The folks at Fairness and Accuracy in Media (FAIR) have a superb timeline of media duplicity, cravenness, and occasional truth before and during the war with Iraq. [FAIR does some excellent analyses, even if they did scowl at my work in 1991. They tagged me “the media’s favorite opponent of national agricultural programs” and complained, “Bovard achieved […]
Thanks to Bill Thompson and the Ocala Star-Banner
Bill Thompson, the assistant editorial page editor of the Ocala Star Banner, had kind words yesterday for Attention Deficit Democracy. Here is his piece: Following a couple wannabes In case you missed it, America has been at war in Iraq for four years, as of tomorrow. And despite more than 25,000 American casualties and a […]
Great Torture Humor
Tim O’Regan has the perfect response to the Establishment media’s groveling to the tortured confession and the redacted transcript out of Gitmo. O’Regan reveals that KSM and his look-alike, porn star Ron Jeremy, are the “Hairy Brothers of Destruction.” O’Regan reveals: KSM supplied a type-written note that listed all of the crimes the duo is responsible […]
My Editor & Publisher hit on TSA’s Miami Killing
I wrote a piece for Editor & Publisher in late 2005 on TSA’s killing of a passenger in Miami. The link is no longer working, so here’s the piece…. Editor & Publisher, December 15, 2005 Media Docility & Another No Cost Federal Killing? by James Bovard In the weeks after the Hurricane Katrina debacle, many […]
Gonzo’s Final Straw?
Murray Waas, one of the best investigative journalists in DC, has a new piece on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s role in derailing a Justice Department investigation of his own possible criminality. Waas notes at the National Journal: Shortly before Attorney General Alberto Gonzales advised President Bush last year on whether to shut down a Justice […]
Rising Odds of Impeachment
Attorney General Gonzales is dead meat. His exit is only a question of time. (I been wrong before, but….) I think the Senate Dems will not confirm some obvious hatchet man as the replacement for Gonzales. Bush has “benefitted” from two Attorney Generals who were profoundly dishonest and demagogic. No matter what the Bush administration did, […]
On Texas Radio with Brian Wilson on Thursday (3/15)
Brian Wilson, one of the best talk show hosts in the country, invited me on his show tomorrow (Thursday, 3/15) at 11 a.m. Eastern time. Should be a good chance to celebrate the Ides of March for the greatest jurist in modern Texas history, Alberto Gonzales, the soon-to-be former Attorney General. Brian will be guest hosting […]
