CNN'S Chief News Executive has used his mouth to dig himself into a Grand Canyon like pit of a controversy -- where demands are being made for him to put up proof, or to shut up. Indeed, the allegations he makes are so grave that it seems unlikely this story will die away until either he produces more proof or CNN has to eat political crow and do some damage control. So it … [Read more...] about CNN Executive Claims U.S. Military Targeted Journalists

Our occasional collection of links from all over Blogtopia. Links are NOT selected on the basis of ideology and represent differing viewpoints. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Moderate Voice.ARE HOUSE GOPERS THE EPITOME OF HYPOCRISY? That's what Bull Moose, a moderate Democrat weblog suggests in the increasingly strange and murky case of the GOP … [Read more...] about Around the ‘Sphere

Once again the Watcher of Weasels Council has picked two  of its favorite posts from a list of submitted posts. You can read the full list here. The winning Council post was  Challenger -- A Flight Surgeon Remembers by Dr. Sanity. The winning non-Council post was  Spelling It Out by Cold Fury. … [Read more...] about Watcher Of Weasels Council’s Winning Posts

Why don't they just rename the Democratic Party the Hemlock Society and be done with it?Because it looks like they're readying Jim Jones' special Kool Aid recipe for mass consumption right now. Writes Jonathan Chait:A few weeks ago, when former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean declared his intention to run for chairman of the Democratic National Committee, news reports had the general … [Read more...] about Democratic Party May Be Readying The Kool Aid

The bigwigs in Iran must be smiling today as preliminary figures from the Iraqi elections show that the group ahead in the ballot count so far will be friendly to them:BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 3 - Preliminary election returns released Thursday by Iraqi authorities showed that 72 percent of the 1.6 million votes counted so far from Sunday's election went to an alliance of Shiite … [Read more...] about Shiite Coaltion Ahead In Early Iraq Vote Counting

...for (no joke) death by sherry enima. (Will she be vindicated in the end?) … [Read more...] about A Woman Is Being Charged With Criminally Negligent Homicide….

Star Trek has been cancelled. In a way, you can say it is WAY overdue. The quality of the spin off programs started to deteriorate until the latest incarnation was a shadow of what the original was. It's an example of a franchise that should have made its exit a bit sooner, when it was creatively on top. The stars of the various series have gone onto other things, some of … [Read more...] about The Voyage Is Over

In reading the texts of President George Bush's State of the Union Address and the Democrats' response one characteristic screams out at you: now it's the Democrats who lack "the vision thing." Mind you, this is NOT saying what he said was shocking or will be quoted by future generations of high school students. And this is not an endorsement of his proposals, but a … [Read more...] about Bush’s State Of The Union Speech And The Democrats’ New Problem

The most successful blog doesn't have the initials TMV but, according to the Weekly Standard, is the Daily Kos because of its whopping readership and unabashedly activist role:WHEN DISCUSSING Markos Moulitsas and the eponymous left wing blog that he runs, The Daily Kos it's helpful to start with a few facts. The Daily Kos (rhymes with rose, based on Moulitsas' old army … [Read more...] about What Is The Most Successful Blog In Blogtopia?

A UN ruling may have totally undercut the claims that the terrorist group Hizbullah has used to attack Israel, according to a report in the Jerusalem Post. But, spin being what it is, we are sure this will make little difference: if American political parties can selectively use facts to bolster their case when it helps them and ignore, downplay or  misrepresent facts … [Read more...] about Does UN Ruling Undercut Hizbullah Claims?

The husband of the President of the Philippines is moving swiftly to build bridges for his country's police. Literally:MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) -- Philippine police with bad teeth got something to grin about Monday when President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's husband handed out free dentures to improve the confidence and public image of the national force. Mike Arroyo's … [Read more...] about Now Police In The Phillipines Really Bite

A new political board game has come out called Wreck The Nation. You can see how it's played here. On its blog the game is explained this way:The Nation is a game about political misbehavior; a reality-based civics lesson in American Politics. Wreck The Nation is a resource for factual information to help you understand the counterintuitive actions of the U.S. government over … [Read more...] about A New Democratic Board Game Comes Out: “Wreck The Nation”

If your prescription drug costs make you wither, this may straighten you out:WASHINGTON -- Sexual performance drugs such as Viagra will be covered in Medicare's new prescription drug program, a lifestyle rather than lifesaving benefit that conservatives and watchdog groups say the government shouldn't provide. Like those for maladies such as high blood pressure and heart … [Read more...] about GOOD NEWS FOR BOB DOLE

This report has just come out from veteran journalist Andy Borowitz:TIM RUSSERT REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER ONE-HOUR INTERVIEW WITH KERRY Newsman 'Doing Well,' Doctors Say “Meet the Pressâ€? host Tim Russert is “slowly regaining consciousnessâ€? after suffering a one-hour interview with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass) on Sunday, Mr. Russert’s doctors … [Read more...] about NEWS BULLETIN: Tim Russert Recovering

Pope John Paul II has been rushed to the hospital amid problems breathing during a bout with the flu. This kind of story in the news biz is to put it bluntly the kind of story where a beloved or famous figure is aging or sick and the press starts to cover their health closely due to an anticipated sad outcome. The details:VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II was rushed to a Rome … [Read more...] about Pope Is Rushed To Hospital

We've just received this email from a mysterious source indicating this shows one of the U.S. military said to have been seized by terrorists in Iraq. Some are skeptical about an an earlier image, but we can't understand how they can be... … [Read more...] about THIS JUST IN!!!

Are newspapers edging out the middle as they opt for "red-meat" ideological columnists hired for their clear cut positions, rather than giving columns to reporters who've put in years of reporting? Veteran columnist Georgie Anne Geyer thinks so -- and she makes a good argument for this position. Indeed, over the past 20 years columnists, op-ed pages, and television … [Read more...] about A Possible Cause For Polarization In Newspapers

The extent to which Dan Rather has sandbagged his own career as it draws to a close is never more evident than in a New York piece, Black Days At Black Rock. We were first alerted to this article via an email from RatherBiased.com, the news site that started scrutinizing Rather and news a few years ago. (They have a great overall synopsis of this article with readers' … [Read more...] about The Strange Case Of Dan Rather

Our occasional everything-on-it linkpizza. MANY different political viewpoints are offered for your consumption. Opinions do not necessarily represent the views of The Moderate Voice. THE TRIAL OF THE KING OF PERPS POPS BEGINS and Jeff Jarvis is (rightfully) cringing:Oh, gawd, the Michael Jackson trial begins. We watch him going to lunch. We watch him coming back from lunch. … [Read more...] about Around The ‘Sphere

YOU KNEW this was going to happen one day, right?NEW YORK (AP) -- Old school: The body is a temple. The Next Big Thing, according to 31-year-old Joe Tamargo: The body is a billboard. Tamargo, who runs a Web site LivingAdSpace.com, has started a new enterprise, selling advertisers the opportunity to permanently tattoo their messages on his body. After posting his offer on … [Read more...] about Man Rents Out Tattoo Space On Body As Billboard