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How To Get The Big Story

From page 43 of the new book by Michael Hastings – The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan: Dave mentioned a TV reporter who flashed her breasts to get an embed with his Navy … Continue reading

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Essential Books For Understanding The Iraq War

Hugh Hewitt writes: …Dexter Filkins’ brilliant, riveting and deeply disquieting The Forever War, now making its way up best-sellers lists. Filkins is a reporter for the New York Times, and The Forever War is a memoir of his first eight … Continue reading

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Lions For Lambs

What a bad movie. I can’t believe I spent $3 at the video store to rent this. None of it ran true for me. Meryl Streep plays an obnoxious reporter. With such an intrusive and obnoxious interviewing technique, she’d never … Continue reading

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