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Thursday, April 08, 2004
BRESLIN UNDER FIRE. Let's
see, now. Newsday columnist Jimmy Breslin quotes the Reverend
Louis Sheldon, who heads some right-wing nut group called the
Traditional Values Coalition, as having said hateful things about
homosexuality. So far, so good.
But it turns out that the exchange
between Breslin and Sheldon took place 12 years ago. And that Sheldon
swears it never happened. And that Breslin doesn't have any notes.
And that the one time Breslin wrote about it previously, the quotes
weren't nearly as inflammatory.
Hmmm.
Romenesko's got all the links, so
if you want to know more, just click
here.
NEW IN THIS WEEK'S
PHOENIX. The terrible images from Fallujah are
destined to become icons of the war in Iraq. But what, exactly, are
they trying to tell us? (The story's not quite up yet, but it should
be here
later this morning.)
Also, a Pulitzer
about one war illuminates another.
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
