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Breitbart´s Big Journalism, by John Sexton
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 12/7/2012 9:53:56 PM
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| On Thursday, George Zimmerman filed suit against NBC News and three NBC producers he accuses of intentionally painting him as a racist. Zimmerman and his attorneys have now done what many in the new media only dream of doing, holding the major media responsible for their biased and misleading output. The language in the complaint is blunt. It calls NBC´s coverage "yellow journalism" and refers to "journalistic crimes." Most broadly, the complaint accuses NBC of trumping up a racism narrative for ratings, with a name check of the Today Show and Rev. Al Sharpton in particular.
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Comments: Is there any hope this would cause these networks to be more careful in showing their blatant bias? You really have to wonder if hitting them where it hurts could change their behavior.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
MrYules, 12/7/2012 10:08:46 PM (No. 9054531)
This is long overdue. The "yellow journalism" crowd has been getting away with lies, manipulation, and trouble-making for many years. Time for real "Justice".
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
kanphil, 12/7/2012 10:19:43 PM (No. 9054551)
Go get ´em, George! You´re fighting a battle for all of us against the traitorous media.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bumbleshorts, 12/8/2012 3:35:39 AM (No. 9054753)
Why stop here. George should get in touch with the Duke La Crosse team (for a start) and turn this into class action suite. Let´s get the damages pay out into the billions. Everyone that has been slandered should get a piece of the pie. Progressive activists have set the legal precedance, make them live up to their own words. Have you been unjustly accused of racism? NBC should pay you reparations. Talking to you, Tea Party.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
pineledger, 12/8/2012 7:40:39 AM (No. 9054892)
The problem, 3, is that in the Duke case, the wrongdoers were 1) the Duke administration, 2) the Duke "Gang of 88" faculty signatories, 3) the corrupt DA, Michael Nifong, who was desperate to win reelection. I don´t think the media played the same role as in the Zimmerman case.
I listed the wrongdoers in that order because, though Nifong led the charge, the people at Duke should have known better, and they should have had a sense of responsibility toward their own students.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
steveW, 12/8/2012 7:47:21 AM (No. 9054902)
The one I´m hoping for: The American People vs. NBC News, for the journalistic crimes of
1. lying and covering-up for the Democrat candidate for president in 2008 and 2012 2. intentionally misleading the public that NBC´s slander and libel of the Republican candidates for president and vice-president (especially VP candidate 2008) was "objective news" 3. presenting intentionally false narratives, disguised as "objective news" of the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street 4. failing to investigate any wrongdoing by any Democrat office holder, especially Barack Obama
It´s a slam dunk.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
EnsignO´Toole, 12/8/2012 8:06:31 AM (No. 9054930)
I hope George wins and wins really, really big. It´s way beyond time for the old media to be revealed for their bias and their manipulation of the news. Funny how hitting a liar where it hurts - the pocketbook - changes behavior.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Newtsche, 12/8/2012 8:12:00 AM (No. 9054942)
Sadly no revelation, #6, the bias is a badge, a point of pride.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
leopardtwo, 12/8/2012 8:15:06 AM (No. 9054948)
If the Trillionaire had a son, he would look like Socialist Brian Williams.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy, 12/8/2012 8:19:08 AM (No. 9054954)
The one I´M hoping for: the American people vs. the msm for journalistic crimes of covering up:
1. Fast and Furious - Mexcio 2. Fast and Furious - Benghazi 3. Character assassination of Romney 4. Iran´s nuclear program buildup 5. The drug cartel civil war in the US southwest. 6. The federal budget bubble. 7. What else?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DCGIRL, 12/8/2012 8:27:58 AM (No. 9054970)
#9, Count me in.
I can´t begin to think what this family went through. George, I wish you the best...go get them.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
LZK, 12/8/2012 8:36:58 AM (No. 9054989)
Wow!! Yellow Journalism!! Haven´t heard that term for a long time...
It fits!!
LZK
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
bigken2, 12/8/2012 8:52:13 AM (No. 9055018)
zimmerman broadcast co sounds realy nice
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
mypointis, 12/8/2012 9:31:29 AM (No. 9055090)
They definitely ratcheted it up. Do you remember when the Trayvon´s mom started to say it was all a mistake and she just wanted closure (parphrased.) Someone got hold of Trayvon´s dad, who you hadn´t seen, and he came out completely the opposite of his wife - this is a crime, it´s racist, etc etc. The next day, the wife says her words were taken out of context. You just know the media and the "leaders" of the black community talked to them and told them what the parents role was and what they were to say. It´s all a movie being directed by the usual suspects.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
sinic, 12/8/2012 9:42:27 AM (No. 9055116)
I, for one, would like to see a tee shirt with the COLOR picture of Zimmerman...the one with his nose out of joint, his lip busted up, and blood all over him. No, not the black and white one that made him look like some kind of monster. I want the one that proves Sweet Little Trayvon was beating the living snot out of him when he finally said " Enough of this BS, this little bustursd´s out to kill me!"
