Today’s edition of quick hits.<\/p>\n
* Filmmaker Robert Greenwald has a great new project. It’s called Fox Attacks<\/a>. As part of the project’s first endeavor, Fox Attacks highlights the way in which the network has smeared Barack Obama of late. Take a look.<\/p>\n * Don’t expect a verdict in the Libby trial anytime soon — jurors have asked the judge<\/a> for a “large flip chart, masking tape [and] Post-It notes,” plus any documents that might show “pictures of the witnesses.”<\/p>\n * For all the excuses about the administration not realizing how bad things were for recovering patients at Walter Reed, perhaps administration officials might want to read Salon — which started reporting on the issue two years ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n * Asked by PBS whether his newspaper could be considered liberal, Len Downie, the long-time executive editor at The Washington Post, said<\/a>, “In our news gathering, we seek to be strictly nonpartisan and nonideological. We’re human beings, we make mistakes, but we do not set out to be, nor do I think we are, liberal. And judging from my e-mail traffic in recent years, the left is much more critical, and much more angrily critical, of our coverage than the right has been.” Poor Downie; little does he realize that such a comment only encourages right-wing media critics to send him more emails.<\/p>\n * Olbermann fans will love<\/i> a new recurring segment he introduced<\/a> last night — it’s called the “24 Hour Comedy Hour.” I don’t want to spoil the surprise, but I’ll give you a hint, Olbermann starts using a laugh track during some regular Fox News broadcasts.<\/p>\n * Ezra raises a really good point: why would NPR invite Jonah Goldberg to talk about global warming when Goldberg doesn’t know anything<\/a> about global warming?<\/p>\n * The All-England Club has finally introduced gender parity<\/a> for rewarding those who win the Wimbledon tennis tournament. It’s amazing it took this long. * Bill O’Reilly apparently isn’t familiar<\/a> with Fox News’ website.<\/p>\n * The Rhode Island attorney general said Wednesday that same-sex marriages performed in Massachusetts, the sole state where they are legal, should be recognized<\/a> in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n * Illinois may join<\/a> Rhode Island on the issue.<\/p>\n * Wesley Clark and VoteVets.org have a new project worth checking out: StopIranWar.com<\/a>. (thanks to E.T. for the reminder)<\/p>\n * It’s a little unexpected, but some war critics disapprove<\/a> of John Murtha’s “readiness strategy” because it isn’t explicitly a redeployment plan.<\/p>\n * ABC News has a fascinating item<\/a> about blogs helping expose acts of torture and abuse in Egypt.<\/p>\n * Either Iranian officials are being relatively upfront about their nuclear program, or they really<\/i> don’t understand<\/a> the idea behind setting up secret front organizations.<\/p>\n
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\n* Dick Cheney is unpopular everywhere on earth. In Japan this week, he was greeted by shouts of “Yankee go home” from a loudspeaker outside the U.S. embassy. Now, he’s in Australia<\/a>. “The vice president won’t be walking the streets of Australia, so he won’t have to be worried about being subjected to verbal abuse on this stop,” said Stephen Yates, who served as his national security adviser until 2005.<\/p>\n