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mediabloodhound.typepad.com - 1/13/2009
MediaBloodhound's 2008 Fact or Fiction Challenge
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The following are quotes and headlines culled from this past year at MediaBloodhound (keep in mind some were said or written prior to '08 but noted here during the year). Some are real (fact) and others are from satirical articles (fiction) posted under "The Wounded-Courier." See if you can ...
crooksandliars.com - 1/10/2009
Brit Hume lies and says "everybody agrees ... that the New Deal failed"
— crooksandliars.com — I thought Brit Hume was done littering our airwaves with conservative talking points since he gave up... his show to Mr. Baier, but no, he's still going to be a lead talking head for FOX. And boy is he ever wanking. With a straight face and not in clown ... (more) Brit Hume lies and says "everybody agrees ... that the ...

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MediaBloodhound's 2008 Fact or Fiction Challenge
The BRAD BLOG — Guest blogged by Brad Jacobson of MediaBloodhound [Please note: While the "Challenge" is based on material from MediaBloodhound's pages, the experience of this annual trainwreck is universal. As one editor put it today, "This is funny and sad." - B. Jacobson, MBH] The following are quotes and headlines culled from this past year at MediaBloodhound (keep in mind some were said or written prior to '08 but noted here during the year). Some are real (fact) and others are from satirical articles (fiction) posted under "The Wounded-Courier." See if ...

satire is just sarcasm in a tuxedo
skippy the bush kangaroo — mediabloodhound, who has provided us with some funny made-up news in the last year, challenges everyone to this quiz: which of the headlines and quotes provided are real ones from 2008, and which are the parodies?

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