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    Originally posted by huskyfan View Post
    Michigan State. History, Art History and Classical Studies. some emphasis in Central European history. Latin and Greek. I think time has long ago revoked their licenses. may they RIP.
    So, even with a history degree you let fly your original post, which plays into the dippy Neocon narrative that the violence of the crusades was a sort of self-defense proto-GWOT fighting the scourge of radical Islam knocking down the gates of Christendom?

    I'm not sure that's any better...
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      Welp, wasn't us.

      When we do this, we clean the place out.
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      • Re: Headline News Thread

        Originally posted by Foxton View Post
        Is Williams the first person to get punished for lying about something in Iraq?
        He's the first making ten million a year who is the face of a "news" organization allegedly dedicated to reporting fairly, objectively and accurately to millions of people every night.
        2011 Poser of the Year & Pulitzer Prize winning machine gunner.

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        • Originally posted by FreshFish View Post
          and I'd say Saddam Hussein was punished for telling lies about the status of his WMDs as well.
          He was punished for taking a supposed shot of Sr. and for Jr. feeling like he had to make his mark on this world.

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            Originally posted by Old Pio View Post
            He's the first making ten million a year who is the face of a "news" organization allegedly dedicated to reporting fairly, objectively and accurately to millions of people every night.
            Well that could be anybody on fox news. Seriously, can you narrow it down a bit?

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              the Brian Williams story has advanced considerably.

              numerous other stories have come out where he has inflated what he was reporting on. I think we can forgive the "robbed at gunpoint" and "rescued puppies" as youthful misremembrances. the Katrina story casts him in a very bad light as does Israeli chopper gate. the biggest whopper, personally, is the one that he took himself off the air last weekend. on Saturday. right. no actual NBC Executives were involved in this decision.

              I was intrigued to find out he doesn't have a j school degree, actually only a year or two of any college.

              NBC will announce his fate tomorrow. read that as "what our Comcast masters tell us to do".
              Originally posted by mtu_huskies
              "We are not too far away from a national championship," said (John) Scott.
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              Originally posted by Brent Hoven
              Yeah, but you're my favorite hag.

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                The hairdoos on NBC, Fox, etc do not matter.

                This matters.
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                  that was quick. suspended 6 months without pay. yeah, going without that million in the pocket is going to hurt for sure.
                  Originally posted by mtu_huskies
                  "We are not too far away from a national championship," said (John) Scott.
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                  Originally posted by Brent Hoven
                  Yeah, but you're my favorite hag.

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                    Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                    The hairdoos on NBC, Fox, etc do not matter.

                    This matters.
                    And of course he's the best one to give context on this ****.

                    http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/j3...f-the-veracity

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                      Thoughtful piece by Matt Bai on Williams and celebrity journalism. Left me wanting to read Neil Postman's 1985 book "Amusing Ourselves to Death," which he cites. Be interested in hearing others' thoughts on Bai's article or Postman's book.

                      Sorry the article is not linked. I'm an idiot in that regard, as in so many others.

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                        Originally posted by burd View Post
                        Thoughtful piece by Matt Bai on Williams and celebrity journalism. Left me wanting to read Neil Postman's 1985 book "Amusing Ourselves to Death," which he cites. Be interested in hearing others' thoughts on Bai's article or Postman's book.

                        Sorry the article is not linked. I'm an idiot in that regard, as in so many others.
                        I've always wanted to read the Postman book.

                        I would have linked top the article, but I could not find it.
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                          Canada: fewer herpa-derps.
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                            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                            They should've known that you can never top an original.

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                              and yet another : Brian Williams was there when the Berlin Wall came down. he misremembered he wasn't Tom Brokaw.

                              his yearly salary is 10 million. so wow I would think a loss of 5 million a year would hurt!!
                              Originally posted by mtu_huskies
                              "We are not too far away from a national championship," said (John) Scott.
                              Boosh Factor 4

                              Originally posted by Brent Hoven
                              Yeah, but you're my favorite hag.

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                                Originally posted by huskyfan View Post
                                and yet another : Brian Williams was there when the Berlin Wall came down. he misremembered he wasn't Tom Brokaw.

                                his yearly salary is 10 million. so wow I would think a loss of 5 million a year would hurt!!
                                Imagine if people had died because of his lies about Iraq.

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