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NB Staff
 

Daily Kos Enters Keith Olbermann's Twilight Zone

P.J. Gladnick
 

Dowd: Malignant Cheney is Lady Macbeth, OBL is Willie Horton

Mark Finkelstein
 

Civil Rights Activist Says Bush Assassination Film May Be On Target

This one has to go in the category of “If you live long enough...”Civil rights activist Dick Gregory was interviewed last week on XM radio (hat tip to Hot Air), and according to Redding News Review, he had some rather extraordinary things to say about a British film dealing with the assassination of President George W. Bush (video clip preview of the film now available here):WASHINGTON, Sept. 08…
Noel Sheppard
 

Catholics up in Arms over 'Immaculately Transmitted' Joke

Greg Sheffield
 

BBC Execs Fret over Party Video Spoofing Arabs

Greg Sheffield
 

Dana Milbank Rolls His Eyes at GOP's 'Treason Season' Against Dems

Tim Graham
 

'Shouting Religious Slogans

Another classic from Reuters:Four gunmen shouting religious slogans attacked the U.S. embassy in Damascus on Tuesday, but failed to harm any American diplomats before all four were killed, a Syrian official said.Of course, the news service would provide similar cover if these gunmen were Christian... (h/t Small Dead Animals)
Matthew Sheffield
 

Fun with Blogger Tom, Reporter Rex, and the Housing Market: A Case Stu

Tom Blumer
 

Vieira Lets Ego - But Not Liberal Politics - Show in 'Today' Debut

In her Today show debut this morning, Meredith Vieira gave a flash of her ego - but not of her liberal politics. There was the obligatory opening love-in with co-host Matt Lauer in which Vieira claimed "I feel like it's the first day of school and I'm sitting next to the cutest guy." But then there was an interesting exchange that might presage conflicts to come. In what is apparently a Today…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Henry Payne's Katie Couric Cartoons

Tim Graham
 

Cha-Cha Conservative Carlson Survives His Dance With the Stars [With V

As the Dancing With the Stars host said, Tucker Carlson - host of the MSNBC show of the same name - "has braved some of the most perilous situations in the world, but now [for] his most intimidating assignment - dancing the cha-cha-cha on national television."It was Tucker's turn to shine on tonight's episode of Dancing With the Stars. Carlson's professional dance partner Elena Grinenko did her…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Hardball: 'Moderate, Bi-Partisan' Chafee vs. 'Hard-Line Conservative

Mark Finkelstein
 

Campaign Finance Censorship Begins

In national politics, most in the business will tell you that things don't get serious until after Labor Day. That's when many Americans who normally ignore politics will start tuning in.That's true this year as always, but the '06 election cycle also brings a new problem: the political censorship of advertising which even peripherally dares to mention a politician. Jacob Sullum has more on this…
Matthew Sheffield