Houston Man Arrested For Allegedly Using Forklift To Steal ATM–Yahoo news headline, 8:40 am
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008Are they saying he would not have been arrested if had he used
a rod & reel or a one-hundred ton crane?
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Gambling casinos require their guests to provide their own decks of cards and dice.
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008Here is George Will on ABC’s THIS WEEK…
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“All will be forgiven if things turn out well. And it’s just possible, Donna, that the economy is not going down the drain. 94, 95 percent of all mortgages in this country are being paid off on time. Ninety-four percent of those who want to work are working. […]
Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the June Taylor Dancers?
Friday, October 31st, 2008Palin Fears Media Threaten Her First Amendment Rights
October 31, 2008 11:25 AM
ABC News’ Steven Portnoy reports: In a conservative radio interview that aired in Washington, D.C. Friday morning, Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin said she fears her First Amendment rights may be threatened by “attacks” from reporters who suggest she is engaging in […]
Mainstream Media Stand To Receive $1.44 Billion From McCain’s Tax Cuts–THINK PROGRESS headline
Saturday, October 4th, 2008Sadly, the mainstream media has already rolled over for much less. When the history of this administration is written, the news organizations will be justly vilified.
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Prior to and following the vice-presidential debates, conservatives on Fox News purported that the “mainstream media” has a preference for an Obama presidency. Bill Kristol, Kirsten Powers, and Bernard Goldberg […]
Begala isn’t leaving anything for the bloggers.
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008‘Substantive’ Press Is Taken for a Spin
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 29, 2008; C01
Not Too Bright
The rhetoric gets heated this time of year, but Paul Begala, the CNN commentator, went way over the line in calling President Bush a “high-functioning moron.”
The former Bill Clinton aide can be a witty partisan, but there are […]
In the Soviet era, that award weighed 2.3 tons.
Monday, August 18th, 2008*
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I don’t see any possible problems with this, do you?
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008One of Fournier’s job options: McCain
By MICHAEL CALDERONE | 7/29/08 7:27 PM EST
Before Ron Fournier returned to The Associated Press in March 2007, the veteran political reporter had another professional suitor: John McCain’s presidential campaign.
In October 2006, the McCain team approached Fournier about joining the fledgling operation, according to a source with knowledge of the […]
I used to bookmark Media Matters For America, but their findings always had a way of drowning me in frustration at the so-called free press.
Friday, July 18th, 2008Thu, Jul 17, 2008 7:36pm ET
ABC News/Wash. Post withheld results of poll favorable to Obama Summary:
ABC News and The Washington Post issued staggered releases of the results of their latest poll, withholding from their first release results favorable to Sen. Barack Obama, including the finding that 50 percent of […]
The man who emailed King Karl Rove to “Keep up the fight” is the AP Washington bureau chief.
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008Is Fournier saving or destroying the AP?
By: Michael Calderone
July 14, 2008 08:18 PM EST
Ron Fournier says he regards Sandy Johnson, his predecessor as head of The Associated Press’s Washington bureau, as “a mentor.”
Johnson, though, regards Fournier, who replaced her in a hard-feelings shake-up in May, as a threat to one of the most influential institutions […]
Ooops! The FBI and those of the media who may prefer press-release-reading were wrong? This wasn’t even an Olympics.
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008$5.8 million buys a lot of CD cleaner.
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