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Michelle Malkin:
CNN'S X-MEN...UPDATE: IT WAS JUST A GLITCH...OR NOT? — ***see updates*** — Ok, just got home and have been deluged with e-mails asking for comment and more info on the Drudge Report's big story tonight about CNN's X-tra special treatment of Vice President Cheney.
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Drudge Report:
CNN MARKS CHENEY: NETWORK FLASHES 'X' OVER VP'S FACE DURING LIVE SPEECH — At 11:04:45 AM ET Monday CNN was airing Vice President Dick Cheney's speech live from the American Enterprise Institute in Washington — when a large black 'X' repeatedly flashed over the vice president's face!
Drudge Report:
CNN SENIOR MANAGEMENT LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION OF CHENEY 'X'; CONTROL ROOM STAFFER 'LAUGHED' WHEN X FLASHED — CNN management has launched an internal investigation into how a giant black 'X' mark appeared over Vice President Dick Cheney's face — as he delivered a speech from Washington on Monday!
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Cheney Accuses Iraq Critics of Shameless Revisionism — Vice President Cheney today accused political opponents of engaging in "corrupt and shameless" revisionism by charging that the Bush administration misled the nation into the Iraq war, and he warned that any sudden withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq …
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Rantingprofs, firedoglake, Talking Points Memo, Booman Tribune ~ Boo!, Dan Gillmor's blog and Suburban Guerrilla
Brian / mediabistro.com:
Drudge Delighted By CNN Glitch — "At 11:04:45 AM ET Monday CNN was airing Vice President Dick Cheney's speech live from the American Enterprise Institute in Washington — when a large black 'X' repeatedly flashed over the vice president's face!," Drudge explains.
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Evan Coyne Maloney / >bt: Brain Terminal:Overreacting to the X-ing of Cheney
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OSM:
Excuse us while we change back into our pajamas — Once upon a time, some friends who met in the casual atmosphere of the blogosphere (us) got together and decided it would be groovy to start a blog company. "We could call it Pajamas Media," we said, referring to the now-famous quote by whatshisface …
Crooks and Liars:
I've got a leak to sell you — I've got a leak to sell you — Bob Woodward joined Larry King in his first interview after revealing that he knew the name of Valerie Plame and was called to testify in front of Fitzmas himself. — Video-WMP low res QT later
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Cheney Sees 'Shameless' Revisionism on War — WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 - Vice President Dick Cheney stepped up the White House attacks on critics of the Iraq war on Monday, declaring that politicians who say Americans were sent into battle based on a lie are engaging in "revisionism of the most corrupt and shameless variety."
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:Opening the Door to Debate, and Then Shutting It
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Marc Cooper, PBD, Tammy Bruce, Taegan Goddard's …, Ace of Spades HQ, Wonkette and War and Piece
Philip Shenon / New York Times:
Former DeLay Aide Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy — WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 - Michael Scanlon, a former business partner of the lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a former top aide to Representative Tom DeLay, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to bribe a member of Congress and other public officials.
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The Washington Monthly, ACSBlog, The Carpetbagger Report, Balloon Juice, Taegan Goddard's … and Washington Post
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Hassan M. Fattah / New York Times:
Iraqi Factions Seek Timetable for U.S. Pullout — CAIRO, Nov. 21 - For the first time, Iraq's political factions on Monday collectively called for a timetable for withdrawal of foreign forces, in a moment of consensus that comes as the Bush administration battles pressure at home to commit itself to a pullout schedule.
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The Politburo Diktat, THE ASTUTE BLOGGER, The Reaction, Air America Radio and The Mahablog
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Mark Steyn / Telegraph:
Listen to the word on the 'Arab street' — Rumours of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death may be exaggerated. He was reported by several Arab TV networks to have been among eight terrorists who self-detonated in Mosul on Sunday. Still, whether or not he's sleeping with the fishes or the 72 virgins …
Malia Rulon / Cincinnati Enquirer:
Schmidt in war of words — Rookie lawmaker's 'coward' remarks ricochet — WASHINGTON - Three days after Rep. Jean Schmidt was booed off the House floor for saying that "cowards cut and run, Marines never do," the Ohioan she quoted disputed the comments. — Danny Bubp, a freshman state …
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Daily Kos:
Pentagon has called WP a "chemical weapon" — About the most frustrating thing about the White Phosphorus "debate" has been the endless discussion whether it's a chemical weapon or not. There are legitimate uses for WP — battlefield illumination and target spotting …
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protein wisdom, The Reaction, Pacific Views, Jesus' General, Balloon Juice, Think Progress, The Moderate Voice and Seeing the Forest
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James Dao / New York Times:
Louisiana Sees Faded Urgency in Relief Effort — BATON ROUGE, La., Nov. 18 - Less than three months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, relief legislation remains dormant in Washington and despair is growing among officials here who fear that Congress and the Bush administration are losing interest in their plight.
Philip Thornton / Independent:
Iraq's oil: The spoils of war — Iraqis face the dire prospect of losing up to $200bn (£116bn) of the wealth of their country if an American-inspired plan to hand over development of its oil reserves to US and British multinationals comes into force next year.
City Journal:
Baghdad's Real Torturers — A harsh discovery puts U.S. pundits' distorted reports in perspective. The U.S. military recently uncovered alleged evidence of torture in Iraqi-run Baghdad prisons, including what appeared to be a torture chamber in an Iraqi Ministry of Interior detention facility.
Brendan Miniter / Opinion Journal:
Friendly Fire — John Murtha unites the Republicans. — Shortly after stepping off a plane at Dulles Airport last week, Rep. Duncan Hunter was on a cell phone delivering a surprisingly stern message to a few reporters. Coverage of the debate in the Senate to "ban" the use of torture …
