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<title><![CDATA[Jobless Jitters]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:05:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Fact: Unemployment is 9.5 percent. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Jobless Jitters]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:46:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Fact: Unemployment is 9.5 percent. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Deconstructing Sarah]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:59:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The MJ story is far from over, even though Tuesday's memorial service, which the networks covered as a state funeral, felt like a natural climax. But the political shows are back to their own Queen of Pop, or Queen of Political Pap, depending on your point of view. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Notes: Howard Kurtz on the Personality Preoccupation of Mediaite.com]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Few would quarrel with the notion of Oprah Winfrey as the most influential television host, with Bill O'Reilly coming in second.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091012882" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091012882" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Notes: Howard Kurtz on Palin's Abrupt Exit]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ She survived Katie Couric and Tina Fey, searing scrutiny, rumors about her baby, anonymous taunts of "whack job" from those who once touted her credentials to be a heartbeat away. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Perpetual Palin]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:02:01 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I didn't think the latest post-mortem on Sarah Palin would cause much of a ripple. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reporters, Race and the Coverage of Michelle Obama]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ While Michelle Obama was meeting with doctors and patients at the Upper Cardozo Health Center, nearly two dozen journalists stood behind a white rope in a small room upstairs, most finally growing so tired during the hour-long wait that they sat on the floor. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Other Women]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:16:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ It seemed like Mark Sanford had slowly and painfully let it all hang out.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091014206" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091014206" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Other]]></category><category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Bernie's Wife Bails]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:30:55 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Get this: Ruth Madoff feels "betrayed" by her husband's heinous crimes. Welcome to the club, lady. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dr. Nancy, Making the Television Rounds]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:43:55 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- Nancy Snyderman asks her producer how they might deal with a renewed panic over swine flu: "How do we keep the volume down?" ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz's Media Notes: Nancy Snyderman's 'Dr. Nancy' Debuts on MSNBC]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- Nancy Snyderman asks her producer how they might deal with a renewed panic over swine flu: "How do we keep the volume down?" ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[White Glove Journalism]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ First, a few thoughts on the story that has blown everything else off the radar screen.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091015484" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091015484" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[A Governor Unravels]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:52:55 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ You knew there had to be a woman. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Governor Unravels]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:56:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ You knew there had to be a woman. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Battle of the Briefing Room]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:59:54 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I was traveling during the presidential presser yesterday, so I had the very 2009 experience of following it afterward on Twitter. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rahmbo and the Reporters]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ For Chuck Todd, getting calls from Rahm Emanuel is a staple of covering the White House. But they dwell as much on what the NBC correspondent knows as what he can get the president's top aide to divulge.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091017230" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091017230" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Gawking at the Media World]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- Nick Denton is sitting amid the rows of screen-staring digital workers in the fourth-floor walkup that serves as Gawker headquarters, having neglected to build himself a private office. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Notes: Howard Kurtz on Nick Denton, Founder of Gawker]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- Nick Denton is sitting amid the rows of screen-staring digital workers in the fourth-floor walkup that serves as Gawker headquarters, having neglected to build himself a private office. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Agreed to Stay Silent on Kidnapping of Reporter David Rohde]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ There were times during the kidnapping ordeal of New York Times reporter David Rohde when his boss wavered in his determination to suppress the story. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama's Rough Patch]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:44:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ His numbers are dropping. Public doubts are rising. He's mired in Washington gridlock. Lots of people are mad at him.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091017668" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091017668" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama's Rough Patch]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:46:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ His numbers are dropping. Public doubts are rising. He's mired in Washington gridlock. Lots of people are mad at him. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Easy to Criticize]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:05:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ What would the Republicans do? ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Easy to Criticize]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:41:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ What would the Republicans do? ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama's Latest Miniseries]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:01:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The screaming Drudge headline makes it sound like a major network had become a wholly owned subsidiary of the White House:<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091018425" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091018425" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Tongue-Tied on Tehran]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:59:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Joe Biden was unusually disciplined on "Meet the Press" Sunday -- his son had told him to keep it short -- and particularly terse on the subject of Iran. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Living on Twitter Time]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:48:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Is Twitter no longer an ultra-hip refuge for the perpetually plugged-in? ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz's Media Notes: How Twitter Users Are Changing the Landscape]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Is Twitter no longer an ultra-hip refuge for the perpetually plugged-in? ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Deficit Attention Syndrome]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:04:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Once in a while, someone in the mainstream media manages to do something right.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091019790" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091019790" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Deficit Attention Syndrome]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Once in awhile, someone in the mainstream media manages to do something right. