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Illinois bill 0099
Washingtonpost.com ^ | 9/11/08 | Howard Kurtz

Posted on 09/11/2008 8:29:16 AM PDT by franny9101

By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, September 11, 2008; 10:09 AM

The media are getting mad.

Whether it's the latest back-and-forth over attack ads, the silly lipstick flap or the continuing debate over Sarah and sexism, you can just feel the tension level rising several notches.

Maybe it's a sense that this is crunch time, that the election is on the line, that the press is being manipulated (not that there's anything new about that).

News outlets are increasingly challenging false or questionable claims by the McCain campaign, whether it's the ad accusing Obama of supporting sex-ed for kindergartners (the Illinois legislation clearly describes "age-appropriate" programs)

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KEYWORDS: ageappropriate; bill0099; electionads; kurtz; obamabiden; obamatruthfile; sexed
You can find the text of the bill at http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=0099&GAID=3&LegID=734&SpecSess=&Session=

But you will not find either "age appropriate" or "age-appropriate" in the text.

1 posted on 09/11/2008 8:30:06 AM PDT by franny9101
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To: franny9101

You mean a lib shill is lying to prop up his cratering candidate? I’m shocked, just SHOCKED, I tell you...


2 posted on 09/11/2008 8:39:25 AM PDT by piytar
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To: franny9101

Man is this guy delusional. Mad that you guys aren’t having the influence you wanted? In the tank for obama? I’m really starting to hate the media.


3 posted on 09/11/2008 8:39:42 AM PDT by refermech
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To: franny9101

Welcome to FR.


4 posted on 09/11/2008 8:46:07 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW ("Make yourself sheep, and the wolves will eat you" Benjamin Franklin)
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To: franny9101

I find it age/developmentally appropriate in the text many times.... that said, do you really want them teaching any of this stuff to your kids?


5 posted on 09/11/2008 3:52:42 PM PDT by sbhitchc (Now go to your room and don't come out until dinner)
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