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Thursday, June 1, 2006 12:00 AM

Anderson Cooper in jail?

A Washington Post columnist takes on the sorry state of the fourth estate.

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  • Thursday, June 1, 2006 12:49 PM

    Another drink anyone?

    Just what the young graduates wanted to hear; a speech that includes a variation on the theme of "When I was your age..." No doubt they fell asleep at that point and missed the weirdness of the rest of his remarks.

    Very odd speech (and yes, I get it that it was supposed to be satire or sarcasm or something). I say Weingarten seemed to be doing a perfect imitation of the "nincompoops ranting in their underpants."

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