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Entries by Michael Calderone from 02/2012

Sarah Palin Assigned Newsweek Trig Essay Just Weeks After Blasting Mag

Posted 02.05.2012 | Media
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NEW YORK -- When Newsweek published Andrew Sullivan's cover story three weeks ago with the provocative headline "Why Are Obama's Critics So Dumb?," fo...

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GOP Primary Show: Non-Stop News And Noise In The Age Of Twitter

Posted 02.07.2012 | Media
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Last week, Jon Ralston, a veteran Las Vegas Sun columnist, dared reporters to ignore Donald Trump's unveiling of his presidential endorsement -- with ...

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CBS' Sharyl Attkisson Skips CPAC Awards Ceremony After Controversy

Posted 02.09.2012 | Media
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CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson did not attend Accuracy in Media's awards ceremony Thursday at CPAC, following days of questions from outlets like ...

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Conservatives At CPAC Search For The Right's Woodward And Bernstein

Posted 02.13.2012 | Media
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WASHINGTON -- While Republican candidates score points slamming the media from the stump, prominent conservatives, gathered in Washington D.C. for the...

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Iran Nuclear Coverage Echoes Iraq War Media Frenzy

Posted 02.17.2012 | Media
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NEW YORK -- Military strikes expected! Weapons inspectors called in! A murky al Qaeda connection! And Cheney says time's up for Ira... Wait. Haven'...

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CNN Sets Stage For Final GOP Debate Before Super Tuesday

Posted 02.22.2012 | Media
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NEW YORK -- The Republican candidates saw a lot of each other in January, with six debates crammed into a frenetic 19-day stretch. But after leaving t...

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CNN Sets Stage For Final GOP Debate Before Super Tuesday

Posted 02.22.2012 | AOL
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NEW YORK -- The Republican candidates saw a lot of each other in January, with six debates crammed into a frenetic 19-day stretch. But after leaving t...

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Arizona Republic Editor Philip Boas Responds To Romney Campaign Condensing Paper's Endorsement

Posted 02.24.2012 | Politics
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When the Mitt Romney campaign blasted out Friday's front page Arizona Republic endorsement to its press list, there were several notable omissions, in...

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BuzzFeed Hires Journalist Michael Hastings To Cover Obama Re-Election Campaign

Posted 02.27.2012 | Media
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NEW YORK -- The election of Barack Obama was a compelling story, with a little-known, first-term senator emerging in the tough Democratic primary to b...

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Washington Post Editorial: Rick Santorum Is 'Wrong Man' For Presidency

Posted 02.27.2012 | Politics
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The Washington Post weighed in Monday on Rick Santorum's recent comments about the separation of church and state, arguing in an editorial that "he’...

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New York Post, Daily News Defend NYPD's Surveillance Of Muslims As New York Times Remains Silent

Posted 02.28.2012 | Media
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NEW YORK -- Bob McManus, editorial page editor of the New York Post, blasted the Associated Press on Tuesday, suggesting that the news organization ca...

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