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- Drake case shines a light on the problem of excessive classification of government data
- I saw a lot of Iowa straw poll coverage this weekend, and some of it was pretty awful. But nothing made me want to gag like this exchange between Mike Huckabee and Michele Bachmann Saturday night on Huckabee's weekly conflict-of-interest hour
- I hate the unprecedented extent to which Fox News has involved itself in Republican politics, but the channel presented a first-class, rousing and illuminating debate among GOP candidates Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty Thursday night.
- A Maryland federal grand jury indicted two New York men Thursday on charges they conspired to steal historic documents worth millions of dollars from museums in both states over a seven-month period.
- At time of crisis, press aide seems most intent on partisan jabs at Ed Henry
- Conventional wisdom says US journalism has higher standards than that of the Brits. But what about sites like TMZ and the major networks paying for interviews through the dodge of licensing fees? Will we pull back in wake of News of the World scandal?
- Just because news and information comes from a non-profit operation rather than corporately-owned one, that doesn¿t mean it is ideologically-free, disinterested and independent reporting that citizens can automatically trust.
- Former NSA employee accused of espionage but convicted in a plea deal of "exceeding the authorized use of a computer," was sentenced to one year probation
- And documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and published today at Judicial Watch show an Obama White House that tried to bully the press into submission. And when the news operation wouldn't bend, Team Obama tried to punish them.
- When Glenn Beck signs off today at the end of his last Fox News cablecast, he will leave a cable TV legacy of reckless, divisive and ugly speech in his wake.
- No one can carry water for the GOP and suck up to conservatives like Sean Hannity. And Monday night, he was at the top of his game "interviewing" The GOP's hottest candidate, Michele Bachmann, while mending the 24-hour rift between her and Fox News.
- Just one week after a winning interview with comedian Jon Stewart, Fox News host Chris Wallace stumbled in his covbersation with a much friendlier guest, Michele Bachmann, the hottest new GOP presidential candidate.
- After four nights of watching Keith Olbermann, there are two things I can say with some certainty.
- Comedian Jon Stewart lied when he said that "all polls" show Fox News viewers to be among the worst informed news consumers, PolitiFact says.
- Former NSA employee Thomas Drake Thursday accepted a plea deal that cleared him of espionage charges stemming from an alleged leak of classified information to a Baltimore Sun reporter who wrote about waste and mismanagement at the Fort Meade-based agency.
- Paul Ryan's Medicaid block grant program will reduce waste and fraud in Maryland
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