to undermine our vital mission in Iraq continues. What else did you expect from ABC News? The NYT uses Vietnam-word again. Meanwhile, David Adesnik deconstructs a Washington Post poll to show how a newspaper can spin any data to get the headline it wants.
HEADS UP: This coming Saturday evening at 8 pm, I’ll be giving a short talk and taking questions at the Fine Arts Work Center in the center of Provincetown. If you’re in the vicinity, by all means drop by. It’s open to all. If you want diversity of opinion, come the next night as well, when my fellow Provincetowner, Norman Mailer, will be doing the same thing, at the same time.
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