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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
NBC News PR Department Gets Down and Dirty... Somebody's feeling the heat... How else to explain the widely-off-the-mark responses from NBC's PR department in Lloyd Grove's column to our reporting on Russert's multitude of journalistic ethical conflicts. — Instead of dealing …
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The Moderate Voice, riponcollegedays.com, Democrat Taylor Marsh …, Ed Driscoll.com and Jesus' General
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
NBC, Smears, Arianna, and TV Ethics — Arianna Huffington is getting slimed by the NBC PR department for her blogging on Tim Russert. The gist of her blogging is this. Aside from Russert's stonewalling on Plamegate, he routinely accepts massive speaking fees, which is an obvious conflict of interest.
NY Daily News:
Big fuss over claims about Little Russ — Celebrity blogger Arianna Huffington regularly attacks "Meet the Press" moderator Tim Russert as a Washington insider who gets chummy with the powerful. Usually there's no response. — But now Huffington has really gotten under Russert's skin - to the point of drawing blood.
Think Progress:
UPDATE: Lauer Says 'Technically Speaking,' It 'May Be' That Abramoff Gave Only to Republicans — Yesterday, Today show anchor Katie Couric falsely claimed that "Democrats took money from Jack Abramoff." Challenged on her facts, Couric said she "would look into that and clarify that for our viewers."
Atrios / Eschaton:The Media Borg — Stoller writes: … This really is a big issue …
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Factesque
Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Republicans Clear the Way for Alito Vote — Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito enjoys sufficient bipartisan support to surmount any Senate filibuster attempt by minority Democrats, Senate leaders said Friday. — A final vote making the New Jersey jurist the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:Kerry Urges Alito Filibuster, but His Reception Is Cool
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Digby / Hullabaloo:Learning To Lose Well — I hope some of the comments …
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Lean Left, The Reaction, firedoglake, Mark in Mexico, PSoTD, INDC Journal, PC Free Zone, CorrenteWire, AMERICAblog, Daily Kos and THE BRAD BLOG
Wendy Long / Bench Memos on National Review Online: Remember the Children — As we look forward to the inevitable …
New York Times:
New Poll Finds Mixed Support for Wiretaps — President Bush at his news conference Thursday. The latest polls show that public opinion on Mr. Bush's surveillance program is still unresolved. — Americans are willing to tolerate eavesdropping without warrants to fight terrorism …
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Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Majority Believe White House Should Release Abramoff Records — A strong bipartisan majority of the public believes President Bush should release records of meetings between disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and White House staffers despite administration claims that media requests for details …
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New York Times:
Prosecutor Will Step Down From Lobbyist Case — WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 — The investigation of Jack Abramoff, the disgraced Republican lobbyist, took a surprising new turn on Thursday when the Justice Department said the chief prosecutor in the inquiry would step down next week because he had been nominated …
Michelle Malkin:
DOWD LOVES CLINTON'S "ENDEARING" LIES (VIDEO) — Take an Antacid and watch the clip (.wmv file). — Brad Wilmouth at Newsbusters has the full transcript and more: … So, the "right wing would come down so hard on him and overpunish him," eh, Maureen? Sort of like this: … Oh, wait.
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Decision '08
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Brad Wilmouth / NewsBusters.org:NYT's Maureen Dowd: Clinton's Lying "Endearing," While Bush "Lies" In His Bubble
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Macsmind
Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Bush Reasserts Presidential Prerogatives — Eavesdropping, Katrina Probe Cited as Concerns — President Bush set limits yesterday on White House cooperation in three political disputes, saying he is determined to assert presidential prerogatives on such matters as domestic eavesdropping …
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New York Times, Just a Bump in the Beltway, Talking Points Memo, CorrenteWire, First Draft and TalkLeft
11alive.com:
ACLU Releases Government Photos — The ACLU of Georgia released copies of government files on Wednesday that illustrate the extent to which the FBI, the DeKalb County Division of Homeland Security and other government agencies have gone to compile information on Georgians suspected …
Eric Dash / New York Times:
Savings Accounts for Health Costs Attract Wall Street — When it comes to medical benefits, millions of Americans already have a health insurer. Soon, many will also have a debit card and a bank tied to their medical plan. — Banks, credit unions and money management firms …
Michelle Malkin:
MORE CHINA-GOOGLE PROTEST LOGOS — Lots of new entries for the China Google Protest Logo Album coming in. Here's the best of the second batch. — Posted at Discarded Lies: — Sent by reader Herman F.: — From Junkyard Blog's Bryan Preston: — Sent by reader Jorrit P.:
tcsdaily.com:
Stuck on 1968 — Discuss This Story! Bookmark — "Worldviews are more a mental security blanket than a serious effort to understand the world." — Bryan Caplan, The Logic of Collective Belief — Most people who were liberals in 1968 still are. Liberals. In 1968.
Richard A. Posner / The New Republic:
Wire Trap — The revelation by The New York Times that the National Security Agency (NSA) is conducting a secret program of electronic surveillance outside the framework of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has sparked a hot debate in the press and in the blogosphere.
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TAPPED
Bloomberg:
Majority in U.S. Say Bush Presidency Is a Failure, Poll Finds — Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) — A majority of Americans said the presidency of George W. Bush has been a failure and that they would be more likely to vote for congressional candidates who oppose him, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll.
