September 10, 2006

Bias or Bad Day?

The "above the fold" stories in today's (paper versions) New York Times and Washington Post:

New York Times:

At a Secret Interrogation, Dispute Flared Over Tactics, about the internal debate among the CIA, FBI and other agencies about the legalities and utility of "harsh interrogation tactics" (aka "torture).

To Hold Senate, GOP Bolsters Its Most Liberal, about how the GOP heads in DC are trying to keep Chafee in the Senate, even to the point of pre-emptively announcing that if the wingnut candidate wins the primary, the GOP will concede RI to the Democrats (!?!?!?).

Darfur Trembles as Peacekeepers' Exit Looms, about how the genocide in Darfur continues, and could get worse if the mission of the Africa Union Peacekeepers ends (as the Sudanese government has requested).

A blub that tells you to go to the "Week in Review" section to read Adding Up the Ounces of Prevention, which discusses whether the US's counterterrorism efforts have been effective, or just if there haven't been any further attempts to attack the US directly.

At the Washington Post:

In a Pivotal Year, GOP Plans to Get Personal, about how the GOP will spend the vast majority of their campaign funds on opposition research and negative adds in order to hold onto the House and Senate in this election cycle.

Bin Laden Trail 'Stone Cold', about how the US hasn't had a credible lead to where Bin Laden is in over two years, and we're further away from catching him than we were five years ago.

Now, is this "Liberal bias in the media causes a whole bunch of anti-GOP/anti-Bush stories" or is this "The present administration has so screwed things up that even the complacent main-stream-media is starting to notice"?

Posted by baltar at September 10, 2006 12:05 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Culture | International Affairs | Media | Politics


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