Maria Shriver, on leave as a reporter for NBC since her husband began campaigning for the California governorship, is leaving the network's news division. Shriver, a "Dateline NBC" reporter, said it became clear to her that as first lady of California, her journalistic integrity would constantly be scrutinized.

mred - its not obvious why the new dennis miller show isnt held to the same rules.

This naturally isn't about the children. It never is. It's about re-election-minded public officials who won't rest until they work the indecency-outrage angle as much as possible to show that they're not really in bed with Big Media.

With the bipartisan consensus on the war against terrorism under severe political strains, mainstreamers are concerned that Soros is trashing civil debate with shrill and extremist rhetoric and providing political cover for other influential figures to do the same.
Under ordinary circumstances one might ignore Soros as a fringe crank such as Ramsey Clark or Lyndon LaRouche, say political professionals. But with a fortune estimated at $7 billion and a willingness, in his words, to "put my money where my mouth is," they say Soros is stoking the fires against the wartime president and shifting political discourse from loyal opposition to something that, in simpler times, might have been considered lending aid and comfort to the enemy.