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by Mark Finkelstein July 11, 2006 Here at NewsBusters, we keep close tabs on the MSM. That's why I can say with considerable certainty that this morning, the Today show ran its . . . nth segment on 'soaring gas prices.' The template is time-honored: reporter standing in front of gas pumps with scary-high price placard in background. Cut to clips of regular folks filling up, expressing varying degrees of outrage. Bring in an 'oil industry expert' for some words of wisdom. Back to reporter at pump, warily wondering just how much higher prices can go. Conclude with hosts back...

Now pubs ban trilbies Hat rap ... angry grandad Colin Osborne outside pub     By RICHARD WHITE  A PUB chain has barred elderly gents from wearing their trilby hats — as part of the war on HOODIES. Brewer Greene King claims the brims hide wearers’ faces from CCTV cameras at its 800 premises. Staff are under orders to treat punters with trilbies the same as hoodie yobs — and deny service to those who refuse to remove them. Great-grandad Colin Osborne, 64, blew his top when a barmaid ordered him to take off his trilby at The Monument...