22 August 2005

Cursor's Media Patrol - 08/22/05

War -- who is it good for? U.S. defense contractors are reportedly "riding high these days," with rising profits, "a huge backlog of orders" and expectations of "robust sales for years to come" in 'The Trillion Dollar War.'

A "central component" of 'Bush's Other Iraq Invasion' is said to be "foreign corporate access to, and privatization of, Iraq's once state-run economy," with oil "at the heart of the agenda."

Senator Chuck Hagel, describing as "complete folly" an Army contingency plan for four more years in Iraq, says that "we should start figuring out how we get out of there," while Bob Herbert calls for 'Truth In Recruiting.' Plus: 'We're going to have to leave it there.'

Reviewer Guy Rundle chronicles the metamorphosis of Christopher Hitchens "from young contrarian to Colonel Blimp," while Max Blumenthal recounts the "utter silence" that greeted a "startling exorcism of the demon Hitchens" at Justice Sunday II.

The operator of a Web site for business travelers tells the Star Tribune that Northwest Airlines will "say anything if they think they can get away with it. My readers don't care who is winning or losing the strike, they just want to know if their flight is going to be on time."

The airline has reportedly spent in excess of $100 million to hire and train 1,500 replacement workers, more than one-half of the give back it's demanding from the mechanics union.

In a letter to the editor of his own paper, New York Times' Executive Editor Bill Keller joins Bill Moyers and Eric Alterman in slamming an essay in the Times' book review by Richard Posner.

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