“People are pretty mad — mad that government has not taken what we do seriously,” one reporter said on Tuesday. “When the news broke yesterday … people were outraged and disgusted. No one was yelling and screaming, but it was like, ‘Are you kidding me!?’” “People are ticked,” said another. “Everyone supports the reporters involved.” [...]
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Media Storm: Gosnell, Harpootlian, Mike Huckabee and Benghazi
IT’S happening everywhere in the media, anywhere you choose to read lately. Gosnell, Harpootlian, Mike Huckabee and Benghazi, all leading to the second term curse that’s lapping at the White House lawn. The media digging down to find an alternative narrative to balance just how whacky those right wing Republicans have gotten since Sarah Palin [...]
The Entire Political Press World is Laughing at Bob Woodward [Video] *Updated*
THE GRAPHIC above is from Gawker, with John Wood doing a massive take down of Bob Woodward, who is getting pilloried by the press and established journalists. The graphic is apt, because Woodward went out on a limb and his colleagues sawed it off. Wood also goes back over Woodward’s career, including the Watergate tale, [...]
George McGovern Told the Truth About Nixon and Still Lost
THE MAN who couldn’t beat a lying, felonious crook like Richard Nixon is dead. Headlines blared, but the voter wouldn’t listen. Just look at the ad above and marvel at the willful ignorance of the American people. It illustrates that a man speaking the truth can still lose whenever the American voter chooses to ignore [...]
Oh Donna, How We Danced
DONNA SUMMER was writing “Love to Love You Baby”; I was Miss Missouri. “Last Dance” came out in 1978, the year after the BeeGees and John Travolta blasted on the scene and shook American culture. I was Broadway bound and once I got there one thing I’ll never forget is a couple of years later [...]
Ben Bradlee Questions Deep Throat and Red Flag in Flower Pot
Did that potted [plant] incident ever happen? … and meeting in some garage. One meeting in the garage? Fifty meetings in the garage? I don’t know how many meetings in the garage … There’s a residual fear in my soul that that isn’t quite straight. – from “Yours in Truth: A Personal Portrait of Ben [...]
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