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keithbvadu2

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2. Cokie's Law - about politics and media coverage...

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 10:03 AM

Sep 2019

Cokie's Law - about politics and media coverage...

Cokie's Law states that it does not matter if it is true or not. It's out there.

Cokie Roberts journalist, author, reporter

Then they can apologize in a much smaller forum. (If they do)

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Cokie Roberts, Pioneering Female Journalist Who Helped Shape NPR, Dies at 75 [View all] Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2019 OP

I remember the early days of NPR 2naSalit Sep 2019 #1

Cokie's Law - about politics and media coverage... keithbvadu2 Sep 2019 #2

RIP Cokie snowybirdie Sep 2019 #3

Sorry, but, I grew to HATE her during the Bush years. She was one huge Bush apologist. Coventina Sep 2019 #4

I, too, found her to be too much of a rightwing apologist ConnorMarc Sep 2019 #6

Her father was Democrat Thomas Hale Boggs malaise Sep 2019 #7

Oh my goodness. AllyCat Sep 2019 #5

she openly wept on air the night Bill Clinton defeated GHWB UpInArms Sep 2019 #8

And not tears of joy. Coventina Sep 2019 #10

I despised her UpInArms Sep 2019 #11

I did as well. And agree the world is better off without her. Coventina Sep 2019 #14

May her family find peace. riversedge Sep 2019 #9

I never forgave her for her abominable coverage of the Elian Gonzalez kidnapping. Crunchy Frog Sep 2019 #12

I appreciate that she was a groundbreaker Ilsa Sep 2019 #13

may have been a 'trailblazer' but never seemed to me to have a clue what was going on. KG Sep 2019 #15