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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Transparency at the Post: Q & A with Jim Brady of Washingtonpost.com — "I don't think there are many reporters who oppose thoughtful criticism of their work. What they oppose is being called vulgar names and assigned all sorts of evil motives by people who don't know them.
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Jim Brady / Washington Post:
Ask Post.com — On Thursday, washingtonpost.com turned off the reader comments feature on post.blog , a blog dedicated to sharing news by and about The Post and washingtonpost.com. The move came after several comments containing personal attacks, profanity and hate speech were posted …
radioblogger.com:
Washington Post Blog's Jim Brady on the profane meltdown of the left this week. — HH: Moving from an interview with the Vice President to an interview with Jim Brady, executive editor of Washingtonpost.com, the phenomenally successful online edition of the Washington Post. Mr. Brady, welcome.
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Blame the Barbarians — The push is on to take the heat off the Post and their kneepads journalism in the Jack Abramoff matter by placing the blame on their unruly readers. — Jim VandeHei, this morning: … Get it? No distinction between legitimate criticism over the Post's refusal …
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Jawa Report Helps Nab Would-be Terrorist (Blogoversary Surprise) — Two years ago today I started blogging by warning in my very first post, If you think this is offensive, just wait til I really get going! What a way to celebrate my blogoversary!!! — The long awaited moment has arrived …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The Osama Tape (With Matthews And Moore) — Osama bin Laden has apparently released a new tape, estimated to have been made in December: … A truce? Because he is winning and wants to let us catch our breath? [Gregory Djerejian reflects at length]. — In related news …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Containing Tehran — How should the United States think about Iran? What explains the fanaticism of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and what can America and its allies do to change it? — These baseline questions are at the heart of an informal review of Iran policy that's taking place …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
In Preview of G.O.P. Campaign, Rove Tears Into Democrats — WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 - Karl Rove, the president's chief political adviser, gave nervous Republicans here a preview of the party's strategy to maintain its dominance in the fall elections today, assailing Democrats for their positions on terrorism …
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Derrick Nunnally / JSOnline:
Sudden plea deals in tire-slashing case — In an unexpected twist in the Election Day tire-slashing trial, four former Kerry-Edwards campaign staffers, including the sons of U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) and former Acting Mayor Marvin Pratt, have agreed to plead no contest to misdemeanors.
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Sean Hackbarth / The American Mind:Plea Agreement in Tire Slashing Case
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Les Carpenter / Washington Post:
Safe at Home — 25 Years Ago, a Gift From Major League Baseball Helped Iran Hostages Reconnect With America — It was a small thing really, barely bigger than a credit card, tucked unpretentiously in a small black case. For each of the 52 American hostages who bounded off the plane …
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Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun Times:
Durbin to vote against Alito, says filibuster possible — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced Thursday he will vote against Judge Sam Alito for the U.S. Supreme Court. And he said so many other senators intensely oppose Alito that they may have enough votes to sustain a filibuster against the conservative jurist.
The Standard:
Mystery firm linked to US lobbyist scandal — US government investigators probing Washington's explosive Congressional bribery scandal centered on disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff recently visited Hong Kong, according to a witness interviewed by the authorities. — ZachColeman
David Stout / New York Times:
U.S. Indicts 11 for Acts of Domestic Terrorism — WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 - Eleven people have been indicted on charges of carrying out a years-long spree of arson, bombings and other acts of domestic terrorism throughout five Western states, the Justice Department said today.
Opinion Journal:
Still Morning in America — Reaganomics, 25 years later. — Twenty-five years ago today, Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as the 40th President of the United States promising less intrusive government, lower tax rates and victory over communism. On that same day, the American hostages in Iran were freed after 444 days of captivity.
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Michael Moore / michaelmoore.com:
Michael Moore Statement on Canadian Election — As an avid lover of all things Canadian, he has issued the following statement regarding Canada's upcoming election on Monday: — Oh, Canada — you're not really going to elect a Conservative majority on Monday, are you? That's a joke, right?
Associated Press:
Gay families plan to attend White House egg roll — NEW YORK (AP) — Three months before the annual Easter egg roll at the White House, the usually festive event is already taking on a divisive edge because of plans by gay- and lesbian-led families to turn out en masse in hopes of raising their public profile.
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Joe Katzman / Winds of Change.NET:
OUR DARKENING SKY: IRAN AND THE WAR … In the wake of Tom Holsinger's article "The Case For Invading Iran," I was going to enter a comment, but it became long enough to deserve a full post. To begin with, it's time to lay my own cards on the table. — I personally believe that we're …
