WSJ: Press Corps Quagmire- February 19, 2008 This is a WSJ commentary from William McGurn, a former speechwriter of President Bush. He makes some valid points regarding the prejudice of the White House press corps. Why do I think his arguments are even more applicable to the...http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2008/02/this-is-a-wsj-c.html Michael Naumann: A Stuttering Nightmare for a Card-Carrying Member of the German Anti-American Left- February 18, 2008 Michael Naumann (from the left-wing weekly "Die Zeit") is one of Germany's most venomous and polemic anti-American journalists (examples from DMK: 1, 2, 3). As candidate of the Social Democrats he is currently running for major of Hamburg. Imagine, then,...http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2008/02/michael-naumann.html The American Dream: Alive and Well- February 15, 2008 This is something that Marc Pitzke and all of the other German media cynics who love to crow that the American dream is dead should read. It directly contradicts the dearly-held stereotype that the United States is a land that...http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2008/02/the-american-dr.html Victor Davis Hanson - On Europe and the Future- February 12, 2008 Another brilliant piece by Victor Davis Hanson - the sort of opinion rarely expressed in German media. Excerpt: "Abroad, the European public is more schizophrenic. It wants to make no sacrifices to stop the jihadists, but fears them terribly. It...http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2008/02/victor-davis-ha.html NATO at twilight- February 11, 2008 One man's opinion...http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2008/02/nato-at-twiligh.html I urge you...- February 11, 2008 to read this very insightful comment.http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2008/02/i-urge-you.html And another one...- February 10, 2008 On October 19, 2007, we published this statement - which now resides on our sidebar: "A fundamental problem in European media - as Baker and Joffe both indicate - is the disproportionately high levels of attention, coverage, interview time and...http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2008/02/and-another-one.html Germans Want a Democrat in the White House- February 8, 2008 This certainly doesn't come as a surprise: Germans want a democrat in the White House. In a poll by public tv channel ARD roughly two third of respondents preferred either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama to John McCain, who came...http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2008/02/germans-want-a.html How Unhoeflich from Gates!- February 7, 2008 CNN: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to press European allies to contribute more to the fight in Afghanistan during two days of informal NATO meetings that began Thursday in the Lithuanian capital. (...) Gates has made no secret of...http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2008/02/how-unhoeflich.html Surprise: HRW Criticizes Germany for Cowardly Afghanistan Policy- February 4, 2008 Hard to believe but true: even Human Rights Watch criticizes Germany for its cowardly Afghanistan policy. As reported in DMK, Germany does not accept a fair share of NATO's military burden in Afghanistan. Now Kenneth Roth, HRW's executive director, harshly...http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/2008/02/surprise-surpri.html |