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Time Part III: Right Turns Only, to Save the Planet
ABC is just as fascinated with idea of no left turns, but neither outlet mentions how impractical it is for ordinary drivers.
Breaking News from Politico: Obama Fundraising Shows the GOP Stinks
That's pretty much the spin from the Politico this afternoon as the online political journal spun Barack Obama's campaign fundraising performance into bad news for Republican presidential aspiratios in 2008. Here's the text of the "breaking news" e-mail from Politico.com. That's right, it's so important it deserved a breaking news alert to Politico readers' inboxes:The Politico.com Breaking News…
Did Katie Really Hit the Books in College
In an April 4 blog post to "Couric & Co.," the University of Virginia alumna (Class of 1979) worries that kids these days don't know their way around the library, and hence will be up a creek when they drift into the college library cramming for term papers:Many kids skip the library altogether and head for the store. Sales of
juvenile books rose 60 percent from 2002 to 2005. It's an…
The 'Consumer Group' That Doesn't Want You to Consume
Journalists love CSPI's hype and embrace its extremist anti-food agenda.
Montel Williams Ditches Soldier Who Wouldn't Complain About Treatment
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In the post-Walter Reed world, the MSM is on the prowl for stories that fit the template -- troops suffering at the hands of an indifferent military health bureaucracy. Yesterday's episode of the Montel Williams show demonstrates what happens when a soldier doesn't stick to the victimization script.Have a look at this article from the Grand Junction [Colo.] Sentinel, which…
NYT: 'American Idol' Popular Because of 2000 Election
Just when you thought the New York Times couldn't sink any lower than its chairman Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger ranting how he was sorry America wasn't a socialist and pacifist nation, the money-losing paper manages to surprise you.That's really the only thing you can say after reading Times Arts tv critic Alessandra Stanley's attempt to cast the popular-but-fading Fox show "American Idol" into…