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Even Mother Jones Confirms Police Provoked by Occupy Oakland Demonstrators - NewsBusters (blog)
As the protesters filtered away, I spoke with a group of tired cops covered in blue and orange paint—and that wasn't all, said one sergeant who wouldn't give his name. He said they'd also been pelted with glass and vinegar, and one officer claimed to ...
Bozell Column: Here Come the Ailes Haters - NewsBusters (blog)
Ailes is trashed by “a person close to Ailes,” “another Republican close to Ailes,” “a GOPer who knows Ailes well,” “a person familiar with his thinking” and “a former Fox executive.” These sources could all be the same individual, for all the reader ...
Media Mostly Ignore Bloody Pig's Foot, Anti-Semitic Message Sent to Rep. Peter ... - NewsBusters (blog)
Y.) Washington congressional office was intercepted at an off-site mail facility and "contained a pig's foot and a note laced with several anti-Semitic references, according to a person with knowledge of the incident who requested anonymity because of ...
Olbermann Rumored to be Joining Gore's Struggling TV Network - NewsBusters (blog)
The people insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized by their employers to comment in advance of the official announcement. ...
Name That Party: In Iowa, With Lame Duck Raise-Granting Dem Gov, Drudge Does ... - NewsBusters (blog)
Paulsen said he was concerned the current budget is built on more than $700 million in one-time funding sources, but Culver administration officials said ...
Vanity Fair Attacks Palin as Volatile, Angry, Fake - NewsBusters (blog)
(The "other midwestern hotel" must have asked not to be named, for fear of reprisal from the Palin camp.) Some bloggers have been mean to Palin detractors. ...
Not News at AP: $1 Million Bounty on Sheriff Joe - NewsBusters (blog)
... Arpaio's head and offering a [ten] thousand dollars for anyone who wants to join the Mexican cartel," said a young man who chose to remain anonymous. ...
CNN To Pit Eliot Spitzer Against Kathleen Parker In Updated 'Crossfire'? - NewsBusters (blog)
Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker is the "leading candidate" to share a new 8 pm show on CNN with the former governor, according to sources close to ...