Join us on Friday, June 18th, in celebrating the tenth anniversary of our Center for Media and Democracy. Join John Stauber, Sheldon Rampton and other CMD staff and board members and supporters at Madison, Wisconsin's, Club Majestic from 6pm to 9pm for an evening of great food and friendship. Our very special guest speaker will be Amy Goodman of Pacifica Radio's award-winning news show, Democracy Now!

In a detailed profile of Ahmed Chalabi and the Iraqi National Congress, Jane Mayer includes some fairly candid admissions by Francis Brooke, the INC's PR guru. Without Chalabi, he says, "This war would not have been fought. ...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting funded two new right-leaning shows - "one hosted by Tucker Carlson, who speaks for conservatives on CNN's 'Crossfire'" and "one moderated by Paul Gigot, editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal" - while cutting "NOW with Bill Moyers" from an hour to 30 minutes.