Around the HornThe Chief Brief examines
Grover Norquist's famed quote about drowning the federal government in a bathtub, and concludes that death is not imminent.
Jamie Allman
notes that the media didn't just get the story wrong on Katrina:
Helping spread false reports of rapes and killings and not verifying the stories before airing them was more than a violation of basic news standards. The media frenzy of lies could have resulted in riots and deaths and anyone who reported them without verification or without mention they were unverified reports should be fired.Ironically, the media got high marks from the public for their coverage of Katrina (at least, as reported by the self-congratulatory media).
On the same topic, our
longtime buddy Gayle Miller notes what you'd believe if you only paid attention to the media on Katrina.
Kitty has an
very amusing story about what to do when the phone solicitors call during dinner.
CrosSwords
looks at the conversation that would happen if President Bush were to meet with Cindy Sheehan for a second time.
