Tuesday's "Daily Show" ran a clip of one particularly notable moment from the first lady's recent gab with CNN's Mr. Larry King, and Jon Stewart gives it the commentary it so justly deserves. "That one pesky, daily explosion!" he rephrases Mrs. Bush's take on Iraq, "it's so discouraging to see that on TV." When put that way, it almost seems like the president's wife doesn't even have a remote grasp of what's going on over there.
CNN, the Pentagon's "military analyst program" and Gitmo
Huge numbers of Americas who were subjected to this propaganda by their own Government still don't know that they were, because the television networks which broadcast it to them refuse to tell them about it.
By Glenn Greenwald, Salon
Method anchor
Star newsman Anderson Cooper is defined less by his experience than by an old-fashioned Hollywood marketing campaign.
By Neal Gabler, Salon
Viewer discretion
CNN's al-Qaida tapes were grisly and important, and offered a promising look at what a news channel could actually be.
By Carina Chocano, Salon
Out-Foxed
How Rupert's red-state cable channel waved the flag and beat CNN.
By Geraldine Sealey, Salon
Ladies of the nightly news
How the most electrifying campaign of our time changed everything for Katie Couric, Campbell Brown and Rachel Maddow.
By Rebecca Traister, Salon
Lou Dobbs challenges his own CNN network
Lou Dobbs' support of the birther movement has opened up a rift between him and his network.
By David Bauder, AP
Shepard Smith Speaks and Does the Right Thing - Once Again
I Ain't Got No Jokes. I Got Problems.
The Day Matthew Shepard Died