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
bpl40, 12/8/2012 9:47:45 AM (No. 9055123)
Shameless Left Wing bias is now a badge of honor. ´Exposing´ it has relatively little value, as it divides people into two groups. Those who already knew. And those who now know and don´t care. What will hurt is if we start getting them in their pocketbooks. A Zimmerman victory, even if minor, will give future victims and their lawyers courage. As for the MSM, by their own shallow, stupid and short sighted attitudes they are bringing on a Newsweek like - 1 dollar - fate on themselves. We just have to outlive the vermin.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Aunt Agnes, 12/8/2012 10:00:08 AM (No. 9055143)
Think back when this first came to your attention - when our so-called "media" was blaring this story. What was your first thought? Mine was that, by using Zimmerman´s last name, they wanted him to be Jewish. As a Jewish friend on mine used to say. "We get stereotyped - everybody thinks that we have all the money!" Then they compounded this by showing Martin as a much younger boy. So subconsciously, NBC & other media wanted you to think, "A rich, Jewish man chased & killed a little black kid who was innocently skipping home from the candy store!" They wanted their viewers to be outraged - and keep tuning in. Simple & diabolical.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Arby, 12/8/2012 10:04:00 AM (No. 9055150)
Compensatory and exemplary damages. Go get ´em, baby. Turn ´em every which way but loose.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 12/8/2012 10:24:36 AM (No. 9055188)
Take their money and harvest their organs to use for bait...
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
jorgecito, 12/8/2012 10:25:56 AM (No. 9055190)
#17 remembers the first MSM reports well ... I would only add one element of media distortion you forgot ...
"A rich, Jewish man who lives in a gated community chased & killed a little black kid who was innocently skipping home from the candy store!"
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 12/8/2012 10:33:08 AM (No. 9055197)
Even if the suit ended without compensatory damages, I would hope that the legal proceedings go on for a LONG time in order to rack up tens of millions of dollars in defense costs for NBC. The plaintiff´s attorneys should call Poster #17 as their expert witness to attest to the cause and effects of what was truly yellow journalism.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
MDConservative, 12/8/2012 10:43:32 AM (No. 9055225)
FTA: "Their goal was simple: keep their viewers alarmed, and thus always watching..."
This is your daily dosage of "news" from local stations through the networks. None are exempt from this broadbrush, NONE. Women particularly love health and food scares. Don´t believe it? Count the minutes devoted night after night to these subjects on your favorite station - especially to "women´s health". Other hooks are race, crime, and "personal interest stories", happy or sad. I NEVER watch television news of any sort because 99% is directed to ginning higher viewership, i.e. station revenue, not informing me.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
6079 Smith, W, 12/8/2012 10:43:38 AM (No. 9055226)
Yeah, but who are you going to believe? A green gun control promoting network or some white hispanic? /s
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
object_distance, 12/8/2012 10:45:37 AM (No. 9055228)
#5. Good job. #9 you, too.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
toddh, 12/8/2012 11:12:50 AM (No. 9055272)
It´s not "bias" anymore.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
4LadyK, 12/8/2012 11:15:45 AM (No. 9055275)
I´m with #5 & 9
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
judy, 12/8/2012 11:39:46 AM (No. 9055298)
Long overdue. The Duke team should have done the same to Nancy Grace, Sharpton & Jackson. Maybe Romney will sue abccbsnbccnn, NY Times, & WP for 4 years of free commercials for the won.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Reality, 12/8/2012 12:38:14 PM (No. 9055369)
Added to the defendents in this case should be President Barack Hussien Obama who jumped roght into the middle of thiswith his own racist comments, "Could have been my son"
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
peterfleming, 12/8/2012 12:45:12 PM (No. 9055378)
Class action lawsuits are the answer. Hundreds join in the cost, there are some great lawyers specializing in class action. Millions of unknown Tea Party members could join in and cause network chaos by deliniating thousands of untrue things said about them. The Tea Partiers all over America had made records of the networkk´s careless slanderings. For racism, include Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, David Letterman, Whoopie Goldberg just for starters to add power to the indictments. DodgeBoy, above, gives us a partial list of examples: 1. misleading on Fast and Furious - Mexcio 2. obfuscaating the Benghazi killings 3. Character assassination of Romney 4. Fear mongering Iran´s nuclear buildup 5. Hiding the American drug cartel´s war against its own citizens and imprisonment. 7. So much else to bring out with the fool proof device of class action. All it takes is one person to start it, and them sign up and publicize for more, just like any solid mmarketing plan, watching it grow. Don´t forget to sue Diane Sawyer the worst of them.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
GreatPlains, 12/8/2012 12:47:56 PM (No. 9055384)
# * Speaking of the offspring of Brian Williams.. Are you aware that the daughter of Brian Williams co stars on the same HBO show as the woman who made the virginity / voting ad for Obama ? Allison Williams ( who is very pretty and has a beautiful singing voice ) has a lot of sex scenes. In one scene , her character went into a bathroom and performed a solo and very graphic sex act . Complete with moaning and groaning. Brian Williams told an interviewer in April that he was euphoric after watching his daughter do the the X rated scene .