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Deficit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Attention]]></category><category><![CDATA[Syndrome]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Dave Steps in It]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:31:55 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ We can spend a lot of time debating whether comedians go overboard, as we did during the Wanda Sykes flap, but to me, this one ain't close. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dave Steps In It]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:45:56 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ We can spend a lot of time debating whether comedians go overboard, as we did during the Wanda Sykes flap, but to me, this one ain't close. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Palin's Power]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:26:02 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ For all the media bloviating, I gather that Sarah Palin's appearance at the big GOP shindig here was something of a bust.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091022589" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091022589" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Palin's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Power]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Web Site Pushes Entrepreneurial Model]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:49:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Hours after an Air France jet disappeared over the Atlantic last Monday, Miles O'Brien, dismissing "the often inaccurate reporting on aviation that is so prevalent in the mainstream media," offered some informed analysis. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category><category><![CDATA[Web]]></category><category><![CDATA[Site]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pushes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurial]]></category><category><![CDATA[Model]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[True/Slant, a Web Site Mapping a New Connection Between Journalists, Readers and Advertisers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Hours after an Air France jet disappeared over the Atlantic last Monday, Miles O'Brien, dismissing "the often inaccurate reporting on aviation that is so prevalent in the mainstream media," offered some informed analysis. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[True/Slant,]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Web]]></category><category><![CDATA[Site]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mapping]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[Connection]]></category><category><![CDATA[Between]]></category><category><![CDATA[Journalists,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Readers]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Advertisers]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[But Enough About Cairo . . .]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:35:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ President Obama's Egyptian address took place about an hour before the network morning shows started yesterday, giving them a natural lead story. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[But]]></category><category><![CDATA[Enough]]></category><category><![CDATA[About]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cairo]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[The Cairo Moment]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:44:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Barack Obama loves the big speech.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091024007" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091024007" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cairo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moment]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Stuck in Reverse]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Everyone's an expert on lousy American cars. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Let's Take a Deep Breath]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:33:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ We need to be really, really careful about blaming people for murder. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Let's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Take]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deep]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breath]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Supreme Blogger]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:50:55 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Tom Goldstein -- attorney, blogger, walking sound-bite machine -- was a guest at last week's White House rollout for Sonia Sotomayor, and moments later was holding forth on the lawn for NBC, MSNBC and Bloomberg before heading to CBS and CNN and calling back newspaper reporters from the car. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz's Media Notes: Supreme Court Expert Tom Goldstein Doesn't Hold Back]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Tom Goldstein -- attorney, blogger, walking sound-bite machine -- was a guest at last week's White House rollout for Sonia Sotomayor, and moments later was holding forth on the lawn for NBC, MSNBC and Bloomberg before heading to CBS and CNN and calling back newspaper reporters from the car.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091025014" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091025014" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Game, Set, Match?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 07:55:54 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ With the war of words surrounding Sonia Sotomayor, you might get the impression that a battle royale is taking place. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[The Nexus of Life and Law]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 08:34:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I was acquainted with Clarence Thomas in the summer of 1991 because I had interviewed him as chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. But when George H.W. Bush introduced him to the American public, the president didn't stress his government service. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nexus]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Secretly Selling Sotomayor]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 09:40:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Less than an hour after President Obama announced his Supreme Court nominee yesterday, two "senior administration officials" began holding forth for reporters on the virtues of Sonia Sotomayor. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Secretly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Selling]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sotomayor]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz's Media Notes: Obama Administration Battles to Spin Sotomayor Pick]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Less than an hour after President Obama announced his Supreme Court nominee yesterday, two "senior administration officials" began holding forth for reporters on the virtues of Sonia Sotomayor.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091025790" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091025790" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Notes: With Makeover, Newsweek Eyes a More Elite Audience]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Jon Meacham admits it is hard to explain, even to his own people, why chopping Newsweek's circulation in half is a good thing. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[News You Can't Use]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 20:15:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ My obsessive media-watching has led me to come up with a theory. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[News You Can't Use]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 07:58:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ My obsessive media-watching has led me to come up with a theory. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Foot in Mouth Disease]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 10:12:55 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I'm going to skip over the day's big winner, Carrie Prejean -- hey, all three cable nets carried the presser in which she got to keep her beauty pageant crown -- to focus on one of the week's losers.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091028487" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091028487" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Foot]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mouth]]></category><category><![CDATA[Disease]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Dissing Dick Cheney]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 10:42:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ For a man who is out of power and will never run for office again, Dick Cheney remains a major-league newsmaker. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Dissing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dick]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cheney]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[The Death of Print?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 13:55:56 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Is this it? ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Death]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Print?]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Notes: Can Newspapers Be Saved?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Is this it? ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category><category><![CDATA[Notes:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Can]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newspapers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Be]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saved?]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Special Feuding Edition]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 09:48:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ All politics is personal.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091028828" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091028828" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator>
