Author: DXO
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The Rat of Baghdad: Who tattled on New York Times reporter John F. Burns to the Iraqi ministry of information?
By Jack Shafer Posted Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2003, at 4:12 PM PT If the interview New York Times reporter John F. Burns gave to the editors of Embedded: The Media at War in Iraq is completely on the level—and I have no reason to think it isn’t—the Times is sitting on a daisy-cutter of a…
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GoogObits: Nothing (Bernard Manischewitz, Last in Family Firm, Dies at 89)
Nothing is forever. Not a name, not a beach, not control, not nothing is forever.
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GoogObits: Shorthand (Uganda Dictator Amin Dies at Saudi Hospital-Source Reuters)
Shorthand can be very effective when you want to get a robust point across quickly (“This guy’s on his way to becoming another Idi Amin”). But it can also tend to lull a populace. I
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Question (Hope / Reagan)
Can Reagan be far behind?
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On The Same Day: Friston / Srebrenica
Here’s another one for the On The Same Day files. Lord Shawcross of Friston, Prosecutor at Nuremberg, died on the same day as the anniversary of the massacre at Srebrenica.