Interesting discussion from the Minneapolis Star Tribune about how it was that they didn’t report on Larry Craig’s airport arrest at the time it happened: How did reporters miss the Craig arrest?
This one makes me cranky: Papers Please: Arrested At Circuit City. It’s a near-carbon-copy of Hiro’s receipt-check story, except that in this case, the guy who knew his rights and stood up to the intimidation by a security guard (and then by a police officer) ended up getting arrested.
Can you say “wrongful arrest suit”? I knew that you could.
Some Alberto Gonzales, some Larry Craig, some Miss Teen South Carolina… Lies.com Podcast 23 has something for everyone.
Kevin Drum spells out how General Petraeus has played US public opinion and the Congress like a harp, setting everyone up for a completely manufactured “reality” that Bush’s troop surge is accomplishing great things in Iraq: General Petraeus’s PR Blitzkrieg.
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