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<title><![CDATA[Four more years?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:06:02 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Is it conceivable that Barack Obama won't run for reelection? ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sideswiped by scandal, trapped by the past]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:53:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Emily Miller says she's nervous. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz on blogger Emily Miller, Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Emily Miller says she's nervous. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A battle over breasts]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:55:58 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I have never seen a government health-care finding get shouted down as loudly or vociferously as this strange recommendation on mammograms.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824121937186" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824121937186" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[President wants a plumber]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:41:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ President Obama has had it up to his keister with leaks. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The age of Palintology]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:36:59 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The media are going rogue. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pugilistic Palin]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:32:50 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Sarah Palin loves to pick fights. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shep's solo path]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:14:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK-- Shepard Smith had barely started his program when a Fox News producer told him that their reporter had snagged an interview with Chris Christie, the challenger locked in a tight race with New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824121941097" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824121941097" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Shepard Smith, an outspoken news anchor on Fox News]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- Shepard Smith had barely started his program when a Fox News producer told him that their reporter had snagged an interview with Chris Christie, the challenger locked in a tight race with New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Palin agonistes]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:06:49 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ You have to feel a twinge of sympathy for Sarah Palin. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An aborted deal?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:49:58 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ It was initially reported as just another Washington compromise, a backroom bargain that brought health-care reform back from the brink. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Rocky road]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:41:59 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The vote, even though most people were otherwise engaged on Saturday night, had the feel of something big.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824121944444" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824121944444" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The not-so-private Barack Obama]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:25:58 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The pundits say the president took a beating at the polls, but Barack Obama won a very different kind of contest last week. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Notes: Howard Kurtz on Obamas' private-life narrative; tweeting gone wild]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The pundits say the president took a beating at the polls, but Barack Obama won a very different kind of contest last week. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The mod squad]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:37:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Stop the presses: The moderates are nervous. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rotten Apple coverage]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:19:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ How exactly did the New York press miss the fact that the extravagantly financed Michael Bloomberg express almost got derailed?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824121953669" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824121953669" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rotten Apple coverage]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:11:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ How exactly did the New York press miss the fact that the extravagantly financed Michael Bloomberg express almost got derailed? ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The non-referendum]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:26:58 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ To hear some pundits tell it, the earth moved yesterday. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The non-referendum]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:27:59 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ To hear some pundits tell it, the earth moved yesterday. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[What's Obama made of?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:57:52 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ One year after he was elected, we're still asking questions about Barack Obama's character.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122000951" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122000951" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Roland Hedley, world-class Twit]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:10:58 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Interviewing new mistress after the broadcast tonight. Send me your questions. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Notes: Howard Kurtz on Garry Trudeau's satire about Twitter; Rush Limbaugh]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Interviewing new mistress after the broadcast tonight. Send me your questions. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Marriage on parade]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ As best we can tell -- and you never really know about these things -- Barack and Michelle Obama have a pretty good marriage. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Holding democracy hostage]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:21:56 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The best description I've ever seen of the United States Senate is as a group of 100 people, each armed with a nuclear weapon.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122006619" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122006619" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama the incrementalist]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:35:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ One year ago, the hopes were sky-high for Barack Obama. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Going public]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:58:57 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Somewhere in the half-century fight for health-care reform, the public option became a liberal litmus test. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Young editor conquers Capital]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:26:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ He may be one of Washington's hottest young journalists, but Garrett Graff spent enough time as a campaign flack to learn the art of the politically adept reply. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Notes: Garrett Graff, part editor, part rocket, takes the helm at Washingtonian magazine]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ He may be one of Washington's hottest young journalists, but Garrett Graff spent enough time as a campaign flack to learn the art of the politically adept reply.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122013005" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122013005" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Armchair Quarterbacks]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ From one side, Dick Cheney, whose last war didn't work out so well, is accusing President Obama of "dithering" on the conflict in Afghanistan. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Armchair Quarterbacks]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ From one side, Dick Cheney, whose last war didn't work out so well, is accusing President Obama of "dithering" on the conflict in Afghanistan. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Neutralizing the opposition]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:34:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Foxified debate over whether the White House is being mean to a certain network is morphing into a broader argument about the politics of negativity. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Targeting TMZ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:22:55 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Three years after Mel Gibson was arrested during a drunken, anti-Semitic tirade, Los Angeles authorities filed a search warrant seeking bank records attempting to trace cash from the Web site that broke the story: TMZ.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122021941" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122021941" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Control Freaks]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:41:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ They are a dastardly bunch, this White House crowd. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New age journalism]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:24:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ In California, a former editor at the San Diego Union-Tribune has launched an investigative reporting project that plans to sell stories to her old paper at lower cost. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz's Media Notes: The future of journalism]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ In California, a former editor at the San Diego Union-Tribune has launched an investigative reporting project that plans to sell stories to her old paper at lower cost. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hot Air Journalism]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:40:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ You probably think I'm going to rip the cable news networks for subjecting the nation to that heart-stopping hot-air balloon chase across the Colorado skies, under the premise that a 6-year-old boy was aboard.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122029090" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122029090" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Snowed Under By Praise]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:31:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Saint Olympia is getting the full media treatment. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Liberal Lament]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I'll get to the big Senate Finance Committee vote -- Snowe in October! -- but first I want to spotlight a slam at the administration, from the left. