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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Ten Rules of A Perfect Hipster T-Shirt

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1. Hipster T-Shirts do not reference mainstream TV. Your Dunder-Mifflin T-Shirt does not make you look cool. It makes you look like a fan....
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Review of Mike Daisey's The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs

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( UPDATE 3/17/12: By now if you've seen this page you've heard about The Retraction where This American Life, after airing a porti...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

This Blog Isn't Closed, It's Just Going To Sleep Mode

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I used to say that "dead blogs make baby Jesus cry." Well I'm going to try to keep our non-lord from crying. So I've menti...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Anonymous Source Watch: Washington Post (Wednesday, September 23)

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Less Peril for Civilians, but More for Troops (A1) By Ann Scott Tyson Anonymous Quote #1 "We heard they held back artillery. We also he...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Anonymous Source Watch: Washington Post (Tuesday, September 22)

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I'm currently behind by four days on posting Anonymous Source counts. I will be "backfilling" the missing four days over the n...
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Anonymous Source Watch: Washington Post (Thursday, September 17)

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From Finance Chief, a Bill That My Weather the Blows (A1) By Ceci Connolly Anonymous Quote #1 "There will be a lot of horse-trading, an...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Anonymous Source Watch: Washington Post (Wednesday, September 16)

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Mullen: More Troops ‘Probably’Needed (A1) By Ann Scott Tyson Anonymous Quote #1 “There's a very big opportunity here to reduce violence ...

Anonymous Source Watch: Definitions

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I should define what I call an anonymous quote. Anytime the speaker or source for the information isn’t named, I call that anonymous. Exclud...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Anonymous Source Watch: Washington Post (Tuesday, September 15)

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Threat of Trade War With China Sparks Worries in a Debtor U.S. (A1) By Steven Mufson and Peter Whoriskey Anonymous Quote #1 The Obama admini...

Anonymous Source Watch: Washington Post (Monday, September 14)

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In Kandahar, a Taliban on the Rise (A1) By Rajiv Chandrasekaran Anonymous Quote #1 “Kandahar is at the top of the list," one senior U.S...
Sunday, September 13, 2009

Anonymous Source Watch: Washington Post (Sunday, September 13)

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U.S. Gives New Rights to Afghan Prisoners (A1) By Karen DeYoung and Peter Finn Anonymous Quote #1 "This process is about doing the righ...

Anonymous Source Watch: Washington Post (Saturday, September 12)

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I apologize for being a day late posting this. U.S., NATO to Revamp Afghan Training Mission (A3) By Ann Scott Tyson and Walter Pincus Anonym...
Friday, September 11, 2009

Anonymous Source Watch: Washington Post (Friday, September 11)

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Iran Urges Disposal Of All Nuclear Arms (A18) By Thomas Erdbrink Anonymous Quote #1 A senior administration official, speaking on the condit...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

Anonymous Source Watch: Washington Post (Thursday, September 10)

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After Rescue, Recriminations (A11) By Pamela Constable Anonymous Quote #1 "He was such a nice person. I am so sad and confused about wh...
Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Anonymous Source Watch: Washington Post (Wednesday, September 9)

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Dodd Said to Decline Kennedy Post (A6) By Paul Kane Anonymous Quote #1 Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is next in line after Dodd to assume the cha...
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Anonymous Source Watch: Washington Post (Monday, September 7)

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For Obama, A Pivotal Moment in Afghanistan (A1) By Karen DeYoung Anonymous Quote #1 Asked whether the administration would consider reversin...
Monday, September 07, 2009

Anonymous Source Watch: Washington Post (Sunday, September 6)

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I had originally intended to launch this project on Sunday, but I got a late start on the day and thought tweeting about the “morning” paper...

Anonymous Source Watch: Washington Post (Monday, September 7)

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Obama Readies Reform Specifics (A1) By Ceci Connolly Anonymous Quote #1 “Let’s see what the Finance Committee does,” said one administration...

Anonymous Sources Watch: Washington Post

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The recent baffling story in the Washington Post where an article penned by Peter Finn, Joby Warrick, Julie Tate and Walter Pincus reported ...
Saturday, July 11, 2009

Newspapers, Now Straight from the Reporter to You!

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If anyone reads this blog I'm sure they'll find not only typos but also sentences that just don't make any sense. That's bec...
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