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Since Keith Olbermann threw his script at the camera and stomped off the set of MSNBC swearing and screaming, Rachel Maddow has been touted as the face of MSNBC. Howard Kurtz must have won some contest in hell because it appears he was forced to sit in on a planning meeting at “The Rachel Maddow Show” and then write about it. There’s nothing quite like lefty journalists writing slobbery love notes as “news” about other lefty journalists. (Although I use the term “journalist” lightly in Maddow’s case.) It is part graduate seminar, part standup comedy, as Rachel Maddow challenges the...

Author Bob Woodward talks about his book, "Bush at War," during a taping of NBC's "Meet the Press" in November 2002. His new book, "Plan of Attack," will be on bookstore shelves on Tuesday, and the administration is concerned about its contents. Thorn: Bush-basher bandwagon rolls Dubya's detractors pile bookshelves high as election day draws nearer By Patti Thorn, Rocky Mountain News April 17, 2004 In the often dainty world of books, I have to admit I love a good brawl. But when it comes to the schoolyard fight between the right and left in the playground that is publishing,...