Arianna Huffington (Wednesday): Bombs vs Bombshells

Jack Rabbit

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Thu Mar-02-06 12:14 PM
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Arianna Huffington (Wednesday): Bombs vs Bombshells

From The Huffington Post
Dated Wednesday March 1

News Watch: Bombs vs Bombshells
By Arianna Huffington

It says everything you need to know about the current state of TV news -- indeed the current state of our media culture -- that on a day that saw Iraq moving closer to all-out civil war, with at least 76 Iraqis killed and 179 wounded in sectarian attacks, the CBS Evening News devoted one minute and thirty-nine seconds to coverage of Iraq... and one minute and fifty-six seconds to coverage of Anna Nicole Smith's appearance in front of the Supreme Court.

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opihimoimoi

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Thu Mar-02-06 12:15 PM
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1. That sez it all...,.Bombs vs Boobs

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NewJeffCT

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Thu Mar-02-06 12:18 PM
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2. Maybe if it was an Iraqi strip joint?

They'd get more coverage? Or less, if you think about it that way...

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Jack Rabbit

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Thu Mar-02-06 12:24 PM
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3. That would get it more coverage . . .

. . . unless Janet Jackson works there.

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