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...Recount: As an example of liberal bias in the press, Fleischer asserts that the coverage of the Florida Supreme Court's 4-3 decision to re-start the counting of votes during the 2000 election was reported without modifiers because it favored Al Gore. When the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to settle the election controversy in George Bush's favor, the papers described the justices as "bitterly divided." He cites a Washington Post story the day after the Florida decision as an example, saying the paper made "no reference to a close or bitter decision...
...always labeled as such, he writes, but liberal organizations are presented as objective actors. He uses another example from the Washington Post: "On September 5, 2003, the Washington Post, writing about Moveon.org, a left-wing group that has spent tens of millions of dollars against President Bush and in favor of liberal policies, simply called it "an online advocacy group." Lets shelve for a moment that the story wasn't about Moveon.org, as he makes it seem. It was about Texas redistricting and included a single passing mention of the group. If you look at all the 14 Washington Post...
...with so much at stake economically, blocking any change could backfire. Powerful lobbies like the German Federal Association of Industry, and Eurocommerce, which represents French and other European retailers, are pressing for liberalization. Even German Economics Minister Wolfgang Clement says he's in favor. "We need more competition in Europe, also in the service sector and that's a fact," Clement told the Tagesspiegel daily newspaper...
...also struck some as odd that the matter would be addressed on an urgent basis. "I'm looking into this, and I've asked for some information," said Republican Congressman Todd Tiahrt of Kansas. "Why is it an emergency?" Tiahrt, who favored funding only $18 million for preliminary planning and has requested a briefing on a "site survey" conducted for the DNI's space, said the Administration was leaning toward an expensive site in the Tyson's Corner, Va., area of the Washington suburbs. He wants to know why the new intelligence czar can't settle for more reasonably priced...
Luckily, readers can ignore the rehashed ideology in favor of the thoroughly enjoyable memoir embedded in the book. With his endearing, well-written anecdotes of romantic bumbling and freshman foibles, Douthat produces a fun little gem of narcissism, a pleasant indulgence for author and reader alike...