Cursor's Media Patrol - 08/11/06

"Democracy Now!" looks at why many British Muslims are skeptical of the alleged airline bomb plot, and Homeland Security Director Chertoff's 'new math' comes into question, as does MSNBC's sense of context.

Billmon predicts that "today's hysteria probably is an authentic glimpse at the shape of things to come," given how much U.S. actions in the Middle East seem have increased "the jihadi recruiting pool."

"Weighed down by the unpopular war in Iraq," Bush and his aides are reported to be seeking 'political gains from the foiled plot,' as the Wall Street Journal reports that it 'puts terrorism back in U.S. political campaigns,' just in time for the Fall elections.

Bill O'Reilly insinuates that anti-semitic attacks on Lieberman "spread like lice," while the timing of Ann Coulter's and Joseph Lieberman's attacks on Maxine Waters raise questions of coordination, and it's suggested that 'Lamont needs to assume he's running against Rove.'

The Business of Fox Appearing with Coulter, Tom Delay claims that the liberal view of terrorists is that "you can't go after these wonderful people that just killed a bunch of Americans," and declares that "The Democrats are the party of Europe."

Barbara Ehrenreich presents a 'class analysis' of the new "Miami Vice," in which "the poor serve largely as scenery," Wal-mart opens up to unions in China, but not at home, "to build a harmonious society," and an AP reporter is nominated for a job at the big box retailer.