No Laughing Matter

Hillary Clinton loves to repeat that she'd be "ready on Day One"... Good thing Day One is still 270 days away. My NEWSWEEK colleague... Breslau...prodded ... for a favorite joke.... "Here's a good one...Helen Clark, former prime minister of New Zealand: her opponents have observed that in the event of a nuclear war, the two things that will emerge...are the cockroaches and Helen Clark." ...it wasn't so much comparing the former prime minister to an ... Full Story »

Posted by Beth Wellington
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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Presidential Election 2008
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Chris Finnie
4.2
by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

Oh yes! For this line alone I love this story, "Of course, Clinton hasn't suffered much damage for her slips because they contradict (rather than reinforce) the media's preferred narrative.." Pay attention folks. What you read has little to do with truth, and a lot more with the preferred narrative. I've heard lots of explanations for this, most often ratings and ad sales, but few media watchers I know doubt it.

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Mark Monday
4.2
by Mark Monday - Oct. 1, 2008

A small thing. in a way, this story reflects a greater truth. For that reason it is worth reading. It will never win a Pulitzer, but it does shed light on the person behild the personna.

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Patricia Blochowiak
4.1
by Patricia Blochowiak - Oct. 1, 2008

Amusingly presented story about Hillary's policy gaffes. More telling than that description would suggest.

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Fred Gatlin
3.1
by Fred Gatlin - Oct. 1, 2008

While this article may seem petty at first, these kinds of gaffes are hauntinly familar. Presidential candidates have armies of poeple supplying facts. It is up to the ability of the candidate to retain and recall.

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Connie Deady
4.7
by Connie Deady - Oct. 1, 2008

I enjoyed this story, as it provided me with new information about Hillary Clinton. It wasn't just a rehash of some old arguments with opinion, but provided actual information regarding reaction to certain gaffes

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Anthony Phillips
4.6
by Anthony Phillips - Oct. 1, 2008

Shows how information gets forgotten or disregarded if it runs counter to the standard narrative.

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Jack Boatwright
1.3
by Jack Boatwright - Oct. 1, 2008

This story is remarkably biased and petty. It misconstrues a joke/remark that is about Helen Clarke's indestructibility as a comparison of her to a cockroach, it magnifies a mispronunciation of Medvedev, and it presents a second truthful remark (Putin having no soul) as a diplomatic slight, where Bush's original comment (about seeing Putin soul) is the real travesty. McCain misspeaks more in a single speech, and without actually telling truth. This article is exactly the sort of tainted reporting that your website should be warning people about.

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