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Well, my experiment of watching (or in some cases, listening to as I type) Fox News is underway, though I haven’t spotted Kirsten Powers yet or heard anything that sounded even vaguely bipartisan. It appears they are about to run a feature on how Obamacare will create major shortages of health care providers. Earlier we were treated to the sage analysis of John Bolton on the Hagel nomination. The weather news, however, seemed pretty “fair and balanced.”
In any event, here are some mid-day news bites:
* Just coincidentally, report out today that Fox News, while still number one in Cable-world, had a major ratings plunge in January, particularly in the 25-54 demographic.
* Virginia state Senate panel formally kills electoral-vote-rigging bill. No word on fate of earlier re-redistricting of staet Senate itself.
* Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick appoints his former chief-of-staff, Mo Cowan, to occupy Kerry U.S. Senate seat until special election (in which he will not compete). For a brief time, we’ll have two African-American Senators (Cowan and SC’s Tim Scott).
* Erick Erickson weighs in against Senate immigration proposal, which he calls “Marco Rubio’s Plan.”
* At Columbia Journalism Review, Anna Clark analyzes regional media coverage of gun issues in the Midwest post-Newtown, and finds it frequently misleading.
And in non-political news:
* Really bad weather hitting East; killer tornado hits NW Georgia.
Bad after a snacky snacky.
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Hannah on January 30, 2013 5:30 PM:
http://news.yahoo.com/teenage-girl-shot-killed-days-performing-obamas-inauguration-120200091.html
15-year-old Honors student shot to death in Chicago, just a week after she marched in the Inaugural Parade.
::shaking head::
Hannah on January 30, 2013 5:41 PM:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/01/scandal-gabby-giffords-did-not-write-her-speech/61608/
Political harpy Michelle Malkin says gunshot survivor Gabby Giffords didn't hand write her comments for the congressional hearing that she testified at today. I guess therefore she didn't mean what she said? Or what exactly is your point, Ms. Jacka*s?
I'm too polite to write what I really think of this piece of scum, but I'm getting closer in this sentence.