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Posted by Thomas Nephew on November 18th, 2008

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6 Responses to “links for 2008-11-17”

  1. Nell Says:
    November 18th, 2008 at 11:24 pm

    I thought that might just be typical Post Style-section snark, but this was a front-page article. And there’s actually a correction to another error about some obscure commission — but none in response to the point about the OVP made by dozens of commenters and Tim Noah’s Slate article. Yikes.

  2. Thomas Nephew Says:
    November 19th, 2008 at 12:41 am

    Journamalism as practiced today.

    Apologies for not posting anything other than links for a while. I’ve been sick as a dog the last few days, but also busy at work before and during that… and mainly not sure what to say; I’d do a wrapup of the election from my point of view, but that already seems dated. OTOH, when has that ever bothered me. :)

  3. larry, dfh Says:
    November 23rd, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    You are referring to the home-town paper on Langley, VA.

  4. Nell Says:
    November 24th, 2008 at 1:38 am

    You won’t hear any complaints from the blogger who posts monthly…

    Get well soon! I’d be interested in your wrapup thoughts. You can always pretend we’re back in the pre-blog/net news days when people would still be focused on a giant national election three weeks later.

    When I get disheartened at the Obama appointments, it picks me up a bit to think about some of the pleasant surprises, like Tom Perriello.

  5. Thomas Nephew Says:
    November 24th, 2008 at 3:10 am

    Liked your item about Scott Horton and the 1975 Rockefeller Commission a lot - very useful history that as usual I didn’t know about. Great reference going forward. I liked Horton’s latest piece in Harper’s, though maybe it was just childish glee at seeing the cover — Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Bush in prison orange. Wish he’d mentioned impeachment — as your item suggests, he’s more for a commission, though this article suggests one that would appear to have more teeth than the Rockefeller Commission he used as an example.

  6. Nell Says:
    November 24th, 2008 at 11:12 pm

    The current TPM Cafe book club is a discussion of several different approaches to exposing the goings-on and seeking accountability.

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