Too Good To Pass Up:

Everybody knows that the Bush administration has righteously stood up to the North Korean nuclear threat, right? Or just maybe the administration's stance on North Korea has more to do with its alliance with Rupert Murdoch and his media empire. Check out Andrew Leonard's How the World Works column over at Salon.com and his report that what's at the heart of the free trade talks with the North Koreans is having them open their media ownership up to Murdoch's ownership.