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The Bully Pulpit

Posted on November 19th, 2008 by Hart Williams

One of the great attractions of patriotism is that it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what’s more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.” — Aldous Huxley

As one bully begets another, so, too, the feral yowl of one [...]

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NBC Jumps The Shark

Posted on April 20th, 2007 by Todd Mitchell

As Pamela has already noted, NBC is coming under fire for its incessant airing of the Virginia Tech killer’s “multimedia manifesto.” I too was critical of the NBC coverage from the beginning, even noting at AoF that NBC seemed so worried about attribution of “their property”, that the photos make it look like the killer [...]

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