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Monday, December 1, 2008 12:00 AM

NBC and McCaffrey's coordinated responses to the NYT story

Emails obtained between NBC executives and the retired General further underscore NBC's gross indifference to journalistic ethics.

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  • Monday, December 1, 2008 10:45 PM

    Who's the decider?

    Candidate Obama, 4/14/2008 (as quoted by Will Bunch):

    "I would not want my first term consumed by what was perceived on the part of Republicans as a partisan witch hunt."

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    Obama more or less admitted, back in April, that, it was up to THE REPUBLICANS to decide whether or not it was okay to investigate the GWB White House.

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