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Bring Down the Duck! Kalb Says WSJ 'Mean-Spirited' to Criticize NY Times Over Leaks
FNC- Journal Editorial Report/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 07/09/2006 10:18:50 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

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Here's a link to the article from yesterday mentioned in the first para of this column:

http://newsbusters.org/node/6321

1 posted on 07/09/2006 10:18:58 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; netmilsmom; Diogenesis; YaYa123; MEG33; ...

FNC-Journal Editorial Report/NewsBusters bring-down-the-duck ping to Today show list.


2 posted on 07/09/2006 10:19:42 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show Since 2002 So You Don't Have To.)
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“I think you declared war on another American newspaper without cause. It is mean-spirited."

Heaven forbid Kalb's favorite, American commie-rag being accused of seditious behavior. Hey Marvin... don't sweat the small stuff... you still got Pravda!

3 posted on 07/09/2006 10:29:36 AM PDT by johnny7 (“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Sounds about right to me too and I do know what "bring-down-the-duck meant.

Laugh out loud funny and a great analogy.


4 posted on 07/09/2006 10:31:46 AM PDT by Chuck54 ("A truly wealthy man is one who can live his life as he wishes")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The magic word is TRAITOR!

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters


5 posted on 07/09/2006 10:35:09 AM PDT by bray (Jeb '08, just to watch their Heads Explode!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Marvin Kalb... Marvin Kalb... I think I've heard that name before... Didn't he used to be somebody one time on the small screen?


6 posted on 07/09/2006 10:37:29 AM PDT by abb (The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
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To: Chuck54

7 posted on 07/09/2006 10:42:53 AM PDT by UnklGene
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Groucho:Well, George, what's the secret word?

George Fenneman:Groucho, the secret word is "mean-spirited." Should a contestant say the secret word, the duck will drop down and the contestant will win an extra jackpot!

8 posted on 07/09/2006 10:43:18 AM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's and Jemian's sons and keep them strong.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Isn't it amazing how when the press criticizes (abuses) everybody else, it is a "high and noble calling."

But when anybody else criticizes the press, it is the "vilest, mean-spirited dastardly deed."

Not too long ago, we used to actually take these people seriously when they pronounced themselves "the voice of the next God," and living legends.

How the mighty have fallen, and been revealed.


9 posted on 07/09/2006 10:45:28 AM PDT by MikeHu
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

You bet your life.

(Yeah, I saw most of them in reruns in the '60s and '70s.)


10 posted on 07/09/2006 10:48:21 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: UnklGene; Miss Marple

Nicely done!

Now, for a special bonus, can anyone recall Groucho's famous reply when a contestant explained that he had nine children because he loved his wife?


11 posted on 07/09/2006 10:51:19 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show Since 2002 So You Don't Have To.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

He said "I love my cigar, but I take it out of my mouth once in awhile."


12 posted on 07/09/2006 10:53:43 AM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Having grown up watching Kalb and others of his ilk on TV who held themselves out at serious, professional journalists, I now know I was being betrayed by them at the same time I was watching them. They were and continue to be a vulgar lot.


13 posted on 07/09/2006 10:58:29 AM PDT by Crawdad (So the guy says to the doctor, "It hurts when I do this.")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

LOL...it would be great to have a duck come down with the m.s. phrase whenever one of the lib liars spout it on TV. The prize could be a block of cheese to go with their whine.


14 posted on 07/09/2006 11:04:09 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Steely Tom

You beat me to it.

A classic.


15 posted on 07/09/2006 11:04:18 AM PDT by squarebarb
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A classic.

Outrageous. Made me laugh hysterically while typing it in.

The things they got past the censors!

16 posted on 07/09/2006 11:05:56 AM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: Steely Tom

DING! DING! DING! DING!

We have a winner!


17 posted on 07/09/2006 11:11:44 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show Since 2002 So You Don't Have To.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Oh my goodness! I've never won anything before! I can't believe it! I don't know what to say!
18 posted on 07/09/2006 11:15:59 AM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: MikeHu

They ought to strip these people naked and lock them all in a room together, and let them throw up on each other -- as their just desserts.


19 posted on 07/09/2006 11:17:37 AM PDT by MikeHu
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Was this mean-spirited, too...?

Who died and left you president of the United States? (NYT)

20 posted on 07/09/2006 11:19:49 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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