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  • OPEN FORUM: Reporters should keep their shoes on

    12/16/2008 7:50:50 AM PST · by SmithL · 30 replies · 874+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 12/16/8 | Marc Sandalow
    Google "shoe-thrower" and "Pulitzer" this morning, and you will get a surprising number of hits. From the streets of Baghdad to the blogs of North America, some are hailing reporter Muntadar al-Zeidi as a hero for having the spine to do what journalists should have done years ago. They are wrong. "This is a farewell kiss, you dog," al-Zeidi yelled as he flung his shoes toward President Bush Sunday, in the most entertaining presidential news conference moment since Dan Rather confronted Richard Nixon 35 years ago. As someone who has attended hundreds of news conferences, including dozens at the White...