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Peter Sagal, host of NPR's "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me!" weekly news quiz show, talks about his new Book of Vice and tries to help savvy listeners win Brian’s voice on their answering machine during a Brian Lehrer Show News Quiz. Also, take part in our latest crowdsourcing project, "Hillary, Rudy, Money." And more cutting-edge technology from Boing Boing.
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Leroy Chapman, government and politics editor at The State, the largest newspaper in South Carolina, and comedian Dean Obeidallah talks about the presidential campaign in South Carolina, including new candidate, comedian Stephen Colbert.
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Hillary...Rudy... Money!
Our latest group journalism, or crowdsourcing project, asks you to dig into the details of Hillary Clinton’s and Rudy Giuliani’s latest campaign finance statements and find out what’s interesting, unusual or funny. You can post your findings in this comments section for us and everyone else to see.
How to do it: We’re asking you to go directly to the Federal Election Commission records. Here are explicit directions so you don’t get lost.
For Rudy Giuliani’s filings:
-Click on this link
-In the space beside “Partial Name of Committee” type in “giuliani presidential” (if you just type Giuliani, you could end up with the wrong filing)
-Ignore everything else and just hit enter (or click “send query” at the bottom)-On the next page, click the first link that says “view” (it should say “OCT QUARTERLY” on the right)
-On the next page, you’ll have 2 options: contributions (“receipts”) or expenses (“disbursements”).
For contributions:
-click on “Schedule A Filings (ITEMIZED RECEIPTS)”
-then click “FOR ALL LINE NUMBERS”
-dig around!
For expenses:
-click on “Schedule B Filings (ITEMIZED DISBURSEMENTS)”
-then click “FOR ALL LINE NUMBERS”
-dig around!
For Hillary Clinton’s filings:
-Click on this link
-In the space beside “Partial Name of Committee” type in “hillary clinton” (if you just type clinton, you could end up with the wrong filing)
-Ignore everything else and just hit enter (or click “send query” at the bottom)
-On the next page, click the first link that says “view” (it should say “OCT QUARTERLY” on the right)
-On the next page, you’ll have 2 options: contributions (“receipts”) or expenses (“disbursements”).
For contributions:
-click on “Schedule A Filings (ITEMIZED RECEIPTS)”
-then click “FOR ALL LINE NUMBERS”
-dig around!
For expenses:
-click on “Schedule B Filings (ITEMIZED DISBURSEMENTS)”
-then click “FOR ALL LINE NUMBERS”
-dig around!
Don't Wait!
Peter Sagal, host of Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me, a weekly news quiz show on NPR and author of the new book The Book of Vice: Very Naughty Things (and How to Do Them) (HarperEntertainment 2007), co-hosts a news quiz with Brian and talks about bad habits and why they feel so good.
The Book of Vice is available for purchase at Amazon.com
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