Cursor's Media Patrol - 09/19/05

As the 'Vote leaves Germany in a political mudbath,' a Der Spiegel report on the country's 'election mayhem' quotes one political scientist who's promoting the idea that "A grand coalition can also be a grand success."

Jason Vest argues that only 'Willful ignorance' explains "how the Pentagon sent the army to Iraq without a counterinsurgency doctrine," and Time looks back to "the secret history" of 'A Year of Crucial Missteps.'

Polls find that President Bush's Katrina ratings fell -- especially among Republicans -- after a New Orleans speech said to have triggered some 'Base Emotions,' despite what the WSWS calls "Bush's efforts to chloroform public opinion with superstition and fatalism."

Amid reports of continuing relief problems in New Orleans, Needlenose suggests that if 'Reality keeps overtopping the levees,' "Karl Rove's walls of spin may have a hard time holding."

"Get yourself raped." The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler insists that remarks made by Gen. Pervez Musharraf while on a mission to "promote a moderate image of Pakistan" were accurately quoted, despite Musharraf's denials. Earlier: One of 'Asia's Heroes.'