Author: Karl

The Politico reports on the Democrats confronting some demoralizing (to them) arithmetic on Iraq:
(I)t turns out that Washington matters less than many Democrats and even many journalists supposed in determining political momentum in the Iraq debate.

Events on the ground — …

New York magazine’s Vanessa Grigoriadis did not like her wedding being mocked by Gawker, which is as good a reason as any to write a piececlaiming that Nick Denton is to blame for the bile of the blogosphere.

What caught …

Dan Collins has a new post up on a misleading Washington Post report on a speech by General Ricardo Sanchez, mostly critical of the media, but headlined by the WaPo as critical of Pres. Bush.

happyfeet commented that the report was partially …

Conducting and interpreting public opinion polls is as much art as science.  Some incorrectly take that to mean that polls are not scientific, when in fact they are (for the most part).  On the other hand, those who reflexively accept each …

A fantastic blogger? Yes.

Infallible?  Not so much.

He needs a little nuance.  And an iPhone.

Following up on “The Useful Idiot’s Guide to Useful Idiocy,” we have author Martin Amis with this anecdote:
In the summer of 2006 I came back to live in the UK after two-and-a-half years in South America. I maintain …

ABC News and the BBC have a poll of Iraqi public opinion saying that everything is getting worse and the “surge” has failed.  The poll was completed on Aug. 24, but they decided to release it 17 days later …

Robert Franklin reviews “-30- The Collapse of the Great American Newspaper,” which examines the decline of the medium:
The authors’ list of causes is long and varied, including Internet competition for readers and ads; sleepy owners who didn’t invest in …

According to the Washington Post, anyway:
The U.S. military’s claim that violence has decreased sharply in Iraq in recent months has come under scrutiny from many experts within and outside the government, who contend that some of the underlying statistics …

In “The Big Picture(s),” I noted that “hotel journalism” caused the establishment media to miss major stories in Iraq, including the launch of the largest offensive since the first phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom ended in the spring of …