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Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
Olbermann's MSNBC Exit Was Weeks in the Making — On Thursday, NBC's news division staged an elaborate presentation for advertisers, seeking to sell commercial time in NBC's news programs over the next year. All the members of MSNBC's prime-time lineup spoke at the lunch with one exception …
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TMZ.com:
Keith Olbermann's Exit — Secret Deal — Keith Olbermann saw the handwriting on the wall with the new owner of NBC and cut a deal for his exit that will give him money and options — sources tell TMZ. — Here's how it went down. Sources familiar with the situation tell us …
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FITSNews, Taylor Marsh, Epicenter and New York Magazine
Deadline.com:
NEW DETAILS: “MSNBC And Keith Olbermann Have Ended Their Contract”; Lefty MSNBC About To Make Right Turn? — 2ND UPDATE, SATURDAY AM: An MSNBC insider told this to Deadline today about Keith Olbermann's departure Friday: … Rachel Maddow & Bill Maher React To Keith Olbermann's Ouster
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Mixed Media, Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit, Liberty Pundits Blog and National Review
The Wrap:
Did Keith Olbermann Bolt MSNBC to Create Media Empire? — It was Keith Olbermann's decision to leave his high-profile perch at MSNBC, TheWrap has learned. The outspoken host abruptly announced his departure on Friday evening, sending shock waves through the cable news world.
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News Desk, The Moderate Voice, The Hill, Sky Dancing, Runnin' Scared and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »
The Note:
Romney Wins New Hampshire Republican Party Committee Straw Poll — ABC News Political Director Amy Walter reports: — In the first ever “straw poll” of New Hampshire Republican party committee members sponsored by ABC News and WMUR and sanctioned by the state Republican party …
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TPMDC, CNN, The Other McCain, American Power, Cubachi, Conservatives4Palin, Scared Monkeys, LewRockwell.com Blog and The Politico
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Tea Party Activist Takes Over New Hampshire G.O.P.
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Associated Press, Politics Daily and FrumForum
Kasie Hunt / The Politico:
Mitt Romney wins N.H. GOP straw poll
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The Daily Beast, Outside the Beltway and FrumForum
James Pindell / WMUR Political Scoop:
Results: WMUR, ABC News, NH GOP 2012 Straw Poll
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Boston Globe, The Fix, Freedom's Lighthouse, The Hill, iOwnTheWorld.com, TPMDC and CNN
John / Power Line:
The Left's Tucson Strategy: Stage Two — The Left's attempt to link the Tucson shootings to angry rhetoric (not theirs, of course) was stage one of a broader strategy—what both military men and political strategists refer to as preparing the battlefield. The movement to feign nonpartisanship …
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The Huffington Post, Whiskey Fire, Mediaite, The Monkey Cage and American Power
Mwarren / Weekly Standard:
The Decline of the Justice Department — Mukasey's verdict on Holder. — Former attorney general Michael Mukasey is not prone to hyperbole. He's a former federal judge, a meticulous lawyer, and, as he proved in succeeding Alberto Gonzales, a skilled administrator who restored morale …
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Power Line and Pajamas Media
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Andrew Cohen / Politics Daily:
United States v. Loughner: The Decision About The Death Penalty … In United States v. Jared Lee Loughner, the federal case against the Tucson shooting suspect, the action now shifts from public disclosures about what happened at the Safeway supermarket on Jan. 8 to private conversations …
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Former Spy With Agenda Operates a Private C.I.A. — WASHINGTON — Duane R. Clarridge parted company with the Central Intelligence Agency more than two decades ago, but from poolside at his home near San Diego, he still runs a network of spies. — Over the past two years …
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Emptywheel and Booman Tribune
Mike Stopa / Boston Globe:
The reality of death panels — ObamaCare's end-of-life planning comes down to economics — SUPPORTERS OF President Obama's health care reform law have relentlessly derided Sarah Palin's notion of “death panels” as a vulgar rhetorical technique, with no basis in reality …
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Don Surber and Conservatives4Palin
Agence France Presse:
US drone strike ‘kills four militants in Pakistan’ — MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — A US drone attack killed at least four militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal district on Sunday, officials said. — “The US drone hit a car immediately after it parked outside a house.
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1 The Long War Journal and Weasel Zippers
Wall Street Journal:
Obama to Push New Spending — State of Union Speech to Call for Boosting ‘Competitiveness’ While Nodding to Need for Budget Cuts — President Barack Obama and GE's Jeffrey Immelt, left, with plant manager Kevin Sharkey, visited a GE factory Friday to talk about green jobs.
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