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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (698691)	2/12/2013 8:42:22 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1574784

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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (698691)	2/12/2013 8:51:39 PM
From: joseffy	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1574784

What started as a condescending “cautionary tale” about Sarah Palin’s mixing of celebrity and politics quickly became a cautionary tale about mixing contempt for Sarah Palin with desperation for the traffic her name will generate.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (698691)	2/12/2013 8:54:21 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574784

Writing at the Post’s “She The People” blog, Parker sneered: The Sarah Palin Story is a cautionary tale about what can happen when politics and celebrity meet. … Late last week Al Jazeera America announced the former vice-presidential candidate would be joining their news network. “As you all know, I’m not a big fan of newspapers, journalists, news anchors and the liberal media in general,” Palin told the Web site The Daily Currant. “But I met with the folks at Al-Jazeera and they told me they reach millions of devoutly religious people who don’t watch CBS or CNN. That tells me they don’t have a liberal bias.”

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (698691)	2/12/2013 8:59:09 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1574784

The Washington Post on Tuesday falsely reported that Palin was joining Al Jazeera, referencing a satirical news website's fictional interview with the former Republican vice presidential candidate. The Washington Post on Tuesday falsely reported that Palin was joining Al Jazeera, referencing a satirical news website's fictional interview with the former Republican vice presidential candidate.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (698691)	2/12/2013 9:02:57 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1574784

Parody Website Fools The Washington Post Into Thinking Sarah Palin Heading To Al Jazeera by Noah Rothman \| 9:43 am, February 12th, 2013 video » 133 comments “The Sarah Palin Story is a cautionary tale about what can happen when politics and celebrity meet,” begins Washington Post contributor Suzi Parker’s profile of Sarah Palin’s move from Fox News Channel to the future cable news network Al Jazeera English. “Late last week Al Jazeera America announced the former vice-presidential candidate would be joining their news network.” The only problem with Parker’s scoop is that the news of Palin’s move comes from the comedy news site The Daily Currant, which recently published a wide-ranging “interview” with Palin about her lateral career move. The Daily Currant describes itself as “the global satirical newspaper of record.” RELATED: No, Ann Coulter Did NOT Refuse To Board A Plane Because Pilot Was Black “As you all know, I’m not a big fan of newspapers, journalists, news anchors and the liberal media in general,” Palin told the Web site The Daily Currant. “But I met with the folks at Al-Jazeera and they told me they reach millions of devoutly religious people who don’t watch CBS or CNN. That tells me they don’t have a liberal bias.” “Ironically, Fox News recently called Al Jazeera “an anti-American terror mouthpiece,” Parker noted ironically. “Bless her heart, is Palin trying her best to stay relevant while her 15 minutes fades into the political history books?” Parker asked, after noting that the former Alaska governor posted a message on her Facebook announcing her intention to attend the memorial service of slain Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. Parker’s comprehensive editorial-cum-profile of Palin and her career cites multiple sources and includes several supporting quotes, but is unfortunately based on a faulty premise. The Daily Currant fooled a number of culture watchers on the internet recent when they called out conservative commentator Ann Coulter for refusing to board a plane piloted by an African-American. The incident never occurred, but the opportunity to confirm the biases of those who disagree with Coulter was too good to pass up. That bit of “news” made it around the internet before it was widely debunked for having originated from a comedy news site. UPDATE: Parker posted a correction: An earlier version of this post incorrectly reported that Sarah Palin planned to contribute to the Al Jazeera America news network. The original article was titled “Sarah Palin’s plan to reach ‘millions of devoutly religious people’ through al-Jazeera.” The amended now reads “Sarah Palin tries to stay relevant.”

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (698691)	2/12/2013 9:21:00 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574784

Fort Hood Hero Who Sat With Michelle O at Speech Says President 'Betrayed' Her... Fort Hood Hero Who Sat With Michelle O at Speech Says President 'Betrayed' Her...

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (698691)	2/12/2013 10:34:16 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 1574784

An opinion piece calls it a scam... Ok well some people have the 'opinion' that the Nazi holocaust was a scam too. Your opinion author doesn't deny the deaths. He argues that the studies were flawed 'in his opinion,' so the numbers could be less than previously reported. =============================================================================== * The Center for Economic and Social Rights CERS study estimated 500,000 excess deaths among Iraqi children (cited in the CBS report). * The Lancet British Medical Journal - a separate detailed study (1995): 567,000 children * a 1999 UNICEF survey within Iraq reinforced the earlier studies. Based on new data, it also estimated 500,000 excess deaths among Iraqi children under 5-years old. * UN Assistant Secretary General Denis Halliday, the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Oil for Food program in Iraq, resigned in 1998 to protest sanctions that he later termed "genocidal". "I don't want to administer a programme that satisfies the definition of genocide. * "Richard Garfield, a Columbia University nursing professor ... cited the figures 345,000-530,000 for the entire 1990-2002 period" for sanctions-related excess deaths. Richard Garfield, whose major work (available at www.cam.ac.uk/societies/casi/info/garfield/dr-garfield.html) picked apart others' methodologies and freely admitted which of his data points were weakest. "Even a small number of documentable excess deaths is an expression of a humanitarian disaster, and this number is not small," he concluded. Garfield's conclusion: Between August, 1991, and March, 1998, there were between 106,000 and 227,000 excess deaths of children under five. Recently, he has estimated the latter, less conservative number at 500,000 plus between 1990 and 2002. The non-express goal of the sanctions was the removal of Saddam Hussein. For example, the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 stated that U.S. policy was to "replace that regime", an outcome that was not referenced in the U.N. resolutions but frequently mentioned by its supporters. Paul Lewis wrote in the New York Times: "Ever since the trade embargo was imposed on Aug. 6, after the invasion of Kuwait, the United States has argued against any premature relaxation in the belief that by making life uncomfortable for the Iraqi people it will eventually encourage them to remove President Saddam Hussein from power." On May 12, 1996, Madeleine Albright, (then U.S Ambassador the United Nations appeared on a 60 Minutes segment in which Lesley Stahl asked her "We have heard that half a million children have died. I mean, that's more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?" and Albright replied "we think the price is worth it." guardian.co.uk superbessay.com mattwelch.com