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  • 7 Media Myths About The Fort Hood Shooter

    Myth 1: The Fort Hood Shooter Is Dead It wasn’t until the West Coast update of Nightly News that Brian Williams got the facts straight. To be fair, it wasn’t completely his fault. Everyone was wrong. Fort Hood officials had been telling anyone within earshot that Nidal Malik Hasan had died during the attack, that heroic [...]... Read more...

  • Crazy Cat Ladies: The Daily Fix 10/28/09

    A documentary about crazy cat ladies, cheap coffins at Wal-Mart, This Is It is already a hit, personal stories and more… [iTunes] [Zune] [Email Updates] [RSS]... Read more...

  • Man With A Chainsaw: The Daily Fix 10/27/09

    Crazy things that happen around Halloween, creepy guy that likes a little muscle kid, health care debate intensifies and more… [iTunes] [Zune] [Email Updates] [RSS]... Read more...

  • Dear News Junkie: I Hope You Get Swine Flu

    The latest gem from The News Junkie email account…: Today, on Chicago’s WGN Radio 720, we talked about a Redskins cheerleader who was handicapped after a severe reaction to the flu vaccine. I mentioned several times that I am far from a vaccine nut and that the only reason I don’t get the shot is because [...]... Read more...

  • Balloon Boy Lives: The Daily Fix 10/15/09

    The truly amazing non-journey of Colorado’s Balloon Boy comes to an end, Meghan McCain’s spectacular rack and so much more… [iTunes] [Zune] [Email Updates] [RSS]... Read more...

  • Meghan McCain Wants Attention, She Gets It

    I know what you’re thinking… I can’t read the title of that book! It’s backwards! Wait, was I wrong? Meghan McCain, daughter of Presidential second-placer John McCain, posted the above photo on her Twitter stream (she currently has 60k followers) last night around 8PM. She followed up about 30 minutes later with a series of ‘tweets’ [...]... Read more...

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