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Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:00 AM

Facts are stupid things, again

How hard can it be to get the story straight on Abramoff?

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  • Thursday, January 26, 2006 02:44 PM

    Thanks, Salon and Username

    Thanks for covering what matters, and thanks, Username, for calling things as they are.

    Katie Couric is no journalist. She's a GE multimillionaire, 20-something-wannebeagain prima donna who does no homework, no real interviewing. But she's not alone. The networks are full of plastic clowns like her--male and female--who play fast and loose with the facts (as they are fed them), stomp all over their interviewees or tell them how to answer the question, and don't really give a damn about covering the issues.

    As that old Barbie doll was programmed to say, "Math class is hard." So is being a good journalist. Too hard, apparently.

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