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Remembering Mike Wallace 1918-2012 … PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — (CBS News) For half a century, he took on corrupt politicians, scam artists and bureaucratic bumblers. His visits were preceded by the four dreaded words: Mike Wallace is here. — Wallace took to heart the old reporter's pledge …
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Tim Weiner / New York Times:
Mike Wallace, CBS Pioneer of ‘60 Minutes,’ Dies at 93
Mike Wallace, CBS Pioneer of ‘60 Minutes,’ Dies at 93
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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Mike Wallace dies: Veteran journalist and former ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent was 93
Mike Wallace dies: Veteran journalist and former ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent was 93
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Reactions to the Death of Mike Wallace, ‘60 Minutes’ Pioneer
Reactions to the Death of Mike Wallace, ‘60 Minutes’ Pioneer
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Jennifer Bisram / Orlando and Central Florida News …:
Civil rights group patrolling Sanford — Florida members of the Detroit-based National Socialist Movement tells FOX35 they are patrolling the streets of Sanford. — The white rights organization says several Sanford citizens have called on them fearing their safety.
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NY Daily News:
Neo-Nazis pledge to descend on Sanford, Fla., where Trayvon martin was killed, to protect ‘white citizens’ — Sanford police officials said Saturday they have not spotted any neo-Nazis but have coordinated with the feds to be ready in case violence erupts — The leader of the National …
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Deborah Simmons / Washington Times:
Bill Cosby weighs in on Trayvon Martin case
Bill Cosby weighs in on Trayvon Martin case
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The BS Runs Deep At MSNBC — All credit to Les Jones blog, which has uncovered a pattern of problematic production practices at NBC. — NBC has already fired an unnamed producer over the slanted editing of the George Zimmerman 911 call, which was clipped by NBC to be “This guy looks like he's up to no good.
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Chris Francescani / Reuters:
Trayvon Martin call was “mistake, not deliberate”: NBC — (Reuters) - NBC News' decision to air an edited call from George Zimmerman to police in the moments before he shot Trayvon Martin was “a mistake and not a deliberate act to misrepresent the phone call,” according to the president of the network's news division.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Newt Gingrich: I'm ‘Slightly Less Than’ $4.5 Million In Debt … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Gingrich 2012, Newt Gingrich, Video, Campaign 2012, Romney Campaign, Gingrich Campaign, Gingrich Debt, Gingrich Delaware, Gingrich Millions, Newt Gingrich Campaign Debt, Newt Gingrich Mitt Romney, Politics News
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Matt Welch / Reason:
When Losers Write History — Why legacy-newspaper media reporters get their own industry so wrong — (Editor's note: This article is adapted from a chapter in Will the Last Reporter Please Turn out the Lights: The Collapse of Journalism and What Can Be Done To Fix It, published by The New Press in 2011.)
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Black caucus chairman condemns Dem claims GOP is waging ‘war on women’ — The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), on Sunday condemned the charge by some Democrats that Republicans are engaged in a “war on women.” — Cleaver appeared on an Easter Sunday panel …
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
DNC chairwoman says Romney, GOP lawmakers ‘rooting for economic failure’
DNC chairwoman says Romney, GOP lawmakers ‘rooting for economic failure’
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Ian Cobain / Guardian:
Special report: Rendition ordeal that raises new questions about secret trials — In 2004, Fatima Bouchar and her husband, Abdel Hakim Belhaj, were detained en route to the UK, and rendered to Libya. This is the story of their imprisonment, and the trail of evidence that reveals the involvement of the British government
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Jason DeParle / New York Times:
Welfare Limits Left Poor Adrift as Recession Hit — PHOENIX — Perhaps no law in the past generation has drawn more praise than the drive to “end welfare as we know it,” which joined the late-'90s economic boom to send caseloads plunging, employment rates rising and officials of both parties hailing the virtues of tough love.
ABCNEWS:
Rick Warren: ‘Inability to Delay Gratification’ at Heart of Economic Woes — Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren told me that the poor economy has continued to impact his congregation, saying, “Most people would not think they're better off economically than they were four years ago.”
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Matthew Larotonda / ABCNEWS:
Obamas Attend Easter Worship at Historic DC Church — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donning their Sunday best, President Barack Obama and his family attended Easter services this morning at St. John's Church in Washington D.C. — Located a block away from the White House, the protestant Episcopal parish …
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