King urged the Justice Department to "begin an investigation and prosecution of The New York Times," and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, asked the administration to make an assessment of damage caused by the stories.

I'm confused. How is the re-disclosure of this (it was orginally cited in a UN report in 2002) threaten anything? The only NEW thing that has come out is that it looks like Congress wasn't notified that they were doing so, and Congress may not even need to be notified? Furthermore, why are they not calling for the heads of the LA Times and the Wall Street Journal?

The bottom line is, this is bullshit. If they were honest about this, they'd be going after everyone, instead they're screaming "New York Times! New York Times!" like Chicken Little. The information has been out there and publically recommended by the UN for three and a half years. The only "threat" this news report was to national security was to George and Dick's continued tenure. The actual threat is less than zero.

Now here's a better question and it's why are they REALLY so pissed off? Since the information is of little/zero use in going after terrorists, what were they actually doing with the information? Would it have anything to do with the phone records? How about all the data they have from ChoicePoint? How about the NSA rooms that appear to be designed to monitor the whole internet?

George Orwell, meet George Bush.

GOP Resolution Blasts Times For Leaks, Measure To Condemn Newspaper For Disclosing Intelligence Program - CBS News

OLBERMANN: Wrong answer. When you are that wrong, when you are defending Nazi war criminals and pinning their crimes on Americans and you get caught doing so twice, you‘re supposed to say I‘m sorry, I was wrong, and then you‘re supposed to shut up for a long time. Instead, FOX washed its transcript of O‘Reilly‘s remarks Tuesday. Its Web site claims O‘Reilly said in Normandy, when, as you heard, in fact, he said in Malmedy.

The rewriting of past reporting worthy of George Orwell has now carried over into such online transcription services as Burell‘s and Factiva. Whatever did or did not happen later in supposed or actual retribution, the victims at Malmedy were Americans, gunned down while surrendering by Nazis in 1944 and again Tuesday night and Wednesday night by a false patriot who would rather be loud than right.

The full segment is viewable here. Thank you Crooks and Liars for posting it.

Countdown with Keith Olbermann

He also disclosed that he goes to church every week at 4 p.m. on Saturday and prays "that I will ask the right questions" on NBC the following morning.

Behold the power of prayer! (or lack thereof)

'NYT' Sunday Preview: Russert Disses Huffington, She Replies

And part of that calls on American journalism to get over reporting the Bush administration as though it were a credible source. We need to face facts.

Thank you Molly!

Creators.com - Molly Ivins

According to PTC's Web site, the group filed a total of 23,542 complaints in July (10,775 against Fox and 12,767 against ABC).That would account for all but five of the FCC complaints for the month. Let'srepeat that.Out of 23,547 complaints in July, PTC claims 23,542.

Get the feeling that aside from these guys no one really cares? (thank you boring day+FARK to find me this one)

Smut Spike All PTC's Doing

Their report into the activities of Kenneth Tomlinson said "cryptic" e-mails between Tomlinson and the White House indicated by their timing and subject matter that Tomlinson "was strongly motivated by political considerations in filling the president/CEO position."

What's next? Today Seseme Street is brought to you by W?

Public broadcasting ex-chief targeted in report

Judith Miller, the New York Times reporter who was first lionized, then vilified by her own newspaper for her role in the
CIA leak case, has retired from the Times, the paper announced Wednesday.

Good, saves them the trouble of shitcanning her. Now to see if the rest of the Grey Lady can right their listing ship.

Judith Miller Retires From New York Times

It seems to me that whatever the limits put on her, the problems facing her inside and outside the newsroom will make it difficult for her to return to the paper as a reporter.

My interpretation? "See ya Judy. Try to not let the door hit you in the ass on the way out."

The Miller Mess: Lingering Issues Among the Answers - New York Times

Other versions in Indiana, North Carolina and California, drop the final graf, but the impression to most local readers is that this is the voice of their local newspaper. Actually, it's a corporate voice, Freedom Communications Inc, and was written by a former Bush I staffer and conservative scribe now the editorial page editor of the Freedom-owned Colorado Springs Gazette.

So was this done on his own or is this yet another of those positions taken "for hire?"

Michelle Pilecki: 'Editorials' a Chorus of One

I wish we had dealt with the controversy over our coverage of WMD as soon as I became executive editor. At the time, we thought we had compelling reasons for kicking the issue down the road. The paper had just been through a major trauma, the Jayson Blair episode, and needed to regain its equilibrium. It felt somehow unsavory to begin a tenure by attacking our predecessors. I was trying to get my arms around a huge new job, appoint my team, get the paper fully back to normal, and I feared the WMD issue could become a crippling distraction.

A Message from Bill Keller: