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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
On Today's Hot Media Stories: Sherrod, “Journolist” — I go out of reach of internet-land for 48 hours, and the place blows up! Let me be the last person in the Official Media to weigh in on two topics: — 1) Shirley Sherrod. I agree with my colleagues Coates, Sullivan, Green, Ambinder …
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Jim Kavanagh / CNN:
Sherrod: Dad's slaying prompted me to work for change — Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — Shirley Miller Sherrod has spent most of her life fighting injustice. — On the Baker County, Georgia, farm where the Miller family grew corn, peanuts, cotton and cucumbers and raised hogs, cows and goats, oldest daughter Shirley despised the work.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
On Lacking All Conviction — Let's take a moment to understand …
On Lacking All Conviction — Let's take a moment to understand …
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DISSENTING JUSTICE, TPMMuckraker, Firedoglake and Comments from Left Field, more at Mediagazer »
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
White House issues public apology to ousted USDA staffer
White House issues public apology to ousted USDA staffer
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TPMMuckraker, Federal Eye, The Politico, PostPartisan, Washington Monthly, Culture Monster, Rumproast and The Plum Line
Joe Strupp / Strupp:
Sherrod: I'm a Victim of Breitbart, Fox ‘Racism’
Sherrod: I'm a Victim of Breitbart, Fox ‘Racism’
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Paul Hodes / The Huffington Post:
Weak Knees — As I was reading about the Shirley Sherrod issue today …
Weak Knees — As I was reading about the Shirley Sherrod issue today …
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Jocelyn Fong / Media Matters for America:
Will media fall for Breitbart's attempt to spin his spectacular failure?
Will media fall for Breitbart's attempt to spin his spectacular failure?
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
In meeting, Messina praised Sherrod handling
In meeting, Messina praised Sherrod handling
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Shame of the Daily Caller — I'd encourage everyone to read this Ann Althouse post on today's bogus Daily Caller story about JournoList. Her bottom line: “The Daily Caller's article is weak. And I'm inclined to think the material in the Journolist archive is pretty mild stuff.”
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David Gura / NPR:
Public Radio Publicist Apologizes For Controversial Remarks About Limbaugh
Public Radio Publicist Apologizes For Controversial Remarks About Limbaugh
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Kim Dixon / Reuters:
Key Democrat backs keeping tax cuts for rich — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fiscally conservative Democrat who chairs the U.S. Senate's budget committee on Wednesday said he supports extending all of the tax cuts that expire this year, including for the wealthy.
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Wall Street Journal:
Bush Tax Cuts Roil Democrats — Two more Senate Democrats called for extending tax cuts for all earners—including those with the highest incomes—in what appears to be a breakdown of the party's consensus on the how to handle the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Congress Ranks Last in Confidence in Institutions — Fifty percent “little"/"no" confidence in Congress reading is record high — PRINCETON, NJ — Gallup's 2010 Confidence in Institutions poll finds Congress ranking dead last out of the 16 institutions rated this year.
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Julian E. Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
Petraeus Sharpens Afghan Strategy — WASHINGTON—Gen. David Petraeus plans to ramp up the U.S. military's troop-intensive strategy in Afghanistan, according to some senior military officials, who have concluded that setbacks in the war effort this year weren't the result of the strategy, but with flaws in how it has been implemented.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Obama Faces New Doubts on Pursuing Afghan War — WASHINGTON — When President Obama announced a new strategy for Afghanistan in December, he argued that by setting a deadline of next summer to begin drawing down troops he would create a sense of urgency for the Afghan government to take the lead …
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Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
Obama wins! And Journolisters rejoice — DAVID ROBERTS, GRIST: It's all I can do not to start bawling. — LUKE MITCHELL, HARPER'S: I'm picturing something like VJ Day in Times Square. Seriously! — JOHN BLEVINS, SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW: It's all I can do to hold it together. — Nov. 4:
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Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
Obama wins! And Journolisters rejoice
Obama wins! And Journolisters rejoice
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Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:
In the hours after Sen. John McCain announced his choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate in the last presidential race, members of an online forum called Journolist struggled to make sense of the pick. Many of them were liberal reporters, and in some cases their comments reflected …
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Liz Goodwin / Yahoo! News:
Anti-mosque protests on the rise, say Muslim advocates — Opposition to the construction of mosques has skyrocketed in cities and towns across the country, scholars and advocates of Muslim culture tell The Upshot. — Public protests against three planned mosques have made news in the past week …
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National Enquirer:
AL GORE SEX SCANDAL SHOCKER POLICE INVESTIGATE TWO MORE! — The ENQUIRER reports in an exclusive bombshell exclusive that police have investigated charges from TWO MORE WOMEN who claimed they were abused by former VP AL GORE! — The allegations come hot on the heels of an ongoing Portland …
Capitol Confidential / Big Government:
ACORN Missouri Assaults Bank As President Obama Signs Bank Bailout Bill — President Obama signed the financial regulations bill into law today. At the exact time of the signing, leftist agitators from the former Missouri ACORN assaulted a Chase Bank sales branch in Chesterfield, a suburb of St Louis.
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Ballot slogan axed — Candidate with history of feuds with local officials says she plans to sue — By Jason Stein and Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison — State elections officials Wednesday narrowly rejected a Milwaukee Assembly candidate's attempt to run with the slogan …
Sewell Chan / New York Times:
Bernanke Sees No Quick End to High Rate of Joblessness — WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Federal Reserve, in saying that it had no immediate plans to provide additional support to the economy, dashed the hopes of some economists and executives who have been pushing for action to add momentum to the sluggish recovery.
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Chairman Ben S. Bernanke / Board of Governors …:
Testimony — Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
Testimony — Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
New York Post:
Pols told to be wary of female lobbyists — Some Republican congressmen have been warned to keep their distance from the female lobbyists who prowl Capitol Hill. — Sources say House Minority Leader John Boehner has told GOP congressmen who partied with lobbyists “to knock it off.”
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Conflict Resurfaces With Lessons on Nation-Building — WASHINGTON — President Obama's team is busy these days managing a troop drawdown in Iraq and a troop escalation in Afghanistan, hoping in both cases to build governments that can manage their own countries.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Gives Final Approval to Jobless Benefits — WASHINGTON - The Senate gave final approval Wednesday evening to legislation providing added unemployment benefits through November to millions of Americans who have been out of work for six months or more, ending a politically charged fight.
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Grasping Reality …