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On the Job
The Wikinews Ace
January 27, 2009 09:30 AMOne morning in December 2007, a law-school dropout named David Shankbone sat on a couch in Shimon Peres’s office in Jerusalem. He’d been invited into the Israeli president’s inner sanctum for an exclusive interview with the elder statesman. Peres reclined... Continue reading
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Currents
Louts Out
October 30, 2008 09:15 AMIn January, someone who goes by the name “crosswave” logged onto the reader forums at nydailynews.com and posted a comment about sports columnist Filip Bondy. “Eff you Filip Bondy,” the post read, “You should be banished back to covering ghetto... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Before Benedict
April 28, 2008 09:05 AMJon Stewart had a lot of fun mocking the media over the fawning coverage they gave the pope's recent visit. Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee parodied the ecstatic inarticulateness of commentators by telling Stewart that “to witness the pope's visit... Continue reading
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Campaign Desk
Love, By The Numbers
February 13, 2008 05:42 PMIt wasn’t just the so-called liberal media that appeared enthralled with Barack Obama last night. Even Fox News Channel managed to give him a leg up—whether it was intentional or not. During its coverage of the Potomac primaries, FNC carried... Continue reading
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- Dull news from Doha UN climate summit a ho-hum affair for the press
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