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Tag Archives: George Will
Hack Attack! Salon’s Brutal Takedown of Bigfoot Journalists
Salon’s Alex Pareene has assembled a Top Ten Hackorama of Political Journalists and it’s a corker (tip o’ the pixel to AlterNet). Pareene blowtorches some of the most notable members of the chinstrokerati, “[channeling] each media figure’s ‘unique’ voice — … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Pareene, AlterNet, Benny Johnson, Bob Woodward, Business Insider, Buzzfeed, chinstrokerati, David Brooks, Erick Erickson, Game Change, George Will, Henry Blodget, John Heilemann, Malcolm Gladwell, Mark Halperin, Maureen Dowd, Mike Allen, New York Times, Paul Krugman, Politico, RedState, Richard Cohen, Salon, The New Yorker, Thomas Friedman, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post
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Boston Herald Turns George Will Into A Shill
Inside-baseball-loving columnist George Will has a problem: His wife, Mari Will, is an adviser to GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry. That doesn’t prevent Will from writing about the GOP presidential primary, but it does require him to disclose his spousal conflict … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Herald, Drudge Report, full disclosure, George Will, Mari Will, Rick Perry
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Ads ‘n’ Ends (BP Edition)
Fun Fact to Know and Tell From George Will’s latest column (hat tip Politico’s Playbook): From 2000 through 2008, sales of “Atlas Shrugged,” which was published in 1957, averaged a remarkable 166,000 a year. Since Barack Obama took office, more than … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, BP ads, George Will, Marc Ambinder, Michael Prager, New York Times, Politico Playbook, ThinkProgress
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Dizzy Lizzy Cheney
Liz Cheney didn’t fall far from the tree. The daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney is fronting a website called Keep America Safe that is hazardous to America’s political health, according to some. From a piece on the lefty … Continue reading