Howie Kurtz today

Howard Kurtz delivers a scathing critique of MSM's failure to disclose who is really behind the anti-war protests in Washington.

Note to self: Communists should not be described as "progressives"

When the Columbia Journalism Review, of all people, says ANSWER is affiliated with the World Workers Party, why would reporters in the MSM ignore the information? It's hard for me to believe this was just laziness.

-- Kurtz is pretty tough on Michael Brown, too, but why has nobody in the MSM noted the childish behavior of his insquisitors? I didn't care for Brown's criticism of others in the administration. He could have just said, "We should have made more satellite phones available to critical people involved in the response effort. That should be addressed in t he future," or he could have pointed to the fact that the technology isn't all that reliable yet. I could probably find a lot more things that could be improved in FEMA's practices, but refusing to essentiallly depose the elected civil officials of Louisiana and NOLA isn't one of them. His criticism of them was entirely accurate and appropriate and the suggestions by several Democrats that he should have been prepared for that strikes me a stupid and potentially dangerous to the principles underlying the Posse Commitatus law. I also found repelling the implication that the looting of Walmart and other stores in Mississippi was part of Brown's emergency plan.

This was a CYA hearing, an opportunity for Congressmen to pour blame on Mr. Brown. That's what they all did. Why is only Mike Brown being singled out for criticism? Because he refused to sit still for all the character assassination. And why does anybody think he should have committed ultra vires actions in this situation?

-- "Maureen Dowd scoffs at Bush's new conservation message." So do I, but I don't consider it worth an entire column.