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FLASHBACK: MEDIA WHORES ONLINE NAMES RUSSERT "WOTW" IN 2001

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Tim
Russert

Congratulations
to the MWO Whore of the Week….Tim Russert!

It seems
Timmy feigned the most Bill Bennettesque, hypocritical, self righteous (but we
repeat ourselves) outrage he could muster on Meet the Press Sunday, over the
stupid question Al Gore was asked regarding a preference for “leather or
lace”.  Poor Timmy couldn’t
believe such a question was asked in the serious and sober context of a
presidential election…

But Timmy
himself is the worst offender when it comes to inane questions. 
He asked the First Lady in her first Senate debate with Dick Lazio if
she owed America an apology for trusting her husband. 
And Timmy, when given the opportunity in a one-on-one interview to ask
the Vice Leader of the Free World anything in the whole wide world – actually
asked him whether a pregnant woman on death row should have a right to
abortion – a question burning in the minds of all Americans.

Yes, Timmy
has more than earned the Whore of the Week distinction. 
And if there were an award for “fastest decline in
credibility”, Timmy would have a good chance of running away with that
one, too.  Way to go, Timmy!

 

Congratulations

Source: Waltrip perhaps used jet fuel

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Michael Waltrip’s team was accused of
trying to boost horsepower with an illegal substance — possibly a form
of jet fuel, a person with knowledge of the NASCAR investigation told
The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The substance was found
inside the intake manifold of Waltrip’s new Toyota Camry before
qualifying for the Daytona 500 on Sunday. NASCAR seized the part and
shipped it back to North Carolina for analysis, and spent all day
Wednesday pulling parts and pieces from under the hood.

NASCAR is continuing the investigation, but according to ESPN,
Waltrip’s crew chief has been suspended indefinitely and Waltrip docked
100 points.

The manifold is a part of the engine that supplies
the fuel/air mix to the engine cylinders. Waltrip’s team coated the
inside of it with an illegal substance that is believed to be a gelatin
form of jet fuel, according to the same official, who requested
anonymity because NASCAR had not finished its investigation.

Waltrip’s team maintains it was oil.

Copyright 2007 Associated Press

"NEWSWAR" FRONTLINE-SEYMOUR HERSH INTERVIEW

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NEWSWAR

60 minutes · QuickTime and Windows Media formats

In a four-hour special, News War, FRONTLINE examines the political, cultural, legal, and economic forces challenging the news media today and how the press has reacted in turn. Through interviews with key figures in print, broadcast and electronic media over the past four decades — and with unequaled, behind-the-scenes access to some of today’s most important news organizations, FRONTLINE traces the recent history of American journalism, from the Nixon administration’s attacks on the media to the post-Watergate popularity of the press, to the new challenges presented by the war on terror and other global forces now changing — and challenging — the role of the press in our society.

An investigative journalist for more than three decades, Seymour Hersh has reported on some of the most important stories of our time, from the Vietnam War’s My Lai massacre to the Iraq war’s detainee abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison. He currently is a contributing writer to The New Yorker covering national security and the war on terror. This is the edited transcript of an interview conducted on Jan. 8, 2007

Why did you get in this business?

Flunked out of law school, nothing else to do.

Flunked out of law school?

Hated it. Didn’t like it. Didn’t like memorizing. Newspapers seemed like fun. Got into it. Had an affinity for it — you know, BSing people, reading their minds.

What do you mean, “reading their minds”?

Well, I think a good reporter has to sort of sense the other person.

But you said to me that you went to college, and 10 years later you’re sticking your fingers in Richard Nixon’s eyes.

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BEST PHOTO FILE FORMATS

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Image file formats – TIF, JPG, PNG, GIF

Briefly, the three most common image file formats, the most
important for general purposes today, are TIF, JPG and GIF.   I
propose we also consider the new PNG format too.

Best file types for these general purposes:

  Photographic Images Graphics, including

Logos or Line art 
Properties Continuous tones, 24 bit color or 8 bit Gray, no text, few lines
and edges		 Solid colors, up to 256 colors, with text or lines and sharp edges
Best Quality for Archived Master TIF or PNG 

(no JPG artifacts)

 PNG or GIF or TIF
(no JPG artifacts)
Smallest File Size JPG with a higher Quality factor can be decent   (JPG is questionable
quality for archiving master copies)		 TIF LZW or GIF or PNG   (graphics/logos usually permit reducing to 2 to 16
colors for smallest file size)
Maximum Compatibility

(PC, Mac, Unix)

 TIF or JPG  
(the simplest programs may not read TIF LZW)

 TIF without LZW
or GIF
Worst Choice 256 color GIF is very limited color, and is a larger file than 24
bit JPG		 JPG compression adds artifacts, smears text and lines and edges

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FRONTLINE: "News Wars" Prologue: The Plame Affair" | PBS

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FRONTLINE: news war: chapter 1 | PBS:

News War [home page] | FRONTLINE

Prologue: The Plame Affair

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