Memoir or Make-Believe?

OK, folks. We’re back from our trip to the corner bodega for toilet paper and Ramen Pride - and we brought along a little gift:
The Truth to Power Challenge
In the middle of watching Oprah’s emasculation of James Frey yesterday and reading about the disclaimer slapped onto “Running Wth Scissors,” we thought it would be worth [...]

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Glenn Beck Mocked Asians

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New CNN Star!

Prior to cancelling Crossfire, CNN President Jonathan Klein stated that the program is no longer relevant to a nation seeking information, not opinion. Stating that he wishes to move CNN away from “head butting,” Klein has pointed to CNN’s tsunami and hurricane Katrina coverage as evidence of the news channel’s dedication to reporting the news [...]

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This Just In…

FBI on NSA Data: ‘Calls to Pizza Hut’
“We’d chase a number, find it’s a schoolteacher with no indication they’ve ever been involved in international terrorism - case closed,” says one ex-FBI official about some of the thousands of names, telephone numbers and addresses forwarded to the agency by the National Security Agency. “After you get [...]

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The Wheel Deal?

Amid the confusion felt by Medicare recipients over new rules that went into effect this year, some wheelchair users are experiencing their own bumps in the road.
Due to millions of tax dollars lost to fraudulent claims, Medicare established new interim rules that limit subsidies for power wheelchairs and scooters, making it difficult for some [...]

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Deadly Train Crash Haunts Town

All too often, reporters engage in assignment ADD: They latch onto the latest, noisiest scandal for a day or a week and then quickly drop it once the next big thing comes along. Yet readers are often left frustrated, wanting to know what happened in the wake of a particular event or scandal and curious [...]

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Whistleblower Warned

Ex-NSA Official Told: Don’t Testify
Russ Tice, a former intelligence officer with the National Security Agency who claims to be a source for the New York Times’ expose last month, has been warned that he should not testify to Congress about accusations of illegal activity at NSA because of the secrecy of the programs involved.
On [...]

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Ex-Congressional Aide Makes Plea Deal
In non-Abramoff Congressional corruption news: Brett Pfeffer, a former aide to Louisiana Representative William Jefferson, has reached a plea deal with prosecutors and is expected to plead guilty today at U.S. District Court in Alexandria, VA to bribery of public officials and conspiracy.
Prosecutors have been investigating Jefferson in connection with a [...]

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Iraqi Journalist Seized by U.S. Troops
On Sunday, American troops hunting insurgents blasted their way into the home of Ali Fadhil, an Iraqi journalist who won the Foreign Press Association young journalist of the year award two months ago. He was hooded, taken away for questioning, and released hours later.
Dr. Fadhil has been working in [...]

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Abramoff Just “The Middle Guy”
It’s not just Jack. Investigators are looking at the lobbyist as just “the middle guy” in a complex web of corruption, which suggests that the FBI has bigger targets in sight, an agency official tells Time magazine.
And here’s an indication of how big the case is: “The FBI has 13 [...]

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