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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
NBC News PR Department Gets Down and Dirty...  Somebody's feeling the heat...  How else to explain the widely-off-the-mark responses from NBC's PR department in Lloyd Grove's column to our reporting on Russert's multitude of journalistic ethical conflicts.  —  Instead of dealing …
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
NBC, Smears, Arianna, and TV Ethics  —  Arianna Huffington is getting slimed by the NBC PR department for her blogging on Tim Russert.  The gist of her blogging is this.  Aside from Russert's stonewalling on Plamegate, he routinely accepts massive speaking fees, which is an obvious conflict of interest.
Think Progress:
UPDATE: Lauer Says 'Technically Speaking,' It 'May Be' That Abramoff Gave Only to Republicans  —  Yesterday, Today show anchor Katie Couric falsely claimed that "Democrats took money from Jack Abramoff."  Challenged on her facts, Couric said she "would look into that and clarify that for our viewers."
Atrios / Eschaton:
The Media Borg  —  Stoller writes: … This really is a big issue …
Discussion: Factesque
Richard Bradley / The Huffington Post:   Arianna, Ed Rollins, and Private Detectives
Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Republicans Clear the Way for Alito Vote  —  Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito enjoys sufficient bipartisan support to surmount any Senate filibuster attempt by minority Democrats, Senate leaders said Friday.  —  A final vote making the New Jersey jurist the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice …
Discussion: Mark in Mexico
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John Kerry / dailykos.com:
Filibuster Alito  —  Do I support a filibuster?  The answer is yes.  —  Yesterday Senator Kennedy and I spoke with our colleagues about it.  I don't have a shred of doubt in my opposition to Sam Alto's nomination.  I know Senator Kennedy does not either.  He has truly been a great leader in the effort to oppose Judge Alito.
Reuters:
Reid admits Democrats can't block Alito
New York Times:
New Poll Finds Mixed Support for Wiretaps  —  President Bush at his news conference Thursday.  The latest polls show that public opinion on Mr. Bush's surveillance program is still unresolved.  —  Americans are willing to tolerate eavesdropping without warrants to fight terrorism …
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Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Bush's Ratings Sink, but Trust Remains
Discussion: democracyarsenal.org and TAPPED
Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Majority Believe White House Should Release Abramoff Records  —  A strong bipartisan majority of the public believes President Bush should release records of meetings between disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and White House staffers despite administration claims that media requests for details …
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The Aardvark / Abu Aardvark:
Hamas: tests acoming.  —  If the reports now out of a clear Hamas victory in the Parliamentary elections, with upwards of 70 seats on participation of over 70%, turn out to be accurate, then we are now facing the single most important test - possibly ever - of America's commitment to democracy in the Middle East.
Michelle Malkin:
DOWD LOVES CLINTON'S "ENDEARING" LIES (VIDEO)  —  Take an Antacid and watch the clip (.wmv file).  —  Brad Wilmouth at Newsbusters has the full transcript and more: … So, the "right wing would come down so hard on him and overpunish him," eh, Maureen?  Sort of like this: … Oh, wait.
Discussion: Decision '08
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Brad Wilmouth / NewsBusters.org:
NYT's Maureen Dowd: Clinton's Lying "Endearing," While Bush "Lies" In His Bubble
Discussion: Macsmind
11alive.com:
ACLU Releases Government Photos  —  The ACLU of Georgia released copies of government files on Wednesday that illustrate the extent to which the FBI, the DeKalb County Division of Homeland Security and other government agencies have gone to compile information on Georgians suspected …
Eric Dash / New York Times:
Savings Accounts for Health Costs Attract Wall Street  —  When it comes to medical benefits, millions of Americans already have a health insurer.  Soon, many will also have a debit card and a bank tied to their medical plan.  —  Banks, credit unions and money management firms …
Associated Press:
Canada's new leader takes on U.S. over Arctic  —  Harper to deploy icebreakers, build port; U.S. says waters belong to all  —  TORONTO - Political pundits who declared that Stephen Harper, Canada's next prime minister, would move quickly to patch up ties with the United States were having …
Discussion: NewsHog and RuminateThis
National Review:
The 2003 Tax Cut on Capital Gains Entirely Paid for Itself  —  On Thursday the Congressional Budget Office released its annual Budget and Economic Outlook, and buried in one of its nearly impenetrable tables of numbers is a remarkable story that has gone entirely unreported by the mainstream media …
tcsdaily.com:
Stuck on 1968  —  Discuss This Story!  Bookmark  —  "Worldviews are more a mental security blanket than a serious effort to understand the world."  — Bryan Caplan, The Logic of Collective Belief  —  Most people who were liberals in 1968 still are.  Liberals.  In 1968.
Associated Press:
Coulter Jokes About Poisoning Justice  —  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Conservative commentator Ann Coulter, speaking at a traditionally black college, joked that Justice John Paul Stevens should be poisoned.  —  Coulter had told the Philander Smith College audience Thursday that more conservative justices …

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Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
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MSNBC:
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New York Times:
Bush and China Endorse Russia's Nuclear Plan for Iran
Joseph Rago / Opinion Journal:
Rosenberg Reruns  —  They were guilty, but the left can't give up their cause.
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Michelle Malkin:
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Richard A. Posner / The New Republic:
Wire Trap  —  The revelation by The New York Times …
Discussion: TAPPED

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Jonathan Steele / Guardian:
The Palestinians' democratic choice must be respected
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DeLay appearance cost Fox $14,000
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Washington Post:
K Street's New Ways Spawn More Pork
Virginia H. Mannering / bea.doc.gov:
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Bloomberg:
Majority in U.S. Say Bush Presidency Is a Failure, Poll Finds
Steven Emerson / The Counterterrorism Blog:
The ACLU's Palestinian Terrorist Friends
Discussion: Hyscience and Stop The ACLU
Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Bush Reasserts Presidential Prerogatives
 
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