Some say that the seven men arrested for planning terrorist acts from a warehouse in Miami are just a bunch of friends — young men finding their way and getting together to read religious writings. That may be. They will have their day in court. Still, I find this case …
Read More »Detour on 'DaySide'
Hi folks, Glad to be back from an unpleasant vacation in my bed, nursing that nasty flu that seems to have taken out half the country. I’m going to keep Tuesday’s blog brief, for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that I’m still a wee bit …
Read More »Zinni's Zinger?
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Former Clinton CENTCOM commander, Anthony Zinni — the most prominent of the retired generals attacking Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld — now says that, in the run-up to the war in Iraq, “What bothered me … [was that] I was hearing a depiction …
Read More »Cinderella Goes to the Oscars, Pt. II
It’s Oscars Eve, and first off, I have some bad news. The red carpet isn’t actually red. It’s maroon. Maroon, and made of what appears from a distance to be chintzy velvet. I know. I’m disappointed, too. Check out our new Oscars section! The second bit of bad news is …
Read More »Grrr! Will the Real Kellie Pickler Please Stand Up?
Is “American Idol” contestant Kellie Pickler really that dumb? Of course not. But she’s shrewd. After asking Simon “What’s a ballsy?” after he said her performance was that, and stating that she thought Cowell was calling her a fur coat when he referred to her as a “naughty little minx,” …
Read More »The News Never Stops
Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! Add viewerservices@foxnews.com to your Address Book to ensure that you receive the GretaWire in your Inbox. Click here if you are unable to see images in the e-mail. I figured I should start the blog today …
Read More »Remembering 1996
How do you take 1200 people from dozens of different backgrounds and meld them into a single, successful network? That was the question as FOX News Channel prepared to go on the air Oct. 6. Just getting started seemed like too much to ask. There was chaos in the control …
Read More »Grrr! No Such Thing as Free Publicity
Just as there’s no such thing as a free lunch, there’s also no such thing as free publicity. A lot of times I’ll be on assignment where the prevailing sentiment from my interview subjects or event coverage is that a hit on FOX News is free publicity. That’s not true. …
Read More »Ted Turner Not Sure About War on Terror
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Be Neutral CNN founder Ted Turner has objected to displays of the American flag by journalists — saying they should have a more neutral posture. And now Turner says that he was not sure which side he was on in the War …
Read More »Indonesian Militant on Trial for Beheading Three Christian Schoolgirls
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Guerrillas in the Midst Hezbollah guerrillas reportedly are roaming around southern Lebanon unchecked because United Nations troops are not going out on patrols after dark. A German newspaper reports that a Spanish official with the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon — …
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