<category><![CDATA[Special]]></category><category><![CDATA[Feuding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Edition]]></category>
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<title><![CDATA[Special Feuding Edition]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 08:15:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ All politics is personal. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[In Search of Scoundrels]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 11:21:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ It's not that there's a news vacuum: After all, Bank of America needs to find $34 billion, the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan were at the White House, and Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are sniping at each other on the morning shows. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[In Search of Scoundrels]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 08:33:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ It's not that there's a news vacuum: After all, Bank of America needs to find $34 billion, the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan were at the White House, and Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are sniping at each other on the morning shows. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Date Night]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 07:52:01 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ ABC has Rahm and Jon Bon Jovi! CBS has Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner! CNN has Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore! Time has Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw!<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091029257" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091029257" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Bright Side]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 10:24:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Yesterday was a good day for me. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Specter Skates]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 10:45:45 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I was surfing the cable news channels, where the swine flu outbreak was being treated as possibly the next bubonic plague, displacing the news of President Obama's 99th day in office, when word broke that Arlen Specter was switching parties. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Notes: Arlen Specter Coverage - A Double Standard on Party-Switchers?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I was surfing the cable news channels, where the swine flu outbreak was being treated as possibly the next bubonic plague, displacing the news of President Obama's 99th day in office, when word broke that Arlen Specter was switching parties. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[A Tale of Two Pols]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 08:02:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Perhaps only Barack Obama could cheerfully cast a bankruptcy filing as "a new lease on life."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091029670" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091029670" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[One Smooth Talker]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Barack Obama hit his cruising speed last night. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Specter of Irrelevance]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:32:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Shades of Jim Jeffords! ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Media's 100-Day Frenzy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:44:58 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ It is, says Joe Klein, a "flimsy journalistic conceit." ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Swine Flu Outbreak Pales Compared With Media Frenzy Surrounding It]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The story spread rapidly in the news vacuum of Sunday afternoon, when federal officials declared a health emergency, and by yesterday the coverage of a swine flu outbreak had reached fever pitch.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091030142" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091030142" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Media Elite's Secret Dinners]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Last Tuesday evening, Rahm Emanuel quietly slipped into an eighth-floor office at the Watergate. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Notes by Howard Kurtz: Dinner With David Bradley, an A-List Affair]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Last Tuesday evening, Rahm Emanuel quietly slipped into an eighth-floor office at the Watergate. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Passing Judgment]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:34:01 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Gentlemen, start your engines. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stamp of Approval]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:35:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ When I was a young investigative reporter, I caught a number of Reagan administration officials in various misdeeds -- but some had what they deemed an iron-clad alibi.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091030671" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091030671" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stamp of Approval]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:04:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ When I was a young investigative reporter, I caught a number of Reagan administration officials in various misdeeds--but some had what they deemed an iron-clad alibi. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Mr. Nice Guy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:32:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Michael Kinsley tells the tale of his first outing as co-host of "Crossfire," when a producer barked in his ear: "Get mad! Get mad!" ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Character Counts]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:01:02 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Journalism is sometimes the story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sunday Morning Shootout]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:39:01 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ David Gregory says he was acutely aware of "the legacy of the program" when he took over "Meet the Press" four months ago. "I realized I was succeeding Tim Russert, and that was a big deal," he says. "I'm trying to bring as much passion as I can, and I hope viewers are seeing it. My voice is still evolving in this. . . . Just like Tim did, I've got to go out there and earn it."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091031397" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=281091031397" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz's Media Notes: David Gregory Finding His Niche on 'Meet the Press']]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ David Gregory says he was acutely aware of "the legacy of the program" when he took over "Meet the Press" four months ago. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Barack TV]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:01:59 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ POTUS has become part of my morning routine. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reading the Tea Leaves]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:58:05 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ T-Day wound up as something of a Rorschach test, taking on a different shape depending on your political views and the media you consume. ]]></description>
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