Wednesday, April 03, 2002
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"Like a belated belch from a bad meal, Newsweek is now featuring an
interview with former president Bill Clinton. They chose that hard-as-nails
unbiased reporter Jonathan Alter to do it. Was Joe Conason unavailable?"
--Andrew Sullivan
Saying Good-Bye to The Queen Mum: She would not have been offended.
Still Lying After All These Years: He's had 14 months, a few lonely
nights and endless plane rides to figure it out and he still can't get it
right. Bill Clinton's first interview out of office, which must have had
Newsweek's Jonathan Alter slobbering for joy, is so marred by obvious untruths and
self-pitying revisionism he might have well just gone on Extra! and played
the sax. Here's the New York Post's short and sweet dismissal of it all.
What Did Novak Know? Pundit Robert Novak, pleading love of college
basketball, refused to visit the set of the most embarrassing new
screamfest mounted on TV since Jerry Springer - CNN's revamp of Crossfire. This
jumped-up, unintelligible barnyard battle that takes place on a set that would
have even Elton John heaving, is not what America needs during these
perilous times. In their attempt to out-fox Fox CNN has simply foxed themselves.
Stay away, Bob, stay far away.
Elder Abuse: Why CBS feels we will learn something by their sending a
70-year-old man to risk getting blown to bits is a puzzler. Putting Gunga
Dan in harm's way just doesn't seem fair to his grandchildren but think
of the headlines had his timing been just a hair off.
She Enjoys Being a Girl: Thomas Bray's elegant essay in today's WSJ
Opinion Online brings up a point yet to be mentioned: Leslie Stahl's
Sunday night 60 Minutes interview with Ariel Sharon in which she reduces the
bloody conflict between tiny Israel and the entire Arab world to the personal.
She badgered Sharon with several questions about his "hating Arafat."
Sharon refused to bite but it was an embarrassing performance for the long
time Israel hating show.
Leggo My Eggo: In a refreshing departure from politics if not
bloodshed we have this story out of Chicago about a man who ate too much of his
roommate's chicken dinner and was attacked with an ashtray, pliers, a hammer, a
fire extinguisher, a dumbbell and, finally, a knife.
Sex Sells: One of the muttered complaints about the Enron story was
that it wasn't sexy. Now we have the solution. Thanks to Playboy we will be
able to see nude pictures of the Women of Enron. Not to be outdone, Playgirl, a
magazine people had totally forgotten, wants to provide us with fleshy
snaps of the Men of Enron. Just the thought of Ken Lay with a staple in his
navel makes us want to turn back to the news of the War on Terror. It's less
scary.
When An Ldot Thread Says it All: MSNBC is trying to bring back Phil
Donahue. We could provide no better comments than our readers. Go here for a
chortle.
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