commentarymagazine.com - 2/24/2009
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Here’s something interesting that leaked out from our skeptical press. An AP story by Jennifer Loven, about how the president’s address went — five and a half hours before it happened:
Standing before a nation on an economic precipice, President Barack Obama aimed to balance ...
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AP: Covering the News Before It Happens
Weekly Standard Blog —
Jennifer Loven can tell the future. Maybe Obama should put her on his economic team.
See Instapundit for a brief history of similar "laphamizations."
“Many hours before he had uttered a word”
Michelle Malkin —
... enters the chamber to lawmakers of both parties hanging into the aisle for a chance to shake his hand or exchange a word. The gallery is filled, including a special section hosted by first lady Michelle Obama in which guests are selected to serve as living symbols of the president’s goals. Cramming the floor are the leaders of the federal government: Supreme Court justices, all but one Cabinet member—held away in case disaster strikes—and nearly every member of Congress. (Hat tip: Abe Greenwald )
Open thread: Synthesis of Jesus, Lincoln, Reagan, and FDR to address nation
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... of The One’s speech in case you don’t feel like watching. Or, if you prefer a longer treatment, try the AP’s report from the future on an address that hasn’t been delivered yet. Sounds like it was a smash. Exit question: Does the fact that the very first “Jindal is a Muslim” rumors are ...
Telepathy Journalism At The Associated Press
small dead animals —
Telepathy Journalism At The Associated Press Standing before a nation on an economic precipice, President Barack Obama aimed to balance candor with can-do Tuesday night in his first address to a joint session of Congress. Millions more anxious Americans were tuning in on TV. In a related display of journalistic transparency, the Associated Press's Jennifer Loven and ...
AP's Loven Describes Obama Speech -- 5-1/2 Hours Before It Began
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
Who knew that the Associated Press's Jennifer Loven has the ability to see into the future?
That must be the case, because yesterday she told us what had happened at Barack Obama's sort-of State of the Union speech -- 5-1/2 hours before Obama uttered a word.
As fellow NewsBuster Noel Sheppard is given to say, "I kid you not."
Loven's AP story carried at Breitbart (HT to Abe Greenwald a Commentary's Contentions blog via Instapundit) has a 3:30 p.m. Eastern time stamp:
Obama's speech was scheduled to begin ...
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