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Investigative Journalist: Jack Abramoff Committed No Crimes
Susan Bradford writes: The Washington Post likes to fashion itself a trend setter, an insider broadsheet that defends the public interest by exposing corruption. The Post is fooling no one. Clearly the broadsheet values special interests over the public interest. … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate underwriters, false allegations, investigative journalists, lobbyist jack abramoff, pulitzer prize winner, wrongful conviction
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The Opposite Field
Wednesday night, Oct. 6, I interview Jesse Katz, author of the 2009 memoir The Opposite Field. His mom, Vera Katz, was a famous politician in Oregon. She has a long Wikipedia entry while Jesse, to my surprise, has nothing there … Continue reading
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Tagged dodgers, famous politician, hundreds of miles, jesse katz, jewish life, league franchise, monterey park california, pulitzer prize winner, shortstop, vera katz
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I Wish I Could’ve Been There
Even after making four major corrections, Frank Girardot still has the most incoherent blog post I’ve ever linked to. Can anyone make sense of this sentence? "I like him because he’s admitted anonymous source and level-headed moderator, especially when the … Continue reading
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Tagged anonymous source, bellman, blogger, case law, conspiracy kooks, editorial writer, ethics rules, francke, girardot, kausfiles, kevin roderick, la times, lerner, Mickey Kaus, news staff, pulitzer prize winner, pulitzer prizes, respon, society of professional journalists, technology law, times news
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