* Published on Saturday, March 22, 2003 by the New York Times

Critics of the war against Iraq are not reserving their anger exclusively for President Bush. Some also blame the news media, asserting that they failed to challenge the administration aggressively enough as it made a shaky case for war.

Critics Say Media Coverage Helped Lead to War

TV's War News Coverage Outdrawn by Comedy Repeats

U.S. television networks, facing a bill of up to $20 million each per day to cover the Iraq war, found that "Friends" are more popular than enemies as a repeat episode of the top sitcom on Thursday night beat live war cover on ABC in the ratings.

'Friends' reruns more popular than war coverage

] With the shortened red carpet in place and giant golden
] statues ready to stand outside the ceremony, preparations
] and security measures have been stepped up ahead of
] Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony.
]
] The have promised a more "sombre and dignified" affair
] than usual to avoid appearing insensitive as war is being
] waged in Iraq.
]
] But several thousand anti-war protesters are expected to
] gather outside the venue to use the world's assembled
] media to get their message across.

I'd like to just add my own little,

WHO FUCKING CARES IF THEY DO THE OSCARS OR NOT!!!!!!

whew. ok. i needed that.

Oscars shaken by war protests

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had this to say on Tuesday: "The Constitution just sets minimums ... Most of the rights that you enjoy go way beyond what the Constitution requires." According to Scalia, during wartime, "the protections will be ratcheted right down to the constitutional minimum."

Justice Scalia says rights excessive, can be scaled down in wartime

] CNN Ordered Out of Baghdad - Accused of being propaganda machine.

Yahoo! News - CNN Ordered Out of Baghdad

] Reaction has been coming in from around the world
] following US President George W Bush's deadline for
] President Saddam Hussein and his two sons to leave Iraq
] by 0100GMT on Thursday 20 March or face war.

Quotes from a variety of countries: France, Japan, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Mexico, Canada, China, Russia, Philippines, Iran, the Arab League, Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), New Zealand, and the Vatican. All over the scale, from "we're for it" to "we're against it," to "we're staying out of it and minding our own business".

BBC NEWS : In quotes: Reaction to Bush ultimatum

] THE first President Bush has told his son that hopes of
] peace in the Middle East would be ruined if a war with
] Iraq were not backed by international unity.
]
] Drawing on his own experiences before and after the 1991
] Gulf War, Mr Bush Sr said that the brief flowering of
] hope for Arab-Israeli relations a decade ago would never
] have happened if America had ignored the will of the
] United Nations.
]
] He also urged the President to resist his tendency to
] bear grudges, advising his son to bridge the rift between
] the United States, France and Germany.
]
] %u201CYou%u2019ve got to reach out to the other person.
] You%u2019ve got to convince them that long-term
] friendship should trump short-term adversity,%u201D he
] said.

Bush Sr warning over unilateral action

] DEARBORN -- A Dearborn High School junior was sent home
] from school this week for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned
] with an anti-war message.
]
] Bretton Barber, 16, said he wanted to express his opinion
] Monday when he wore a T-shirt he bought over the Internet
] that shows a picture of President Bush and reads,
] "International Terrorist."
]
] Concerned the shirt could spark tensions in a district
] where more than 50 percent of students are Arab-American,
] school officials told Barber to turn the shirt inside
] out, take it off or go home.
]
] Barber said he decided to go home rather than surrender
] his freedom of expression. He returned to school Tuesday
] without the shirt.

Student gets sent home over his anti-Bush T-shirt - 02/19/03

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was arrested Saturday in Pakistan.

Pakistan Arrests Alleged 9/11 Mastermind