More Trials and Tribulations Of Administration’s Wall Street Posse
When I heard a major Wall Street private equity player -- as opposed to someone more directly connected to industry -- had become the point man in the GM takeover, I was was pretty confused. But then, shades of Milken, Icahn, Jacobs and Kerkorian, this is the culture that...
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The Memos
Although physical documents are certainly not new or unique to the internets, the government's torture memos seem to have achieved a break-through, earning considerable recognition in their original form.
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(For An Instant) Pink Is The New Green
For my money (heh, heh), Liddy's instinct to reach out to and dignify the Code Pink protesters was an off-note exposing how this guy has been calibrated to an absolutely stratospheric level of damage control.
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"I FACED THE ENEMY AND LIVED!"
If Salon's publication of these photos helps the military reform its culture and more effectively aid traumatized Iraq War vets before they get suicidal, this family will have done a great service.
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Daschle Watch: Exhuming The Pontiac
So, was it a visual (or the specter of one) that ultimately brought Daschle down?
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The Real Moral Of The Phelps Bong Hit Photo? (Don’t Mess With The Sponsors.)
It seems the American public and media now largely take in stride the knowledge of someone -- such as the President, for example --- having smoked marijuana, but, at least in Michael Phelps's case, there is a completely different threshold for the image of it.
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Spectacles
Now that he's entangled in an ethics problem, it seems there are more images being published of Tom Daschle without those hip red glasses.
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Eliot On The Comeback
Eliot Spitzer's holiday card demonstrates a concerted effort to get past his sex scandal sooner rather than later.
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Madoff’s Artist Genius
Considering Bernard Madoff may well go down in history as not only Wall Street's biggest swindler, but also a Ponzi scheme master who would have put Ponzi to shame, it's rather ingenious of him to have posed for the New York Times way back when in front of his...
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Your Turn: More "Blagobama" Games
More on the media trying to tie Obama to Blagojevich through pictures.
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Obama Introduces Bubba To New Concept — Submission
Maybe Hillary failed in her campaign promise to the American people to contain her husband, but Obama seems up to the task of an up-to-now unheard of roping in
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McCain's Casino
I'm still admiring the shot accompanying the NYT McCain gambling expose. The piece outlines McCain's potential conflict of interest involving his oversight of the gambling industry (not to mention, his personal penchant for the tables).
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Paulson's Ghost
Credit to Getty photographer Chip Somodevilla and NYT photo editors for slapping this pic on today's lead Wall St. giveaway rescue story, "A Bailout Plan, but Will It All Work?"
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Nightline With The Sound Off
I wouldn't bother with this post at all, except I spent a lot of time this past year defending Edwards from media slander.
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Family Affair
I've heard from several people about NY Mag's sly use of this photo. It accompanied Friday's snark on the Daily Intel blog about the ex-Governor's upcoming family vacation to Southeast Asia.
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All The Ashley Alexandra Dupré That Fits To Print
Thank goodness, with everything else going on, The Times is managing to stay abreast of Ashley Alexandra Dupré.
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The Spitzers
With the news that Ms. Wall Spitzer has been insistent that her husband not resign, we are reminded that people and relationships are famous for defying conventional logic.
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