Whoa -- this "free speech" stuff is starting to get out of hand. Why, if this sort of thing catches on, there's no telling where it could lead -- maybe even to something really far-fetched... like, democracy? In stark contrast to the network news blackout on Stephen Colbert's 20-minute long, take-no-prisoners mock-salute to George Bush last Saturday, all three evening news broadcasts gave prominent coverage to Ray McGovern's pointed interrogation of Donald Rumsfeld on his personal trail of lies and the three anti-war protesters who were hustled out of the auditorium after vociferous interruptions. (For my money, the high point was the unnamed man who told Rumsfeld that he's a war criminal and a serial killer.) Fortunately, there's a lovely right-wing media-watch website that has already posted full transcripts of all the fun & games. I'm leaving their intro paragraph to give a little flavor of where they're coming from, but then straight to the news transcripts. (if you just *have* to see the rest it's at http://newsbusters.org/node/5229 ) As for the big national papers, the NYT is still asleep at the switch and the Post ran an AP story -- only the LA Times ran a full-blown article by its own correspondent. Amazingly, the Voice of America (voanews.com) also thought it rated a full story! So here's the LA Times piece, followed by the network transcripts. Craig Gingold (near) Midpines CA +++++++++++++++++++++ LOS ANGELES TIMES Critics of the Iraq War Put Rumsfeld on the Defensive His speech in Atlanta is interrupted three times. In a Q&A, a former CIA analyst calls him a liar. By Peter Spiegel Times Staff Writer May 5, 2006 <SNIP> CBS and NBC Lead by Trumpeting Anti-War Activists Confronting Rumsfeld's "Lies" Posted by Brent Baker on May 5, 2006 - 00:50. Matching cable news networks' interest during the day, two of the three broadcast networks (CBS and NBC, as well as MSNBC's Countdown) led Thursday night with how, at an event in Atlanta, a handful of protesters confronted Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and accused him of "war crimes" and "lying" about Iraq. ABC also aired a story, but put the Moussaoui sentencing first. <SNIP> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/xYTolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New Pacifica Working Group http://www.egroups.com/group/NewPacifica 'Save Our Stations!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewPacifica/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NewPacifica-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/