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Diamond In the Rough
USA Today report on coal mining jobs breaks the medias negative mold on the industry.
Differing Media Outrage: Hillary’s 2001 Car Accident Was Totally Ign
America’s media have been falling all over themselves with outrage concerning this weekend’s quail hunting accident involving the vice president. Yet, when a van containing Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) rolled through a checkpoint at the Westchester County airport in 2001 injuring a policeman, the press paid virtually no attention. A LexisNexis search identified only six reports on this subject in…
Upcoming GQ Issue Offers a Disparaging Dick Cheney Quiz
The Huffington Post has gotten some advance highlights of a rather disparaging quiz concerning America’s vice president that is due to be published in the upcoming March issue of GQ. According to HuffPo, the title of the quiz is “You Don’t Know Dick.” Here are some sample questions:7 NUMBER OF MILITARY DEFERMENTS CHENEY RECEIVED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR:[ A ] None[ B ] Two[ C ] Four[ D ] Five 11 TO…
Nets Devote as Much Time to Whining About Being Snubbed as to Victim
The three broadcast network evening newscasts all led Tuesday night with the minor heart attack suffered by the victim of Vice President Cheney’s hunting accident, but all gave equal time to, for the second night in a row, obsessing over the snubbing of the White House press corps -- this time how Scott McClellan didn’t inform them of Harry Whittington’s complication. ABC co-anchor Charles…