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cyglet

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4. Yes, we know who and what he is

Reply to NNN0LHI (Original post)

Thu Feb 23, 2012, 08:32 PM

Feb 2012

But my question is, why would you create such a partisan slant? To hire such an incendiary person calls into question your objectivity, which you'd think you'd hold dear as a respectable newspaper. That and you're pissing off half your readers...

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Washingtonpost.com Defends Beck Column Because Readers Know "What He Is" [View all] NNN0LHI Feb 2012 OP

shame on them. a once great institution of news. no more. spanone Feb 2012 #1

Barking mad? tanyev Feb 2012 #2

People know who Charles Manson is, too gratuitous Feb 2012 #3

Yes, we know who and what he is cyglet Feb 2012 #4

We all know who and what Sally Quinn is. chieftain Feb 2012 #5

We also know who and what the Phelps clan (Westboro Baptist Church) is, Sally. 11 Bravo Feb 2012 #6

He has a following so let's make money by milking bottom dwellers Gman Feb 2012 #7

represents a huge segment of society and had a sort of a unique take tiny elvis Feb 2012 #8