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  1. jp on Mark Halperin being...well, dumb.

  2. Think Progress reminds us what a hypocritical bastard Dick Cheney is.

  3. Eric Boehlert wonders why Fox News has a double standard when it comes to honoring fallen soldiers. His conclusion: "As I mentioned, this latest round of finger-pointing isn't really about the media and it's certainly not about serious media criticism. It's about desperate war supporters flailing around in search of a target; in search of an explanation for how it's really the media's fault that the war in Iraq has failed."

  4. Fred Kaplan is as much a fan of "Redacted" as Bill O'Reilly, but in his case Kaplan actually articulates his beefs with the movie: "


But as the film slogs on, the real world recedes to schlock fantasy. The key scene comes when two of the Americans—both psychopaths, one fatter than any active-duty combat Marine or soldier would be allowed to be—decide, late one night, to go rape and kill a teenage girl they've seen walking along their patrol route every day and, while they're at it, to murder her family. (The aspiring film student comes along with a helmet-mounted camera equipped with a night-viewing lens.)


The scene, as expected, is horrible. But because the Iraqis are ciphers and the rapist-murderers are cartoon villains (while doing the deed, one of them even goes, "Hooo-wha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"), it evokes no emotion—certainly not the rage that De Palma is trying to elicit. He has said that he hopes the film's "images will get the public incensed enough to get their congressmen to vote against the war." One wonders: Is he a knave or a fool? The real war hardly lacks for horrific images or eloquent critics. Does De Palma seriously believe that his film will be the tipping point? (Dear Senator: I have just learned that ghastly things are happening in Iraq! Please bring our troops home now!)"


Take notes, Mr. O'Reilly; this is how you critique a movie.

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