" What is it like watching Girls for you? Are you covering your eyes? No, no. It’s kvelling, pride. It’s incredibly great. Her co-creator and I have known always that she was going to be an actress. So it’s fantastic. "
" You’re fine with the awkward sex scenes? Unmitigated joy ". Brian Williams is a pervert . No father should ever watch his daughter doing this , even " acting ". And he expressed " unmitigated joy " and " pride " after watching it ??? Disgusting.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Nan, 12/8/2012 12:57:36 PM (No. 9055395)
Excellent !!!!
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
peterfleming, 12/8/2012 12:58:48 PM (No. 9055397)
Speakig of Class Action lawsuits, Ron Paul has millions of followers and could start up against the Fed´s unconstitutional printing of money and debt out of thin air. And here´s the big big one, half of America can sue all the communist individuals who voted and promoted communism´s obamaskare.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Happy Trails, 12/8/2012 1:00:26 PM (No. 9055401)
Go ahead and add Obama to the suit; his "...if I had a son he´d act like Trayvon..." helped rouse the rioters and the african-american panthers and negro pussies into threats and "this is for trayvon" mayhem. Too bad barry didn´t let out his inner punk for all to see back in 2007.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
bifgroovey, 12/8/2012 1:15:13 PM (No. 9055414)
In 1987 Al Aharpton handled the publicity of Tawana Bawley, who falsely accused NY police of raping her. After rascist allegations thrown around by Sharpton, the Grand Jury found she made eeverything up. Sharpton has not apologized.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
shombalor, 12/8/2012 1:38:35 PM (No. 9055433)
Who you gonna believe: Zimmerman or Obama´s son?
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
strike3, 12/8/2012 2:16:50 PM (No. 9055455)
The day after the shooting, when I heard NBC use the term, "white hispanic," I knew a racial incident was being manufactured. A punk attacking a neighborhood watch person is not news. Shooting an innocent young black kid is if you are of another race.
But funnily enough, black kids can shoot each other in droves and it´s just another weekend statistic.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Videodrone, 12/8/2012 2:22:01 PM (No. 9055460)
#36 - not the day after, this did not make the national news until several weeks after it happened (they had to have time to edit and set the stage)
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
lencu255, 12/8/2012 4:45:14 PM (No. 9055611)
What do you expect from fascist/commie media? I don´t remember that pravda or foelkischer beobachter (hitler´s pravda) was afraid of any lawsuits from the citizens. (I was a soviet citizen in the ussr era and know that first hand). So, don´t expect that commie/fascist courts will resolve this against the totalitarian government. Especially, if boehner´s/robert´s cohones are in obozo´s vise! We NEED conservative mainstream media. Lefties got their own media, why won´t we?
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Fat Elvis, 12/8/2012 5:34:25 PM (No. 9055656)
I support George Zimmerman´s efforts to sue NBC, but he has a tough road to hoe. The "journalistic" cowards at NBC will hide behind the 1st Amendment, and most likely will escape without any major damage. But at least the public will know the truth of their reporting malpractice. Good Luck, Mr. Zimmerman
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Adam, 12/8/2012 6:03:42 PM (No. 9055694)
Al Sharpton:everyone remembers Tawana brawley, which not only ruined the lives of many innocent people but bankrupted the civil rights division of NY State resulting in no legitimate cases of civil rights violations being investigated. But do we remember the deaths caused by Sharpton´s targeting of Freddie´s Fashion Mart, claiming that it was white owned when it was actually black owned. He caused the deaths of Angelina Marrero ,Cynthia Martinez . . . Luz Ramos ,Mayra Rentas,Olga Garcia ,Garnette Ramautar . ,Kareem Brunner. If you think these were "people of color," you´d be right. He called some of the worlds great philosophers "homos" He led a racist anti-Korean boycott. That any decent man should ever deign to shake his hand, let alone seek his counsel as our President has done, is an outrage.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
cat2, 12/9/2012 5:38:20 AM (No. 9056063)
"all to profit and attract attention to their television news programs."
