Cidu Bill on Dec 3rd 2008
This is what the congressionally mandated report, released yesterday, actually said:
“The commission believes that unless the world community acts decisively and with great urgency, it is more likely than not that a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013.”
Did anybody see a single newspaper headline that didn’t say that a WMD attack was either “Likely,” “Almost Inevitable” or “Inevitable”?
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Cidu Bill on Dec 2nd 2008
Well, no…
“I’m sorry it’s happening, of course. Obviously I don’t like the idea of people losing jobs, or being worried about their 401(k)s. On the other hand, the American people got to know that we will safeguard the system. I mean, we’re in. And if we need to be in more, we will.” -George W. Bush, December 1, 2008
I find it interesting how often newspapers and other media are nearly unanimous in telling us in large print that this public figure or another is apologizing for such or such (and I’m not even talking about the insipid, meaningless “I take full responsibility for” comments), when in fact they’ve done no such thing.
- Related: Mike Nifong Doesn’t Apologize
Filed in Bill Bickel, George W. Bush, Mike Nifong, economy, media, politics | 20 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Nov 20th 2008
According to Newsweek magazine, one of Hillary Clinton’s staffers told one of the magazine’s reporters during the primaries that everybody after a certain point everybody was “fed up with the Bill Clinton mishegoss.”
This word has always been a part of my personal vocabulary, but does the quote make any sense to most of Newsweek’s audience? I’ve noticed that New York City-based magazines and (to an even larger extent) Hollywood screenwriters seem convinced that the entire country is familair with Yiddish (which I suppose, if these magazines and screenwriters keep using it, might eventually be the case).
Filed in Bill Bickel, Bill Clinton, Newsweek, Yiddish, media, politics | 28 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Sep 18th 2008
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Cidu Bill on Sep 9th 2008
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Cidu Bill on Jun 30th 2008
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Cidu Bill on Apr 9th 2008
From today’s Eugene (Oregon) Register-Guardian, referring to today’s court appearance by Joel Courtney, accused of abducting and murdering 22-year-old Brooke Wilberger in 2004:
Citing respect for the Wilberger family, [the prosecutor] did not say whether they planned to attend Courtney’s arraignment or trial. Calls to the family were not returned Tuesday night.
Anybody fail to see a problem here?
(More information on this case is on the Crimeweek site)
Filed in Bill Bickel, Brooke Wilberger, media, newspapers | 9 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Feb 13th 2008
Is he saying that only newspapers give you the whole picture? Or only the comic page does?
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