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1. On the Job

   The Wikinews Ace

   January 27, 2009 09:30 AM

   One 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

2. Currents

   Louts Out

   October 30, 2008 09:15 AM

   In 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

3. Behind the News

   Before Benedict

   April 28, 2008 09:05 AM

   Jon 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

4. Campaign Desk

   Love, By The Numbers

   February 13, 2008 05:42 PM

   It 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