Cursor's Media Patrol - 09/30/05

A change of plea hearing for Pentagon analyst Lawrence Franklin has been added to the court calendar in the AIPAC case, which is said to have "received relatively little publicity in relation to its importance."

Although Helen Thomas writes that "Bush gives no sign that he has any second thoughts" on invading Iraq, Margaret Carlson observes that "when your mojo fades, little things mean a lot."

A former UPI reporter says the FBI is "at the forefront" of "an expanding Orwellian attack on American environmentalism ... under the pretext of eco-terrorism."