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Newsy ramblings about media, candy, pop culture and politics from a woman who spent $60,000 earning a master's degree studying The Daily Show.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

How Should I Manage My Personal Twitter Identity?

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I’ve been on Twitter since 2008. And I started with one account: @NewsCat_in_DC . It remains my “flagship” account in a way; the o...
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 ...
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