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10.09.2009 11:19 am

Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize falls in the “aspirational” category

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Daily Beast’s Cheat Sheet newsletter has used news of President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize to revive an article about the prize’s political nature that appeared in Foreign Policy magazine last July.

The Cheat Sheet says in its synopsis:

Don’t be fooled: “The…

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08.21.2009 11:19 am

Is this the right time for Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard vacation?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Is there ever a good time for a president to vacation? The press is reporting there’s no shortage of opinions about President Barack Obama’s vacation next week in Martha’s Vineyard.

Some question the timing. Reuters’ Patricia Zengerle writes:

Some critics have questioned…

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08.10.2009 6:31 pm

Health news on morning TV can be dangerous, professor says

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Gary Schwitzer

Gary Schwitzer

The Daily Beast Cheat Sheet links to an article in the New York Post in which University of Minnesota professor and health journalist Gary Schwitzer berates the morning TV news shows for their coverage of health.

Schwitzer tells the Post:

“They’re all dreadful — just…

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05.18.2009 3:47 pm

Maureen Dowd’s admission of plagiarism stirs much buzz

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd — whose column appears Thursdays in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the Other Views page — has admitted using material from a Talking Points Memo post in her Sunday column.

Here’s the DailyBeast.com’s Cheat Sheet synopsis of…

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