A few goodies for Mother's Day. Here, here, here, and here,

Blah3: Read this. Then read it again.

The Newshoggers: Pakistan on the brink of disaster

The Raw Story: The Democratic National Committee filed two cease-and-desist letters Thursday with a conservative website and XM Radio regarding comments they alleged were made by DNC Chairman Howard Dean.

Cannonfire: An aide to Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) has been indicted for voter fraud...and  there's more

ANNALS OF JOURNALISM: The Bush administration's Justice Department has a vested interest in portraying every "plot" it busts as the next 9/11...Jim Lehrer rewrites the history of Iraq...Honest observers see American Journalism in Crisis...The WaPo's hacktacular Howie Kurtz reprinted wingnut attacks on Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, but omitted contrary evidence...Wolf Blitzer looks the other way while a GOP operative lies about CNN's own poll...WaPo publishes ridiculous opinion piece by pathological liar, Richard Perle...The assassination of journalists is protected by States Secrets...Jonathan Alter denies that Dean Broder is an ivory tower thumb-sucker, Jebediah Reed disagrees

In tonight's interview, Jim Lehrer asks Secretary of State Rice if US foreign policy has caused an increase in the number or terrorists.

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Waging peace for humanity

writes an article about Amnesty International and the Bush Administration:

"On 6/3/05, the Bush administration lacked the courage to face its accuser directly. Jim Lehrer of Newshour on PBS moderated a discussion between Amnesty International and the Bush administration. The topic was Amnesty's recent allegations concerning prisoner abuse in the American version of Stalin's Gulag Archipelago. Amnesty sent William Schulz, their executive director in the United States. Lehrer invited the Pentagon to send a representative. Instead, they sent their proxy, Neil Livingston, CEO of Global Options, a security firm with expertise on the subject of terrorism...Read on

News Hour with Jim Lehrer

David was the moderator at the now famous Davos meeting.

Video

Gergen: I thought he blundered, he went too far, but he also walked it back and that's why I believe sometimes it's terribly sad that he resigned over... and I think the punishment far exceeds the offense.

I finally found some video of someone who was there. It's a good round table discussion on the topic. Gergen clearly is someone who didn't believe that he should have been fired. There was talk of bloggers wanting to take down Eason Jordan. The effect bloggers had on the story itself. Questions about the why the tape hasn't been released. Where was the MSM on the story.

The Democratic presidential candidate's accusation came two days after his first debate with Bush, when he told moderator Jim Lehrer that he avoids saying that the president is lying to the American people.

"I've never, ever used the harshest word, as you did just then," Kerry said. "And I try not to, but I'll nevertheless tell you that I think he has not been candid with the American people."