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Has the Helen Thomas affair prompted reporters to reflect on Middle East coverage? For example, is there a media bias that favors Israel? Is the plight of the Palestinians ignored?
Actually, the only question reporters are asking is who takes over Thomas’s chair at White House press briefings. The Daily Show, once again, exposes the media at its worst.
More from Ken Silverstein:
Commentary — July 25, 2012, 2:20 pm
Washington Babylon — September 29, 2010, 11:37 am


Percentage by which the risk of type 2 diabetes increases for every two hours a day that a person watches television:

Two bottled ghosts—of an old man and a young girl—were sold at auction in New Zealand.

The practice of sexualized eyeball licking was causing conjunctivitis in Japanese sixth graders.