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Matt / Think Progress:
McCain Denies He Used ‘The Word Timetable,’ Claims ‘We Were Greeted As Liberators’ — During a January 30 Republican primary debate, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) pilloried former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for having once used the word “timetable” while talking about Iraq.
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James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
In study, evidence of liberal-bias bias — Cable talking heads accuse broadcast networks of liberal bias — but a think tank finds that ABC, NBC and CBS were tougher on Barack Obama than on John McCain in recent weeks. — Haters of the mainstream media reheated a bit of conventional wisdom last week.
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Andrew Tyndall / tyndall report posts:
Update on Obama the Phenomenon — Hi guys. Sorry to be behind in my posting. I am working through the weekend to catch up. For those who need an update on the latest disparity in coverage between that media phenomenon and that mere Presidential candidate, here are the numbers.
John Freeman Gill / New York Times:
Cold Shoulders — THE streets were bright with promise on the sunny July day in 2001 when former President Bill Clinton arrived in Harlem, the historic capital of black America, to celebrate the opening of his office on 125th Street. A chant of “We love Bill!” rose from the adoring crowd …
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Industry Gushed Money After Reversal on Drilling — Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rose dramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona made a high-profile split with environmentalists and reversed his opposition to the federal ban on offshore drilling.
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
How Obama Became Acting President — IT almost seems like a gag worthy of “Borat”: A smooth-talking rookie senator with an exotic name passes himself off as the incumbent American president to credulous foreigners. But to dismiss Barack Obama's magical mystery tour through old Europe …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Stalking, Sniffing, Swooning — It could have been a French movie. — Passing acquaintances collide in a moment of transcendent passion. They look at each other shyly and touch tenderly during their Paris cinq à sept, exchange some existential thoughts under exquisite chandeliers, and — tant pis — go their separate ways.
Associated Press:
‘Large amount of weapons and explosives flowing into Gaza’ — Hamas has smuggled four tons of explosives, 50 anti-aircraft missiles, dozens of Kalashnikov rifles and materials used to produce rockets into the Gaza Strip since the inception of the cease-fire, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) …
CNN:
Rabbi: Removal of Obama's purported prayer note ‘sacrilegious’ — JERUSALEM (CNN) - The rabbi who supervises Jerusalem's Western Wall condemned the removal of a prayer note purportedly written by Sen. Barack Obama, saying the action was “sacrilegious.” — The U.S. presidential candidate visited …
David Cohen / This Is London:
Barack Obama's broken promise to African village — It is an extraordinary sight to walk into a basic two-room house under a mango tree in rural east Africa and discover what is essentially a shrine to Barack Obama. — The small brick house with no running water, a tin roof and roving chickens …
Paul Bedard / US News:
Blackwater Got the Gig Securing Obama in Afghanistan — Sen. Barack Obama has not been a fan of private police like Blackwater in war zones, and some news outlets even reported that they were spurned for his trip last week to Afghanistan and Iraq. But Whispers confirms that Blackwater …