Sometimes, It’s How You Say It
The Associated Press Stylebook, which most print news outlets follow, discourages quoting dialect precisely because it “implies substandard or illiterate usage,” unless it’s clearly relevant to the story
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Journos: Comedy Central Needs You
Don’t worry, political heavies, we’re absolutely positive that the same fake-news team that arches a sardonic eyebrow at you daily isn’t now using you for publicity.
Politics! The Musical
From Wendy Molyneux’s imagined Sarah Palin action movie screenplay to Ben Greenman’s fake musicals, “BAILOUT! THE MUSICAL!,” “WEINER! THE MUSICAL!,” “PALIN! THE MUSICAL!” “WIKILEAKS! THE MUSICAL!”
Dangerous Art
“I don’t think it’s a national treasure,” Ai said in a news release from the Hirshhorn. “It has nothing to do with a national treasure.
A Regular Joe
Joe Donnelly, we have some good news and some bad news.
Congress Ready to Keep Eye on GSA
The hearings unfold as the GSA faces more bad news — the OIG this week referred the matter to the Department of Justice for possible criminal prosecution.
Seniors Group Has Close Ties to GOP, Industry
Local news reports and campaign advertisements soon trumpeted the awards.
Squatters Lampoon Bachmann Candidacy
“I’m called to bring the Good News of our one true American Idol, the Lord God, to Washington and to legislate His will among all the fornicators, scientists, public schoolteachers and other so-called
Onion Tweet Sets Off Brief Panic on Hill
A few weeks after the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and one day after a man was arrested and charged in connection with a plot to attack the Capitol, a satirical news site unleashed
Heard on the Hill: Better Practice That Poker Face
This is f—ing ecru,” fake Eric Cantor says in one entry. In another he is standing by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) thinking: “Of course I look younger than him. I moisturize.”
Obama Teases ‘Birther’ Movement in WHCD Speech
I want to make clear to the Fox News table: That was a joke. (Laughter.) That was not my real birth video. (Laughter.) That was a children’s cartoon. (Laughter.) Call Disney if you don’t believe me.