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Tag Archives: Politico
MoveOn.Org Moves On Rupert Murdoch
George Soros sock puppet MoveOn.org has just launched an air assault on Rupert Murdoch over the News of the World rumpus. Via Politico’s On Media blog: Sensing political opportunity in the polling that shows most Americans support a wider investigation of … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11 victims, George Soros sock puppet, MoveOn.org, News of the World, On Media, Politico, Rupert Murdoch
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The Ghost Of Ted K Haunts Mitt Romney (II)
The hardworking staff previously noted Politico’s unearthing of an unaired TV spot produced by Ted Kennedy’s 1994 reelection campaign vs. Mitt Romney. We could not, however, locate video of the ad on Politico. Friday’s Boston Globe helpfully provided it. Except it … Continue reading
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Tagged 1994 unaired campaign ad, Boston Globe, Chris Matthews, Mitt Romney, MSNBC, Politico, Ted Kennedy, YouTube
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Posting Obituaries From The Grave
This week featured yet another Posthumous Obituary. Via Politico’s On Media blog: Betty Ford lives longer than the writer who wrote her obit in the WaPo. The writer? Donnie Radcliffe. Her obit is here. Radcliffe joins a growing list of late chroniclers of the … Continue reading
Weekly Standard/New Republic Slapfight
First there was the new edition of The New Republic: Then there was the Weekly Standard’s Parody (actually “Not A Parody”) edition: Which led to this post by cover-story author Eliza Gray on TNR’s website: The Monday after my cover story on transgender … Continue reading
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Tagged Eliza Gray, Not A Parody, On Media, Parody, Politico, The New Republic, The Weekly Standard, William Kristol
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Quote o’ the Day (Rod Blagojevich Edition)
From Politico columnist Roger Simon’s op-ed (headline: “Another Illinois Governor Goes to Jail”) in today’s Wall Street Journal: “You could cut off [Rod Blagojevich’s] head and he wouldn’t be any dumber,” a Chicago insider tells me. But Blago might be getting … Continue reading
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Tagged Blago, Chicago, Politico, Rod Blagojevich, Roger Simon, Wall Street Journal
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NYT ‘Sunday Review’ Reviews
The hardworking staff weighed in early on the New York Times revamp of its Week in Review section (Memo To NYT Sunday Review: You A Mess, Honey), but of course others are having their say as well. From Politico‘s Keach … Continue reading
White House Suppresses The Press – Again
The White House press corps is all lathered up over restricted access to Pres. Obama’s Afghanistan speech Wednesday night. From Politico: Another presidential speech, another fight over press access to it. Some member of the White House press corps were … Continue reading
Squawkers Give Radio Waves To Stealth Advertisers
Conservative talk-radio hosts, according to Politico, are peppering their commentary with paid plugs from think tanks looking for donors. If you’re a regular listener of Glenn Beck’s radio show and you wanted to contribute to a political group that would advance … Continue reading
The Scufflington Post
The acquisition of The Huffington Post by AOL has generated a wave of reactions – from Wow! . . . to . . . Huh?? The $315 million deal has also raised questions about the future of the blogeteria founded by … Continue reading
Sign o’ The Times
From a New York Times internal memo “The New News Cycle,” via Politico’s Playbook: “As an essential step in our reorganization, we will begin holding the morning meeting at 10 a.m. … and to conduct both it and the 4 … Continue reading
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