– Murdoch’s Australian thinks anyone who questions the Howard government’s proposed anti-terror laws is “idiotic.” Only a propagandist – or groups with a vested political and financial interest – would not question such extreme measures.
– A BBC “analyst” is hurt by allegations in Robert Fisk’s new book.
– Guardian journalist Rory Carroll has been freed in Iraq.
– New York Times journalist Judith Miller allegedly witnessed “Bridgeview used car salesman Muhammad Salah being beaten, housed in a ‘refrigerator cell’ and threatened with rape by Israeli soldiers until he admitted to bankrolling overseas terrorists.”
– The Jerusalem Post is soon to launch a Christian edition. The Israeli right and Christian fundamentalists continue their short-term love affair.