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Infectious Laughter: The Epidemiology of a Smear (video)
Infectious Laughter: The Epidemiology of a Smear (video)
Following Politico's lead, media fixate on Obama's "awkward laughter" in 60 Minutes interview
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How Obama's Laughter Became An "Issue" That Everyone Was Supposed To Care About
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Mere hours after the Gridiron Dinner -- an annual gathering of the political press in which everyone soberly bonds over their concern for the state of the world and offers the plucky and trembling Ed Henry advice on being a newsman -- President Barack Obama appeared on 60 Minutes for an interview with Steve Kroft, and while the session, to the untrained eye, might have looked like a ranging and substantive interview, media figures with more discernment and savvy saw it for what it was: Obama laughing at the hardships of America, forever and ever. And so, as the keepers of the public trust, they grimly went to work, warning America about Obama's reckless ...

How Obama's Laughter Became An "Issue" That Everyone Was Supposed To Care About
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Mere hours after the Gridiron Dinner -- an annual gathering of the political press in which everyone soberly bonds over their concern for the state of the world and offers the plucky and trembling Ed Henry advice on being a newsman -- President Barack Obama appeared on 60 Minutes for an interview with Steve Kroft, and while the session, to the untrained eye, might have looked like a ranging and substantive interview, media figures with more discernment and savvy saw it for what it was: Obama laughing at the hardships of America, forever and ever. And so, as the keepers of the public trust, they grimly went to work, warning America about Obama's reckless ...

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