SPINSANITY ON THOMAS: Brendan Nyhan of Spinsanity debunks what he calls a "collective hallucination" -- the notion that Senator Robert Byrd hypocritically criticized President Bush for the cost of his recent landing on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. While Senator Byrd did accuse the president of exploitation, the cost issue was actually raised by other members of Congress. Among the many commentators identified by Mr. Nyhan was Cal Thomas, who was guilty of repeating the myth in a May column.
POT/KETTLE: In a column which begins with the sentence "Politics is full of ironies.", Paul Krugman detects the presence of "raw partisanship".
| Author/ Affiliation |
Title/ Date |
words | PI | Partisan References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Miniter WSJ OpinionJournal |
A Suspense Plot 24 June 2003 |
768 | 100 | 3R+: Bush administration, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Ashcroft |
| Mona Charen Creators Syndicate |
WMDs and the Iraq war 24 June 2003 |
791 | 100 | 5R+: administration, Bush, President Bush, Bush, Bush |
| Molly Ivins Creators Syndicate |
The head of the camel 24 June 2003 |
900 | 83 | 5D+: Democrats, John Dingell, Democratic, Kennedy, Kennedy 10R-: House Republican, Bush, Republican, Republicans, Republican, Republican, White House, Republicans, Republicans, Bush 2D=, 1R= |
| Paul Krugman New York Times |
Denial and Deception 24 June 2003 |
906 | 76 | 16R-: White House, George W. Bush, Bush administration, Bush, administration, administration, administration, Bush, Bush, Bush, administration, Bush, Republican, Republicans, administration, Bush 5R= |
| Richard Cohen Washington Post |
The Clinton Warmongers 24 June 2003 |
965 | 63 | 15D+: Clinton, Democrats, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Blumenthal, Democratic Party, Clinton, White House, Clinton, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Blumenthal, Blumenthal, Blumenthal 2D-: Clinton, Blumenthal 13R-: Ken Starr, Starr, Starr, Starr, Nixon White House, White House, Republican, Al D'Amato, Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay, Starr, Ken Starr, Republican 9D=, 2R= |
| Robert Scheer Creators Syndicate |
The fact that Hussein's gone doesn't make lying right 24 June 2003 |
798 | 54 | 2D-: Democrat, Democrats 1R+: Newt Gingrich 10R-: Bush administration, administration, Republicans, Gingrich, Bush administration, President Bush, the president, Bush, administration, president |
| Thomas Oliphant Boston Globe |
FCC fight helps energize common cause 24 June 2003 |
1007 | 31 | 6D+: Chellie Pingree, Democratic, Pingree, Feingold, Pingree, Chellie Pingree 1R+: McCain 3D=, 6R= |
| Cal Thomas Tribune Media Services |
The battle for the Constitution 24 June 2003 |
809 | 29 | 2R+: President Bush, Bush 2D=, 3R= |
| E. J. Dionne Jr. Washington Post |
Ted and Hillary's Health Care Split 24 June 2003 |
978 | 12 | 8D+: Clinton, Kennedy, Democrats, Kennedy, Clinton, Jay Rockefeller, Democrat, Rockefeller 2D-: Democrats, Clinton 2R+: President Richard Nixon, Nixon 1R-: Bush 20D=, 8R= |
| George F. Will Washington Post |
Crude Remedy for A Disappearing Problem 24 June 2003 |
824 | 0 | |
| Nicholas D. Kristof Inactive |
Cover Your Hair 24 June 2003 |
808 | 0 | 1R= |