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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:00 AM

Journalists and their good friends in the White House

The wall between the government and the establishment media barely even exists in theory any longer.

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  • Wednesday, August 20, 2008 07:25 AM

    Stenography as as Art Form

    An excellent piece. I am reminded that no one has helped stenography to acquire its art form status than the late Timbo and his ever growing circle of sycophants whose main claim to fame is their mindless repetition of WH Talking Points - and Republican WH Talking Points, just to be clear.

    By asking them to question what they receive as WH wisdom, to bring a sceptical eye to bear on the stuff dished out to them and to evaluate what they receive you are imposing an intolerable burden on people who are, after all, amiable dunces.

    As soon as we have a Democrat in the White House these scribblers will magically recall their professional responsibilities and proceed to lie and distort as usual, except that it will be against the incumbent. They will, after all, be still feeding at the Republican Talking Points trough.

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