Cursor's Media Patrol - August 8, 2005

Citing a Newsweek poll where only 34 percent approve President Bush's handling of Iraq, AFP reports that "the bleeding seems especially acute in Ohio," while Newt Gingrich ditches the GOP talking points and a columnist says that 'new Democrats are being born on the front lines.'

Germany's spy chief says that terrorism is now "radiating outwards" from Iraq, and UK officials warn that new attacks in Saudi Arabia are in the "final stages of planning."

Members of the disbanded 9/11 commission say the White House has refused to turn over any of the information that they've requested as part of their unofficial investigation into whether the government is doing enough to prevent terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Earlier: 'Whitewash as public service.'

'Greta Van Susteren Cleans Up in Aruba,' and "routinely triples" the viewing audience of CNN's Aaron Brown by offering what one media critic calls "emotional pornography," and Slate's Jack Shafer on the "I don't believe it but I like it" rating.