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Firing Back]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:29:56 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The White House is now fighting a three-front war: Iraq, Afghanistan and Fox News. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Ensign is No Letterman]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:41:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ David Letterman must have been in denial.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122038389" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122038389" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Notes: Howard Kurtz on the Sex Scandals of David Letterman and John Ensign]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ David Letterman must have been in denial. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Team Obama Pushes Back]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Every White House fights back against the press. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['SNL' Skit No Laughing Matter]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:45:55 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Call it the Fred Armisen effect. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Targeting the Talkers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:18:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ There are no fatter targets for the left than the talk-show titans of the right.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122045564" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122045564" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Letterman's Sorry State]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:12:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Part of America thinks David Letterman is a dirty dog, and the other part thinks we should keep our noses out of his private business. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No Gold for Obama]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:48:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ In the end, President Obama's decision to visit Copenhagen produced squat in terms of the Olympics. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[I-Man's New Home]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:44:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- After holding forth for hours behind the mike on everything from Roman Polanski to Afghanistan, Don Imus walks from his gleaming new studio to a stretch limo, slumps in the seat, removes his cowboy hat and runs a hand through his mop of brownish-gray hair. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz's Media Notes: Don Imus Joins Fox Business Network]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122054142" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122054142" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Notes by Howard Kurtz: Will Stupid Human Tricks Turn Off Letterman's Fans?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A man who makes his living mocking such ripe targets as philandering politicians has suddenly become a national punch line. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[To Tweet or Not to Tweet]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I have all kinds of things to say on Twitter, which I consider to be a cool and compelling form of communication with the wider world. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Roman History]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:11:56 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The conflict has dragged on for years, but now, finally, a serious debate is erupting in the press over how to win the thing once and for all. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Secrets and Scoops]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ When a gusher of leaks erupts, the press loves to soak up the information -- but can wind up looking all wet.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122100414" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122100414" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz Media Notes: Should Journalists Note Any Agendas of News Leakers?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ When a gusher of leaks erupts, the press loves to soak up the information -- but can wind up looking all wet. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Guerrilla Journalism]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:56:53 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Two Facebook friends with a hidden video camera have done more than shake the foundations of ACORN. They have sparked a debate about the parameters of journalism. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Mild-Mannered or Lily-Livered?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:56:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Are Democrats wimping out? ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The Bubba Chronicles]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Bill Clinton has been making the television rounds, holding forth on his global initiative, Barack Obama, health care, Afghanistan and the Middle East.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122107661" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122107661" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why They're Mad]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:41:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Maybe journalists have been asking the wrong question. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Saturation Sunday]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:59:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The White House doesn't buy the notion that President Obama, who appeared on five talk shows Sunday and is heading next for David Letterman's couch, could be wearing out his welcome on the tube. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Notes: Howard Kurtz on President Obama's Media Blitz]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The White House doesn't buy the notion that President Obama, who appeared on five talk shows Sunday and is heading next for David Letterman's couch, could be wearing out his welcome on the tube. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fox News Ad Draws Protests]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:06:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A provocative full-page newspaper ad from Fox News drew heated reactions from its rivals today and one demand that The Washington Post apologize for running it.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122113521" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122113521" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[If It's Sunday, It Must Be Obama]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:46:49 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ It's not quite the full Ginsburg, but Barack Obama will dominate the news on Sunday, and in more than one language. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hanging My Head]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:36:50 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I'm sorry. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Black-and-White Question]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:20:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Is it racial? ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beck and the Mainstream]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ It has become a familiar chain reaction: Talk-show hosts whip up a noisy controversy, which hits higher decibels as it spreads to the establishment media, which costs some unfortunate soul his job.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122119925" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122119925" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz's Media Notes: Mainstream News Outlets Miss White House Resignation]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ It has become a familiar chain reaction: Talk-show hosts whip up a noisy controversy, which hits higher decibels as it spreads to the establishment media, which costs some unfortunate soul his job. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GOP Still Opposed -- No Lie]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:40:53 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite his threat to "call out" critics who distort his health-care plan, President Obama tried to rise above the usual Washington rancor Wednesday night in calling for a bipartisan compromise. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Prime-Time Pitch]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:33:02 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I got to see President Obama in action twice yesterday -- once in person, where he took a few whacks at the press at Walter Cronkite's memorial, and once on the tube, where he blamed "radio and talk show hosts" for their role in spreading the death panel fallacy and chided the media for exaggerating the importance of the public option. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Now It's Showtime]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:53:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Barack Obama, superior speechmaker, is reaching for the favorite arrow in his quiver Wednesday night.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122125911" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122125911" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz: Obama's Liberal Base Loving His Cool Approach Less and Less]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ It is as inevitable in Washington as sweltering summers and steamy sex scandals. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Post-Kennedy Era]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:51:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ When a major public figure dies, journalists have to ask an overarching question, if only to keep stoking the story after the first 24 hours. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Kennedy Farewell]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:40:55 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ My first reaction was as a journalist: Had Ted Kennedy died too late to make the newspapers? Who would the morning shows book? Would the coverage go on for days? ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz on the Personal Tone of the Media's Tributes to Ted Kennedy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The black-and-white images -- of a skinny, short-haired Ted Kennedy, flanked by his brothers -- became video wallpaper Wednesday as television moved into mourning mode.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122132026" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4824122132026" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Torture, Back in Play]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:45:57 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ And you thought the health-care debate was divisive. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Unpopularity Contest]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:40:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I seemed to have waded into a minefield with yesterday's column about death panels. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Death Panels Smite Journalism]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:47:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ For once, mainstream journalists did not retreat to the studied neutrality of quoting dueling antagonists. ]]></description>
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