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Maher Attacks!

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Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Bill Maher is back, and he’s changed the rules of the conversation. The former host of “Politically Incorrect” used to encourage high-volume rants from his guests. He still wants to talk about Mary Cheney and the Gotti kids, he just wants to do it in a slightly more civilized manner.

Al Qaeda's Byte

Susan Glasser terrorism reporter for the Washington Post
-on terrorists' embrace of the internet and new technologies

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Analyze This!

Gretchen Morgenson, business columnist with the New York Times
- on financial companies retaliating against critical analysts
» "You'll Never Do Research in This Town Again" (The New York Times

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Remembering a Broadcasting Giant

excerpts from Brian's interview with Peter Jennings from 2002

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Maher Attacks

Bill Maher host of Realtime with Bill Maher on HBO and author, New Rules: Polite Musings of a Timid Observer (Rodale, 2005) - explains his "New Rules"
» The Official Bill Maher Web Site
» Realtime with Bill Maher

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Photoshopgate, Part II

The Campaign Finance Board website includes this photo, oddly remeniscent of the photoshopped flyer that got mayoral candidate C. Virginia Fields into some campaign trail doo doo a few weeks ago:


Clip art can even reflect the fabulous mosaic that ...

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A Face for More than Radio

Frequent BL Show guest Noah Feldman makes an appearance this week on New York Magazine's 'Most Beautiful New Yorkers' list.


Yeah, that's me between Uma and Derek. In your face, David Boies!

[Noah Feldman in the 'Most ...

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Rasiej on HuffPo

Did you catch public advocate candidate Andrew Rasiej on our show last week? Or in Tom Friedman's column? Now he's in the Huffington Post too...[read it]

Note to Betsy Gotbaum, Norm Siegel, Michael Brown, Damon Cabbagestalk, Jr., Bernie Goetz, Jay Golub, Jim ...

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e-Qaeda

Forget Afghanistan. The terrorists have taken their training camps to the internet, write Susan Glasser and Steve Coll in a three-part series in the Washington Post. Errol Louis speaks with Susan Glasser this morning.

Check out their excellent interactive web feature, called "e-Qaeda" (Flash Player required).

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