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Margaret Thatcher a 'Dominant Yet Divisive Figure' Who Helped 'Unravel Social Compacts'

A news analysis upon the death of Margaret Thatcher concludes: "However, there were others, particularly on the political left, who spoke with bitterness of the vogue that spread across the ...
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NYT Takes Offensively Soft Approach in Obit of Proud Mother of Hamas Killers

The New York Times took an offensively soft approach to the death of the mother of Hamas terrorists who raised her sons to kill Jews: "Mariam Farhat, 64, the 'Mother of Martyrs.'" The text box ...
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NY Times Credits 'Populist' Despot Hugo Chavez for 'Empowering...Millions of Poor People'

Venezuelan despot Hugo Chavez is dead of cancer, and William Neuman credited the left-wing dictator for having "changed Venezuela in fundamental ways, empowering and energizing millions of poor ...
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NYTimes Obit Proves It: Left Still Won't Forgive Sen. Specter for Being Mean to Anita Hill

Sheryl Gay Stolberg's obituary for Sen. Arlen Specter shows liberals and the Times have yet to forgive the liberal Republican for being so mean to feminist icon Anita Hill: "The Thomas ...
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NBC: Gore Vidal 'Unquestionably Brilliant'; William F. Buckley 'Paid Dearly for Some of His Words'

In a glowing tribute to radical left-wing commentator Gore Vidal on Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams could barely contain his adoration for the "prolific writer" who was ...

Double Standard: 'Enigmatic' North Korean 'Rulers,' but Right-Wing 'Dictators' Use 'Terror'

Can we declare a moratorium? December 17, 2011 web headline: "Kim Jong-il, North Korea's Enigmatic Strongman. A July 10, 1994 headline: "Kim Il Sung, Enigmatic 'Great Leader' of North Korea for 5 ...

The 'Fiercely Principled' Jack Kevorkian Helped 'Spur the Growth of Hospice Care'

A Times obituary for Jack Kevorkian, who practiced ad-hoc euthanasia, gave him credit for principle while eliding much of his creepiness, recounted by a fellow Times reporter: "Kevorkian was ...

The 'Intellectual Curiosity' and 'Mischievous Sense of Humor' of Murderous Che Guevara

From the obituary for violent Communist revolutionary Che Guevara's traveling companion, by reporter Victoria Burnett: "They became close friends, sharing an intellectual curiosity, a mischievous ...

Times Uses Economist's Obituary to Jab at Successful Airline Deregulation

Robert Hershey puts airline deregulation on the defensive in his obituary for deregulation architect Arthur Kahn: "The changes Mr. Kahn orchestrated resulted in increased competition, lower fares ...

CBS's Axelrod: 'All Better Informed' By 'Legendary' Left-Wing Journalist Daniel Schorr

On Saturday's CBS Early Show, correspondent Jim Axelrod reported on the death of former CBS correspondent Daniel Schorr, declaring that he "was an old-school broadcast journalist, he was the last ...
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