Saint Cronkite: Journalism's
Twice-Blemished Icon
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American Thinker, by Eric Rozenman
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 3:07:08 PM
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A myth congeals around memories of Walter Cronkite. Burnished by President Obama and former President Clinton, among others, at what Washington Post media writer Howard Kurtz called ''an extravagantly produced ceremony'' in New York City's Lincoln Center on September 9, it apparently admits of no critical scrutiny. (Snip) Though he was, according to one poll, ''the most trusted man in America'' during his ''Evening News'' reign, Cronkite violated that trust in a way that helped
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Obamas to attend Fort Hood memorial Tuesday
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Reuters, by Staff
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Posted By: GaGardener- 11/7/2009 3:04:10 PM
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WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting. The White House announced the trip on Saturday. Obama is scheduled to depart on Wednesday on an Asia tour. (Snip) Obama devoted his weekly radio address to the Fort Hood shootings, which he called "a crime against our nation."
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Iran won't send uranium abroad
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Agence France-Presse, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 3:00:52 PM
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Tehran - Iran is refusing to send its low-enriched uranium abroad for further processing, the influential head of parliament's national security and foreign policy committee was quoted as saying on Saturday. ''We do not want to give part of our 1 200 kilos of enriched uranium in order to receive fuel of 20% enrichment,'' Alaeddin Borujerdi told the ISNA news agency. ''This option of giving our enriched uranium gradually or in one go is over
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2 Gulf Coast men admit 'sex tourism'
trip to Thailand to have sex with
young boys; facing prison time
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Press-Register [Mobile, AL], by Brandan Kirby
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Posted By: Ribicon- 11/7/2009 2:49:11 PM
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MOBILE, Ala. -- Two men who admitted taking trips to Thailand for sex with young boys face 6˝-year prison terms, but could trim the time by testifying against the alleged organizer of the encounters. Burgess Lee Burgess of Mobile and Mitchell Kent Jackson of Pensacola pleaded guilty in November 2008 to traveling to have sex with a minor and conspiracy to do so. The two men once lived together in Mobile.
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Fox’s NFL pregame show
going to Afghanistan
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 2:48:34 PM
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New York - The Fox NFL pregame show will be broadcast from a military installation in Afghanistan on Sunday. The six-man announcing team traveled to an undisclosed location in the country this week to honor servicemen and women three days before Veterans Day. The two-hour special begins at 11 a.m. EST. 'It’s been so surreal, it’s hard to describe,'' Fox analyst Michael Strahan said of the trip. ''To witness so many young, smart, committed and
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Iran extends €300 million
line of credit to Cuba
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Press TV [Iran], by Staff
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Posted By: PageTurner- 11/7/2009 2:44:29 PM
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Iran has agreed to extend a 300-million-euro ($445 million) line of credit to Cuba to finance quick-return projects in the Latin American country. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the officials of the two countries at the end of their 14th joint economic cooperation committee meeting in Havana.
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Afghanistan: more troops may not
be the answer, says Obama adviser
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Telegraph [UK], by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 2:43:32 PM
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More troops may not be the answer to Nato's Afghanistan problems, a key adviser to President Barack Obama has said. National security adviser James Jones warned that extra troops could just be ''swallowed up'' in the deserts and mountains where troops are fighting. He was speaking as the president ponders a request to send 40,000 more soldiers to fight in the war (Snip) After weeks of internal deliberations, Obama's advisers are believed to be moving
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Oops -- Cramer's October 12
Unemployment Prediction: 'We Are
Not Going to Reach 10 Percent'
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Newsbusters, by Jeff Poor
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Posted By: Rufus2007- 11/7/2009 2:43:09 PM
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Drinking the Kool-Aid on MSNBC wasn't enough, even for CNBC's Jim Cramer, to escape the reality that Obamanomics isn't working. Back on October 12, Cramer, to his credit, knew there were some problems with the $787-billion stimulus passed earlier this year.
