January 12th, 2005
Galley Reader J.B. sends in this email pointing out a stunning quote Howard Kurtz’s story:
“There was a rush because Mary felt it was a great story and she was going to get scooped on it by USA Today,” Mason said. “I think she would have done that with any story. I firmly believe if they found something about Kerry and his past, they’d be rushing to get that on the air, too.”
Obviously, Linda Mason was in Bhutan when the Swift Boat Vets were getting started.
Good point, J.B.
0 commentsJanuary 12th, 2005
If you haven’t seen this “jaw-dropping” ad from Hardee’s for their latest Monster Thickburger (two-thirds of a pound of Angus beef), you ought to view it online at Slate. As Seth Stevenson notes, “I guess if the Thickburger qualifies as food porn, the Monster Thickburger is XXX hard-core food porn, with cheese bondage and underage buns and deviant bacon orgies. I suppose it’s only natural there are porntastic ads to match.”
Not that any of this is new. An ice cream brand in Germany called Langnese has long marketed a popsicle variety called Magnum. I remember seeing an ad for it on the side of a bus–it involved a woman in a pose suggestive of an Ohio Players album cover. Nevertheless, the latest Langnese ice cream bar is the Magnum Intense Stick. Well, that’s one way to put it.
0 commentsJanuary 12th, 2005
John Ellis thinks it’s absurd to be bloviating about the CBS Report being a whitewash.
Ellis also calls the “no political bias” conclusion “the only major short-coming of The Panel’s report.”
0 commentsJanuary 12th, 2005
At least two big-paper media writers are still on the case. Read Howard Kurtz and Jennifer Harper, both of whom have good pieces today.
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January 12th, 2005
Tony Blankley has a very fine op-ed on the role of Thornburgh’s law firm:
So the lawyers hired to independently investigate CBS have a lawyer/client relationship with CBS. Presumably, as a senior member of that firm, Independent Review Panel Member Richard Thornburgh also has CBS as a fiduciary client. Thus, unlike similarly named government independent investigations–this one is paid for by, and carried out on behalf of, the target of the investigation.
It’s more complicated than that, but Blankley has all the nuances.
0 commentsJanuary 12th, 2005
That Jon Klein guy keeps looking better and better the more we learn about him.
0 commentsThornburgh's Karl Rove History
January 12th, 2005
Galley Friend J.E. sends along a link to this Professor Bainbridge post:
In my Agency and Partnership class today, I’m teaching Karl Rove & Co. v. Thornburgh, 39 F.3d 1273 (5th Cir.1994). Back when Richard Thornburgh ran for the U.S. Senate, and lost, Thornburgh left behind an unpaid bill of almost $170,000 owed to Karl Rove & Co. for services in conducting a direct mail campaign. It is clear that the authorized campaign committee—the “Thornburgh for Senate Committee”—had hired Rove & Co. and that it was liable. Unfortunately, the committee was broke. So Rove sued Thornburgh personally, seeking to hold Thornburg personally liable on the debt. . . .
There’s more. I’m sure this had nothing to do with Thornburgh’s performance on the panel, but even so, it’s an interesting footnote to all of this.
0 commentsThe Michael Bane Blog
January 12th, 2005
Welcome to Michael Bane, whose new blog should be a hoot. Michael is an extreme sports journalist, a shooting afficianado, and one of the craziest and funniest guys I’ve ever met. I expect great things from his blog.
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