Whatever your political leanings, it would be pretty hard not to be mesmerized by the inside look provided by NBC’s Rock Center at the Navy Seal raid during which Osama Bin Laden was killed. Brian Williams was given unprecedented access to all the players who made the decision to go into Pakistan and capture or kill Bin Laden. If for no other reason, it’s worth watching to understand the kinds of multip
Presumed Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his supporters love to boast about McCain’s military service. “He’s a war hero. He was held captive and tortured for 5+ years in Viet Nam.” Quotes similar to this are used as the primary evidence of his ability to lead the nation, or at least a nation at war. I am not so brazen as to discount either his service or his stamina. But itR
I guess most of us have become numb to the ‘outrage-a-day’ policies of the Bush administration. The primary tactic of this gaggle of traitors, liars, and thieves seems to have been to do at least one unbelievably stupid, arrogant, questionable, or downright illegal thing each day. While the press corps focuses (for a moment, at least) on that act, they’re already onto the next. The net result is th
There were some rumors floating around that Keith Olbermann had been stifled and his outspoken political diatribes would be silenced because he had just signed a lucrative contract with NBC, whose parent company is GE. (Contrary to what you might believe based on their warm and fuzzy image ads, GE doesn’t just make lightbulbs and energy-efficient dishwashers. They’re also one of the largest defense contra
