Good news on the media consolidation front.

From WaPo today

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday let stand an appeals court ruling that limits the number of television stations, radio stations and newspapers a media company can own in a single market.

"It's an enormous victory for those who seek greater diversity in ownership and greater competition in news media," said Gene Kimmelman, director of Consumers Union.

Score one for the Supreme Court.....

Why oh why, given the history of Judith Miller's prose on Iraq and her ties with the delusional machinations of Ahmed Chalibi and the fact that it was he who "discovered" the Oil For Food documents, is the New York Times allowing her to continue to write on this topic?

The "Paper of Record" continues to become the "paper for bird cages".

Now I'm just baffled.
This comes acrossed your desk and you can't see the really story here? Are these people so out of it?

The Senate offers up a resolution opposing the racist lynchings of African Americans. Because some of the senators are afraid of the political ramifications with some constituents (read: racist morons), the Senate delays the vote to the evening when no record of the vote or roll call is required. All the major networks want to cover is that the Senate is offering an apology for not previously passing legislation. Incredible.

So far it's been confirmed that there are around 80 co-sponsors of the bill leaving 20 senators who will not sign an anti-lynching resolution.
This is the list of the Pro-Lynching 20. Will they be allowed to hide in the shadows?

Bingaman (D-NM)
Conrad (D-ND)
Reed (D-RI)
Alexander (R-TN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Cochran (R-MS)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
Enzi (R-WY)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR) (In the clear)
Sununu (R-NH)
Thomas (R-WY)
Voinovich (R-OH)

ABCNBCCBSAPCNN... Where are you......
Reuters at least is talking about the missing signitures.