I know that Mercury News is trying to take the meat of the article as presented by the NYTimes, but leaves out too much information.

This is an accurate portrayal of Tim Berners-Lee's views on developments on the Web.

This presents the optimism of the Democrats in the Senate to get something done, but fails to make mention of the true extent of potential Republican and/or Democratic opposition. Given that this is not a new issue, it seems there should be some gauge of the results that can be derived from previous positions. Otherwise the suggestion seems to be that only the two Republicans mentioned would side with the Democrats, while the rest would side with John McCain against repeal of DADT. I just have a sense that one party or the other's optimism might not make for a good story unless there's something more to be said. However, the impending release of the Pentagon report on the effect of repealing the policy does give the article a ... More »

Kurtz uses Ailes' own words against him, but not in an unfair way. These are the words that Ailes used, and which show him to be the sort of individual that wants everyone to treat his organization with respect, but holds himself to no such standards. The name-calling against Jon Stewart and NPR speaks for itself. Certainly, Kurtz steps in to contextualize some of Ailes' claims, but he doesn't do much to influence the reader's opinion, which I imagine would have been formed on the basis of Ailes' words themselves.

This is clearly bad journalism, as instead of challenging Towey on any points, Wallace basically presents Towey's points for him, in the form of questions, as prompts. If you only ask for the information you already have, and act like it's not controversial when it clearly is, and when Towey clearly has some motive for his attacks, that's not journalism. Wallace gives a sense that he's just agreeing with Towey instead of even offering a hint of skepticism until the very end of the clip, and even there, he defers to Towey to explain WHY the VA pamphlet isn't balanced. The pamphlet itself is shown to present two sides, but Towey himself is plainly only presenting one side, and Wallace is all too glad to play along with such a charade.