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Obama aide says no
to troop surge in Afghanistan
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Press TV [Tehran, Iran], by Staff
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 11/7/2009 2:32:55 PM
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A US presidential aide says the auxiliary troops, Washington is likely to deploy to Afghanistan, would be consumed by the volatile situation in the war-torn country. President Barack Obama's national security adviser, James Jones, said, "You can keep on putting troops in, and you could have 200,000 troops there and Afghanistan will swallow them up as it has done in the past," Der Spiegel reported.
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White House Is Unaware Of
Comparisons To ABC’s Hit Show ‘V’
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Mediaite.com, by Tommy Christopher
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Posted By: FlyRight- 11/7/2009 2:30:51 PM
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Many in the media, including Mediaite, have noted the allegories of the villains in ABC’s series remake of the V miniseries and the Obama administration, or more accurately, the views of the administration’s harshest opponents. The show’s debut drew 14 million viewers, the most of any new series this season. I thought this was significant enough to ask for the White House’s reaction. Not everyone agreed. You can see video of the exchange below:
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House passes first
hurdle in health care
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: Photoonist- 11/7/2009 2:29:14 PM
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Washington - President Barack Obama's health care initiative has cleared its first big hurdle in the House, with lawmakers voting to advance the debate. The House voted 242-192 in favor of a must-pass procedural measure setting the terms for the debate. All 177 Republicans voted to block the debate. With Obama urging them on in a rare personal visit to Capitol Hill, Democrats pushed toward a final vote late Saturday
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Alabama county celebrates
official Obama holiday
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Associated Press, by Bob Johnson
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 11/7/2009 2:27:48 PM
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MARION, Ala. — The sign going on the front door at the Perry County courthouse reads: "Closed for the Obama Holiday." The rural, mostly black county has proclaimed Monday as an official holiday celebrating the election of the nation's first black president, Barack Obama. It's one of Alabama's poorest counties, but it's sparing little during five days of festivities. County employees, as well as city workers in Marion and Uniontown, will get a paid holiday
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Dem Consultant Claims White House
Warned Him To Stay Off Fox
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NewsBusters, by Noel Sheppard
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 11/7/2009 2:00:52 PM
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David Axelrod's appearance on Fox News Wednesday apparently wasn't a sign of a truce between the Obama administration and the cable news network as it appears the White House is putting pressure on Democrat consultants to avoid the station at all costs. For its part, the White House has denied these allegations. Such was reported Friday by the Los Angeles Times (h/t NBer Gary Hall):
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Muslim leader had troubling
talks with suspect
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Associated Press, by Angela K. Brown
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 11/7/2009 1:33:44 PM
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FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - An Army psychiatrist who authorities say went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood was so conflicted over what to tell fellow soldiers about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan that a local Islamic leader said Saturday he was deeply troubled by it. Osman Danquah, co-founder of the Islamic Community of Greater Killeen, said he was disturbed by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's persistent questioning and recommended the mosque reject Hasan's request
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Videos of Ft. Hood Shooter at Israeli Ambassador
Address to Homeland Security Policy Institute
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American Thinker, by Clarice Feldman
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Posted By: Patriot and a Lady2- 11/7/2009 1:33:10 PM
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Free Republic poster, American in Tokyo has identified and detailed frames of a conference at George Washington University in Washington DC where Israeli Ambassador Meridor spoke on counter terrorism. He sat in the second row of a very small meeting room, very near the Ambassador.
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Obama snubs Ft. Hood
to relax at Camp David
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American Thinker, by Clarice Feldman
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Posted By: magnante- 11/7/2009 1:26:31 PM
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Dan Riehl checks the President's schedule and learns that Obama's not going to Fort Hood, but rather to Camp David for the weekend. (snip) Fox Reports GWB and Laura spent a few hours at Fort Hood, no photo ops. Now that's a CIC.
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There's something about Sarah
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WTMJ [Milwaukee WI], by Charlie Sykes
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Posted By: GaGardener- 11/7/2009 1:19:23 PM
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Huge and enthusiastic turnout last night at the Wisconsin Right to Life event for Sarah Palin. (Snip) Listening to her last night I was reminded of how powerfully she presents herself when she is not being filtered by the MSM. Remember her acceptance speech? Her handling of Joe Biden in the debate? Take away the snarky anchors and condescending pundits and Sarah Palin reminds one of the most interesting figures on the pilitical stage today.
