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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Really lame-O

Another Monday, another lame point/counterpoint in my Metro Daily Newspaper. This week, the debate is over whether Joe Wilson was out of line when he [...]
September 21, 2009 | Posted in: Newspapering | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Contact made with rebels

Evidently, the major networks will have one-on-one interviews with the rebel leader Obama. Perhaps they will be able to pin him down on his socialist [...]
September 20, 2009 | Posted in: Health Care | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Why bother?

I used to say that under M. Sill the target reader for the N&O became the lonely commuter. Now, I’m not sure what to make [...]
September 14, 2009 | Posted in: Newspapering | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Statement from Elaine Marshall

Via Thomas Mills: Statement from Secretary of State Elaine Marshall: “On Tuesday, I filed my papers to set up an Exploratory Committee for United States [...]
September 10, 2009 | Posted in: 2010 Elections, US Senate | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

quick survey

5 out of 7 headlines read something like President says ‘stop bickering and pass health care’ Speech and transcript at C&L Also: some asshat from [...]
September 9, 2009 | Posted in: 2010 Elections, Administration | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Marshall in Senate race

Secretary of State Elaine Marshall made it official today: She’ll run to unseat Richard Burr next year. Marshall tried unsuccessfully to win the nomination and [...]
September 9, 2009 | Posted in: 2010 Elections | Tags: , , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Town Hall breakdowns

After leaving Triple A ball in Raleigh and heading up to The Show, Mr. Beckwith pens his first major piece for Roll Call — a [...]
September 8, 2009 | Posted in: Current Events, Health Care | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Vanishing

In just a few short years my local metro daily has become tiny — the width is down, the sections collapsed or consolidated, ads have [...]
September 6, 2009 | Posted in: Newspapering | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink