US President George W. Bush on Thursday sharply criticized China,
Cuba, Egypt, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Venezuela and other countries
over restrictions or attacks on the news media.
Many potential jurors in the Jose Padilla terrorism-support case
say they aren't sure who directed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks
because they don't trust reporters or the federal government.
Senior Bush
administration officials said Tuesday that they believe the
president still has the constitutional authority to continue
his domestic wiretapping program without first seeking court
approval.
He has never called for the deportation of all illegal immigrants,
but Lou Dobbs believes the U.S. could pull off such a feat if
it really wanted to. The CNN anchor, whose stance against illegal
immigration has helped raise his ratings but also fueled criticism,
speaks to Lesley Stahl for a profile to be broadcast on 60 MINUTES
Sunday, May 6 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
On his News and Comment radio show this
morning, ABC Radio Networks host Paul Harvey said “the
media should put a stop” to labeling “women and
children” killed in war as “civilians.” He
said, “It was civilians, for goodness sake, who decapitated
New York City.”
While the world's press has been fixated on the teeny-weeny
scandal over whether the World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz
helped to get his girlfriend a $300,000-a-year gig next door,
they have been ignoring the rancid stench of a far bigger scandal
wafting from Wolfie's Washington offices.
A UN conference considering ways to improve the nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty suspended its work Wednesday following Iranian objections
to a call in the proposed agenda for full compliance with the
NPT.
A non sequitur and a fallacy of composition are the essence
of scare stories circulating on major wire services today, which
report on a new study of the extent of Arctic sea ice melt.
