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Piers Morgan, David Gregory and guns - We're pathetic
The Baltimore SunRemember all the big, high-sounding media talk right after the massacre at Sandy Hook about how maybe now we will have a "national dialogue" about guns? Remember how many members of the media vowed to put aside their own little, selfish, partisan...Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Entertainment, Piers Morgan, NBC (tv network), Wayne LaPierre
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Armstrong: A Never-Read Eulogy Recalls Danger Of His Feat
ReutersTwo days before Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, speechwriter William Safire sent 12 sentences to President Nixon’s chief of staff. The title of his memo: “In the event of moon disaster.” Getting the astronauts to the moon...Tags: Heroism, Richard Nixon, Buzz Aldrin
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Justin McLeod's Blog
August 15
Goodbye
They say all good things must come to an end. With that, I'm leaving WDBJ and the news business. I've accepted a position as the community relations coordinator for Roanoke City Schools. There are several reasons why I'm switching...Tags: Gary Oldman, Sean Hannity, Philosophy, Keith Olbermann, Blockbuster
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Michael Hyland
Michael Hyland joined FOX43 in April 2012 as a multimedia journalist after spending several years reporting in Virginia and West Virginia.
He most recently worked at WSAZ-TV in Charleston, West Virginia during one of the most fascinating (and...Tags: CNN (tv network), NBC (tv network)
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Obama's cynicism for me, not for thee
!["My rival in this race," Barack Obama announced early in 2007, "is not other candidates. It's cynicism."](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/220888620-17074243.jpg ""My rival in this race,\" Barack Obama announced early in 2007, \"is not other candidates. It's cynicism.\"")
"My rival in this race," Barack Obama announced early in 2007, "is not other candidates. It's cynicism."
It's now clear that what he meant by this was other people's cynicism -- not his own.
As you may recall, President Obama came into office a very...Tags: Democratic Party, Republican Party, Joe Biden, North American Free Trade Agreement, Elections
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The Ron Smith legacy: How to write, how to live, how to die
For virtually all the time I spent in politics, my main function was to craft words for someone else.
And, for a long time, I was pretty good at it. In fact, I got so good at it that, when I finally decided I wanted to start opining under my own name...Tags: Republican Party, Entertainment, George H.W. Bush, Elections, Politics
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Rhubarb Patch: Swirls and Eddies in GOP primary crosscurrents
Change of SubjectToday, veteran political strategist and former executive director of the Illinois Republican Party Christine Dudley (right) joins me for an e-mail back and forth about the race for the presidency. To: Christine From: Eric Three months ago, I saw no...... -
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Why Romney is not a 'flip-flopper' on abortion rights
Change of SubjectSpeaking of long-form journalism, as Megan was earlier, Slate's William Saletan has posted The Conversion--How, when, and why Mitt Romney changed his mind on abortion, a 12,000-plus word analysis of Romney's various positions on this hot-button issue: The... -
TV press doing the job on debt ceiling - Networks carry Obama's Friday news conference
![During the economic meltdown of 2008, I was appalled by the emotional, rollercoaster, histrionic, fact-lacking "coverage" from such cable-TV business analysts as Jim Cramer (CNBC) and Ali Velshi (CNN).](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/63262752-15085137.jpg "During the economic meltdown of 2008, I was appalled by the emotional, rollercoaster, histrionic, fact-lacking "coverage\" from such cable-TV business analysts as Jim Cramer (CNBC) and Ali Velshi (CNN).")
The Baltimore SunDuring the economic meltdown of 2008, I was appalled by the emotional, rollercoaster, histrionic, fact-lacking "coverage" from such cable-TV business analysts as Jim Cramer (CNBC) and Ali Velshi (CNN). I thought TV coverage during that crucial time in...Tags: Entertainment, NBC (tv network), Elections, News Agency, George Stephanopoulos
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Teel Time: Virginia Tech cracks top 10 and has chance to prove merit against Georgia Tech
As Tim Russert used to intone on “Meet The Press,” our issues this Sunday: How far to drop Alabama? How high to elevate Virginia Tech? Pollsters had to decide how much to penalize the previously undefeated Crimson Tide after its home loss...Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, Texas Longhorns, Virginia Cavaliers, West Virginia Mountaineers, Oklahoma Sooners
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A visit to a Heart Check America … and a sales pitch
Tribune NewspapersThe telemarketer called in February with an unusual offer: free heart scans for me and my wife, an $800 value, from a company called Heart Check America. The procedure would be "noninvasive," he promised. No needles. "Just lie on a table and hold your...Tags: Nevada, Physical Conditions, Marshall Allen, Health, Companies and Corporations
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