memeorandum: 17 people injured in Mother's Day shooting (WVUE-TV)

8:40 AM ET, May 13, 2013

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I.R.S. Focus on Conservatives Gives G.O.P. an Issue to Seize On — WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service's special scrutiny of small-government groups applying for tax-exempt status went beyond keyword hunts for organizations with “Tea Party” or “Patriot” in their names …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Hinterland Gazette, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Caucus

Wall Street Journal:

Wider Problems Found at IRS — Probe Says Tax Agency Used Sweeping Criteria to Scrutinize Conservative Groups — WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of conservative groups went beyond those that had “tea party” or “patriot” in their names—as the agency admitted Friday …

Discussion: USA Today, The Week, American Spectator, Washington Free Beacon, Mother Jones and msnbc.com

Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:

IRS targeted groups critical of government, documents from agency probe show — At various points over the past two years, Internal Revenue Service officials singled out for scrutiny not only groups with “tea party” or “patriot” in their names but also nonprofit groups that criticized …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Outside the Beltway and Post Politics

Juliet Eilperin / Post Politics:

IRS targeted groups that criticized the government, IG report says — At various points over the past two years, Internal Revenue Service officials targeted nonprofit groups that criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution, according to documents …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers

Peter Schroeder / The Hill: Issa: IRS apology for targeting Tea Party groups not sincere

Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Collins says IRS revelations will fuel government distrust

Discussion: Politico and Scared Monkeys

Washington Post:
Report: Top IRS officials knew in 2011 that conservative groups were targeted

Discussion: Post Politics

Dana Ford / CNN:

19 injured in New Orleans parade shooting — (CNN) — Abdul Aziz believes he was standing right next to a shooter Sunday when gunmen opened fire at a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans, injuring 19 people. — “Everyone around me, except me, was shot,” he said. “I was pretty fortunate to get away.”

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland

WVUE-TV:

17 people injured in Mother's Day shooting — New Orleans, La.- The NOPD is investigating a shooting near the intersection of Frenchmen and North Villere Streets that left 17 people injured during a Mother's Day second line. — Chief Serpas announced in a press conference that the youngest victim …

Discussion: Mediaite and protein wisdom

Fox News:

Search for suspects after 19 injured in shooting at New Orleans Mother's Day parade — New Orleans police are searching for as many as three gunmen after 19 people, including two children, were injured in a shooting at a Mother's Day parade. — Police say they saw three suspects running from the scene …

Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and The Hinterland Gazette

Jake Miller / CBS News:

Gates: Some Benghazi critics have “cartoonish” view of military capability — Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates forcefully defended the Obama administration on Sunday against charges that it did not do enough to prevent the tragedy in Benghazi, telling CBS' “Face the Nation” …

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, The Moderate Voice, The Democratic Daily, PoliticusUSA, The Raw Story and Little Green Footballs

Fox News:
Republicans call for depositions in Benghazi probe, amid revelation Clinton barely interviewed

Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, New York Times and Hot Air

Jordan Chariton / Mediaite:
McCain Defends Obama Against Impeachment For Benghazi, Will ‘Give President Benefit Of The Doubt’

Discussion: BizPac Review, Mock, Paper, Scissors and Nice Deb

Hadas Gold / Politico:
Gates defends W.H. on Benghazi

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Weasel Zippers and CNN

Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Benghazi whistle-blower a Democrat, voted for Hillary and Obama twice

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Blazing Cat Fur, Weasel Zippers, NewsBusters blogs, National Review and US Department of State

Lesley Messer / ABCNEWS:

Barbara Walters Announces 2014 Retirement — The legendary newscaster will leave TV journalism next summer — For decades, Barbara Walters has inspired millions with her groundbreaking interviews — but after 37 years with ABC News, the newscaster is announcing on “The View” …

Discussion: Mediaite, Hollywood Life, She The People and Politico, more at Mediagazer »

Bill Carter / New York Times:

Walters to Announce 2014 Retirement on ‘The View’ — On the program she invented, on the network where she worked for the past 37 years, on the medium where she broke barriers and rules for more than 50 years, Barbara Walters will announce on Monday morning, definitively and with no regrets, that she is calling it a career.

Discussion: New York Magazine

Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Barbara Walters to Announce Retirement on Monday

Discussion: Twitchy, NewsBusters and Ed Driscoll

Bloomberg:

Holding Ourselves Accountable — By Matthew Winkler 2013-05-13T04:11:33Z — As I wrote in “The Bloomberg Way,” our guide for reporters and editors, “The appearance of impropriety can be as damaging to a reputation as doing something improper. Because we hold others accountable for disclosure, we expect the same of ourselves.

Discussion: New York Times, DealBook and Politico, more at Mediagazer »

Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:

The Coming Attempt to Impeach Obama — The idea of impeaching Obama is industrial-strength insane. Republicans will probably try anyway, predicts Michael Tomasky. — When the histories of this administration are written, I hope fervently that last Friday, May 10, does not figure prominently in them.

Discussion: Althouse, Booman Tribune, The Daily Caller, The Reaction, The Moderate Voice and Washington Post