Elephant In Exile

Mixed Media Edition

Rather Irrelevant

Anne Applebaum gets it right about Big Media. They think more of themselves than we think of them. She also talks about the rising influence of the blogoshpere and its impact on Big Media. For all of us that have suffered through 'news' stories where news anchors interview other news anchors about the news, this article is for you.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40119-2004Sep21.html

The Pajamahadeen

Uber-Blogger Andrew Sullivan's pat on the back to himself and other bloggers.

"Bloggers have no checks and balances. [It's] a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas." JONATHAN KLEIN, former senior executive of 60 Minutes, on Fox News.

http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101040927/nsullivan.html


Listening To Kerry

Elephant agrees with Andrew McCarthy (and not just because of his staring role in the movie "mannequin") that Kerry is on to something in attacking Bush on Iraq. Money quote:

[L]est we forget, what we started was about the vital protection of the United States, not about remaking the World.

With this message will Kerry pierce Bush's Achilles heel, or will it be his swan song?

http://www.nationalreview.com/mccarthy/mccarthy200409230834.asp

Beyond Belief
When will secularism be allowed in the public square?

http://www.reason.com/0410/co.cy.beyond.shtml