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Shepard Smith bounces Ossetian woman blaming Georgia for aggression
News Hounds —
Most of what we've seen on FOX regarding the Georgia-Russian conflict has indicated that Russia is the provocateur and Georgia, the shining democratic ally, has been the victim. There is dissent among scholars and FOXNews.com has an article that articulates both sides, in contrast to their television coverage.
Neil Cavuto is insinuating that "the Cold War is back,: the talking points are that John McCain is knowledgeable and capable of taking charge while Obama's calls for restraint and diplomacy are unacceptable,
The article on the website at least acknowledges that there is another perspective on the conflict but ...
Fox News: 12 Year Old Girl Tells the Truth about Georgia
Informed Comment —
Ooops. Fox News Interviews an Ossetian-American 12-year-old girl who thanks Russian troops for saving her from Georgian aggression. But Fox News was obviously not happy with the way the interview went. Gee,that isn't that master narrative in the US military-information complex. Hat tip: Technorati.com. (Of course the Russians contravened international law, too, but Saakashvili's attack on the Ossetians was not exactly saintly).
Biden Means Business As Usual
Antiwar.com Original —
T o anyone who really believed Barack Obama's candidacy represented "hope" and "change," the selection of Joe Biden as his running mate should put that illusion to rest. Antiwar activists point to Biden's vote in favor of authorizing Bush to go to war with Iraq, but even worse was his behavior in the run-up to the invasion. Today he wails that he didn't know , that nobody knew the truth about Iraq's alleged "weapons of mass destruction," but it cannot be said that Biden was all that eager to discover the truth, either. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee in 2002, Biden was in a position to ensure ...