As we all know, there was more to it than that. The media vendetta against Zimmerman also enhanced and promoted the fraudulent Democrat party ideology that Americans are racist, and guilty unless proved innocent. How smug and satisfied with themselves the media moguls and their hired hands must have been. Godspeed to this lawsuit.
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Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, considered by some to be a potential Republican contender for president, apologized to Johns Hopkins University for the "poorly chosen words" he used in expressing his opposition to gay marriage last month.“I am sorry for any embarrassment this has caused,” Carson said in the letter, reported in New York Magazine.(Snip) "Although I do believe marriage is between a man and a woman, there are much less offensive ways to make that point. I hope all will look at a lifetime of service over some poorly chosen words.” Carson will remain as commencement speaker at Johns Hopkins,
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Mother Of Slain Benghazi Officer To Sean Hannity: ‘They Want Me To Shut Up’
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Mediaite, by A.J. Delgado
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/7/2013 5:00:16 AM
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On Friday, Sean Hannity brought Pat Smith, mother of the late Sean Smith, on his radio program. The 34-year-old information management officer was one of four Americans murdered in the Benghazi embassy attack on September 11, 2012. In the chilling interview, a distraught Ms. Smith, in tears, pleaded for answers and spoke of the efforts to silence her. Ms. Smith first relayed how her son, prior to the attack, requested additional security in advance and warned the State Department: He did tell them, ahead of time, he typed it into his little typewriter over there,
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Vanishing workforce weighs on growth
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Washington Post, by Jim Tankersley
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/6/2013 11:28:59 PM
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Put out an all-points bulletin: Millions of Americans have gone missing from the workforce. Every month that those would-be workers are gone raises the odds that they might never come back, dimming the prospects for future economic growth. The vanishing trend is more than a decade old, but it accelerated during the Great Recession. Throughout 2012, economists held out hope that it had stopped. But then came Friday’s jobs report, and hopes were dashed. The Labor Department reported that the U.S. labor force — everyone who has a job or is looking for one — shrank
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The Secrets of Princeton
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New York Times, by Ross Douthat
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Posted By: Oblio- 4/7/2013 8:08:09 AM
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Susan Patton, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter urging Ivy League women to use their college years to find a mate, has been denounced as a traitor to feminism, to coeducation, to the university ideal. But really she’s something much more interesting: a traitor to her class. Her betrayal consists of being gauche enough to acknowledge publicly a truth that everyone who’s come up through Ivy League culture knows intuitively —
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Broadcasters worry about ´Zero TV´ homes
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Associated Press, by Ryan Nakashima
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/7/2013 2:43:40 PM
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Los Angeles — Some people have had it with TV. They´ve had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don´t like timing their lives around network show schedules. They´re tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and don´t even use an antenna to get free signals over the air. (Snip) Last month, the Nielsen Co. started labeling people in this group "Zero TV" households, because they fall outside the traditional definition of a TV home. There are 5 million of these residences in the U.S., up from
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Christians, here´s why we´re losing our religion
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Fox News, by Craig Groeschel
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Posted By: STLstudent- 4/7/2013 5:13:55 PM
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Recent research indicates that the number of people who do not consider themselves a part of an organized religion is steadily on the rise. Interestingly enough, though the number of those religiously unaffiliated is increasing, there is little to no trend in the number of those who express atheist or agnostic beliefs. People aren’t saying they don’t believe in God. They’re saying they don’t believe in religion. They are not rejecting Christ. They are rejecting the church. This begs the question, “Why are we losing our religion?”
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Beyonce, Jay-Z celebrate 5th anniversary in Havana, Cuba
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Los Angeles Times, by Nardine Saad
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Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/6/2013 8:20:04 AM
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Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba this week. The couple, who married on April 4, 2008, took in the sights of Old Havana, visited a school, dined on a rooftop terrace and strolled the fan-filled streets in their island best.(snip).The power couple declined to answer journalists´ questions about their visit to the island nation, but some outlets are reporting that the moguls are there as tourists, though that would be illegal because of the half-century embargo the U.S. has on the Communist country. However, the Miami Herald said Washington has issued special licenses for
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