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	<title><![CDATA[Weapons of Mass Distraction, Again]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/weapons-of-mass-distracti_b_40789.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>While Keith Obermann blames the Republicans for seeking distractions (like carping about Nancy Pelosi's desire to fly nonstop) from their effort to block the Iraq war debate, his own MSNBC, joined by CNN, spent hours this afternoon on the sadly premature death of a notorious quasi-celebrity (name supplied on request), bumping the first feed of <em>Hardball</em> and its coverage of the Scooter Libby trial. News network, heal thyself.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, while <a href="http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ask_this.view&amp;askthisid=00261&amp;message=Please%20check%20your%20e%2Dmail%20for%20your%20account%20password&amp;a=1&amp;message=Login%20failed%2C%20please%20try%20again&amp;a=1#comments">highbrow journalistic institutions</a> ponder the need for an independent investigation...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Media]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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