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Medical Response to the Ft. Hood Massacre
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American Thinker, by John Dale Dunn, MD
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Posted By: thelmalou- 11/7/2009 1:19:05 PM
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Yesterday a beautiful, warm, blue-blue-make-you-happy-sky day in Texas. I was scheduled to work a shift at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, Texas, the busiest emergency department in the Army, at a base with always more than fifty thousand soldiers.
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The Islamic connection
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Ottawa Citizen [Canada], by Staff
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Posted By: quidnunc- 11/7/2009 1:16:17 PM
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Barely 24 hours after the massacre at the Fort Hood Army Base, the lines were drawn: On one side are those who believe the shooting was the act of a madman and that emphasizing his Muslim identity is irresponsible. On the other side are those who insist this was an act of terrorism and that the suspect's religious affiliation is central to the story. This is familiar ground.
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Palin rallies thousands of abortion opponents
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Politico, by Jonathan Martin
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Posted By: GaGardener- 11/7/2009 1:07:06 PM
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WEST ALLIS, Wisc. – Sarah Palin rallied thousands of abortion opponents Friday night with a a stark warning that the same philosophy that allows abortion rights could soon be invoked to allow the government to cut off health care for the elderly or children with special needs. (Snip) The line to get into the venue here stretched over a half-mile outside the building and a local conservative talk radio station even marked the event by
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Weird: Membership-Deprived NAACP
Expands to 'All Colors' Inside Prisons
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NewsBusters, by Tim Graham
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 11/7/2009 1:05:44 PM
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Winning the prize for Weirdest Front Page Story of the Week is the Tuesday Washington Post story on the NAACP spreading out to all colors – in the Maine State Prison. So now it’s the National Association for the Advancement of Criminals and Prisoners? Post reporter Krissah Williams described the scene as NAACP leader Benjamin Todd Jealous surveyed the troops: "White face after white face, inmate after inmate -- a sea of white men with few
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Do not deny what happened
at Fort Hood
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Ottawa Citizen [Canada], by David Warren
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Posted By: quidnunc- 11/7/2009 12:58:52 PM
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For a person with old-fashioned values, and an old-fashioned sense of English word meanings, the reports of the Fort Hood massacre were almost as provoking as what happened there. (Snip) What happened at Fort Hood was no kind of "tragedy." It was a criminal act, of the terrorist sort, performed by a man acting upon known Islamist motives. To present the perpetrator himself as a kind of "victim"
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Abortion Deal Clears
Way for Health Care Vote
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ABC News, by Rick Klein
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Posted By: Oblio- 11/7/2009 12:37:47 PM
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House Democrats reached an agreement on a contentious abortion provision overnight that appears to clear the way for a final vote on health care legislation today. The agreement will allow a vote on an amendment, authored by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and Rep. Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind., that would bar funds going toward abortion under both the public option and any private plans that participate in the new insurance exchange.
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Dr. No threatening
to have bill read
on Senate floor
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Politico, by Carol E. Lee
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Posted By: gvrc- 11/7/2009 12:28:35 PM
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Sen. Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma Republican who developed a close friendship with President Obama when they served together in the Senate, is threatening to have the entire health care bill read on the Senate floor.Senior Senate Democratic aides had heard Coburn was considering having potentially thousands of pages read aloud in effort to stall passage. “If he did this it would be even outrageous for a guy who’s become known as Dr. No around here,”
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Analyze This
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American Thinker, by Harold Witkov
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 11/7/2009 12:27:33 PM
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In the comedy, Analyze This, psychiatrist Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal) finds himself to be psychological nursemaid for mafia boss man Paul Vitti (Robert DeNiro). The various humor scenes throughout the movie build off the violent life of DeNiro contrasted with the cerebral and passive world of Crystal and his psychiatry. Because psychiatrists are scientists of diagnosing and treating mental disorders, we are lead to believe they should have better control over their own actions. We
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