voices.washingtonpost.com - 12/8/2008
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... REGARDING WHY ARE WE IN AFGHANISTAN? FROM A DANISH NEWSOURCE .... The pre-planned attack on Afghanistan, as we have seen, was meant to nullify the contract between the Taliban and the Bridas Corporation, to assure access to the Caspian Basin riches for American oil companies. It was a pure ...
msnbc.msn.com - 12/7/2008
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The economy will get significantly worse before it
starts to improve, President-elect Barack Obama said, seeking in...
an interview broadcast Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” to tamp down expectations as he prepares to assume the presidency in 44 days.
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Obama warns economy to get worse
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In 2001 Press Attacked Bush For 'Talking Down Economy,' Obama Given Pass For Same in '08
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... For its coverage, the Washington Post, assures us all that Obama is putting things in "perspective" for us as he prepares to take office. "Six weeks before taking office, just three weeks before Christmas, there was little levity in his taped appearance on Meet the Press. Yet Obama, prodded by anchor Tom Brokaw, sought to put the challenges in perspective. He said the situation today is not as gave as it was for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt decades earlier..." Not a shred of castigation in the Post's coverage. ...
In 2001 Press Attacked Bush For ‘Talking Down Economy,’ Obama Given Pass For Same in ‘08
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... , despite his claims of an further economic downslide. “Despite the bleak economic picture awaiting him, Mr. Obama sought to project an air of determined optimism,” the Times published on December 7. For its coverage, the Washington Post , assures us all that Obama is putting things in “perspective” for us as he prepares to take office. “Six weeks before taking office, just three weeks before Christmas, there was little levity in his taped appearance on Meet the Press . Yet Obama, prodded by anchor Tom Brokaw, sought to put the challenges in perspective. He said the ...
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