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Tonight we'll lead with that LA Times memo their editor, James Carroll, wrote telling
his reporters to be careful about liberal bias...What's up with that? Is there a
liberal bias at The LA Times? Turn up the air conditioner because we're coming out of
the box smokin' tonight with Ann Coulter, Eric Alterman (author of "What Liberal
Media?") and MSNBC's editor-in-chief Jerry Nachman...
Memo on abortion and liberal bias by Los Angeles Times Editor John Carroll, May 22,
2003 http://www.laobserved.com/carrollmemo.html
In the B/C block we'll talk to Peggy Noonan about President Bush's trip overseas, his
mission, his body language and the possible rapprochement with the French...I love
that word "rapprochement"...You gotta say it with a heavy french accent to leverage
the full gravitas of the term...
In the D block we'll debate the 22nd amendment to the Constitution and whether it
should be modified so guys like Clinton can run again...Jonathan Turley (Impeachment
law professor from George Washington U.) says there should be no presidential term
limits and Victoria Toensing says there should...
In the Buzz block we got Fund, Margaret Carlson & Howard on the Dems fighting in Lake
Placid, NY and the ubiquity of the Clintons...Folks we got some serious "must cut"
sound from the event...Shuster and Jamison were at the event...
Join us at 7, 11 & 2 am eastern...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Bush, Chirac have 'comfortable' chat...Despite Iraq dispute, U.S. leader says nations
have 'good relations' (MSNBC) http://msnbc.com/news/918457.asp?0dm=B11ON
Democratic presidential wannabe Howard Dean yesterday ridiculed primary opponent Sen.
John Kerry as "Dean Light," accusing the Massachusetts senator of copying his ideas.
(NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/69.htm
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, lashing out at his chief rival for the hearts of New
Hampshire's Democratic primary voters, charged Saturday that Sen. John Kerry was
becoming a copycat. (AP)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63085-2003May31.html
After months in Iowa and New Hampshire, the Democratic race for President finally hit
New York yesterday, allowing Sen. John Kerry to show he has built the biggest
operation in the state so far. (NY Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/story/88459p-80572c.html
FCC eases media ownership rules Republican-led commission passes measure with 3-2 vote
(AP) http://msnbc.com/news/920341.asp?0cv=CB10
Owners of a small Georgia barbecue chain say they were just trying to help out two
Republicans - Jeb Bush and Saxby Chambliss - by supplying thousands of dollars in food
and catering services for separate campaign events last year. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=548&ncid=703&e=7&u=/ap/20030601/ap_on_el_ge/barbecue_donations
The War Over Fetal Rights....The politics of the womb are becoming ever more
personal-and complex. The Peterson murder case, changing state laws and startling new
science are causing many Americans to rethink long-held beliefs (Newsweek)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/920645.asp?0cv=KA01
Two Senate committees will investigate whether the Bush administration misused
intelligence to make the case that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and justify a
war to depose Saddam Hussein. ''People are challenging the credibility of the use of
this intelligence, and particularly its use by the president, the secretaries of State
and Defense, the CIA director and others,'' said Sen. John Warner, R-Va., chairman of
the Senate Armed Services Committee. (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030602/5204364s.htm
U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, looking for traction in a crowded Democratic presidential field,
accused the Bush administration Sunday of overzealous editing of the public version of
a report on the causes of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (Miami Herald)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/5993628.htm
Jack Straw and his US counterpart, Colin Powell, privately expressed serious doubts
about the quality of intelligence on Iraq's banned weapons programme at the very time
they were publicly trumpeting it to get UN support for a war on Iraq, the Guardian has
learned. (London Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,967548,00.html
Tempers flared over the weekend in a face- to-face, TV showdown between Fox News
Channel's Bill O'Reilly and political humorist Al Franken. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/103.htm
Opinion/Editorial
Michael Savage on Hollywood, culture defense, and religion...Whitney Houston wins this
week's 'Hollywood Idiot' award http://www.msnbc.com/news/921017.asp
Shadow of a doubt...Did Iraq really have weapons of mass destruction? With each
passing day, the administration's explanations grow less credible. By Fred Kaplan.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/919754.asp
Buckley: There is a swirl of controversy having to do with writing, with credit for
writing, and with disclosure about who writes what and under what circumstances.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/wfbuckley/wfb20030602.shtml
Pat: War Party's saber rattling http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32845
Peggy: The Day That Changed Everything...Introducing "A Heart, a Cross, and a Flag."
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110003569
Golberg: Liberal media needs to get hip to young conservatives
http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_show.html?article=21960
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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