"...while the New York Times is busily clucking at deceptive prewar maneuvers by Dick Cheney’s office, the Times refuses to own up to how effectively the Cheney operation gained its support, from page-one stories about WMDs to editorials assisting Washington’s war makers."

"It’s time to realize we are not democrats or republicans. We are the tax paying citizens of the United States of America and these people WORK FOR US. It’s time to hold them all accountable. Down to the last dime and the last drop of blood."

"The war in Iraq is a horrific consequence of President Bush’s determination to launch an invasion. That determination repeatedly led to false claims about Iraq -- claims that Bush insisted were certainties. Now, media coverage should clearly explain how the scandal engulfing the White House has its origins in a propaganda campaign for war."

Get ready for another murderous rampage based upon a pile of definite maybes, fabrication and innuendo, and propped up by a palace press that places the need to frame an Arab régime above honest reporting. When, not if, the Bush junta is tried for war crimes, I hope more than a few reporters and editors are also in the dock. After all, they make war crimes possible.

"The lifeblood of democracy is the free flow of information for the body politic. Corporate media and inordinate government power are responsible for deadly blockages."

"With stakes so high, given the huge foreign policy agenda launched during Bush’s first term, the consequences of this second term slide can be dramatic."

"Part of the Reagan legacy is the Washington press corps’ refusal to ask tough questions with even tougher follow-ups. Although the polls say that President Bush and his Iraq policies are very unpopular, Democrats in Congress and reporters are still hanging back. Their polemical statements and probing stories are the political and journalistic equivalents of slapping the wrist rather than going for the jugular."

"...President Bush still has more than three years left in his second term. A lot can still happen and if his strategists can figure a way out of this downward spiral and catch a few good breaks, he may still be able to regain lost strength. But if Bush’s troubles continue, he will face more problems at home and in the conduct of foreign affairs."