by Greg Palast for the Huffington Post Has Barack Obama forgotten, "Way-to-go, Brownie"? Michael Brown was that guy from the Arabian Horse Association appointed by George Bush to run the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Brownie, not knowing the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain from the south end of a...

pDuring the December 10 edition of MSNBC's emHardball/em, ememChicago Tribune/em/em columnist Clarence Page stated that the emerging scandal involving Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) "is the brightest moment for Republicans since the Reverend Jeremiah Wright tapes came out," and added: "This is fresh meat for that smear machine, but I don't think it's going to last...

pDuring his "Talking Points Memo" on the December 9 edition of Fox News' emThe O'Reilly Factor/em, host Bill O'Reilly falsely claimed that "[t]he Army Field Manual bans any questioning that would make a suspect uncomfortable in any way." O'Reilly's claim echoes his December 3 assertion that "[t]here is no interrogation under the manual. No unpleasantness....

pOn the December 9 edition of Fox News' emHannity amp; Colmes/em, co-host Sean Hannity asserted that President-elect Barack Obama is "all over" the a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usdoj.gov%2Fusao%2Filn%2Fpr%2Fchicago%2F2008%2Fpr1209_01a.pdf"criminal complaint/a against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D), adding, "The pres -- the word 'president-elect' is mentioned 44 times in the document. Pretty troubling." Hannity did not explain what he...