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Friday, May 8, 2009

News Good Mid-Morning, News!!

Posted by Matt Davis on Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:28 AM

"CREDIBILITY PROBLEM!!!" Mayor Sam Adams accused Katu of "baiting" senators Ginny Burdick and Margaret Carter into "saying something negative" about him in its report on Tuesday suggesting Adams has a "credibility problem" with Salem Lawmakers.

"We were concerned the senators thought we may have quoted them out of context, either that or the mayor was distorting what they said," says Katu reporter Dan Tilkin. "So we went back to them to ensure that our reporting was accurate."

Oh dear. Burdick told Katu, she felt she was "quoted accurately," while Carter sent Adams an email saying "I was concerned to hear yesterday from Dan Tilkin that you quoted me as saying he had "baited" me. That is not accurate. He did not bait me, nor have I ever said, to you or to anyone else that he did."

Adams' spokesman Roy Kaufmann is left holding the can. Poor Kaufmann. I don't imagine this footage is going to make it into his clips reel:


KATU REPORT: CAPTURES THE MAYOR APPARENTLY BEING UNTRUTHFUL AND VINDICTIVE ON CAMERA...

PRESIDENT POLYGAMIST!!! South African premier will bring more than one wife to his swearing in.

DIJON OUTRAGE!!! Republicans are infuriated that Barack Obama would order a cheeseburger with french mustard.

UNEMPLOYMENT BETTER THAN EXPECTED!!! The economy only lost 539,000 jobs in April.

PELOSI BRIEFED ON TORTURE IN 2002!!! The media just won't let this "torture" story die, will they.

STATUE OF LIBERTY'S CROWN RE-OPENS!!! Have you seen the lines to visit that thing? Ridiculous...

WHISPERS OF A MEL GIBSON LOVE CHILD!!! First words: "I'm getting too old for this shit."

Good day.

 

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Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Mark Steyn are clearly GRASPING for anything to dis the O-bomb on like the morons they are. Fuckin sad dudlers. "President Poupon" is a hilarious title tho. Fox news is now cribbing schtick from The Daily Show???
Posted by Abusive on May 8, 2009 at 10:53 AM · Report
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Sam Adams has Mayoral Influenza.
Posted by NIG GER on May 8, 2009 at 11:12 AM · Report
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My god! The smugness!

I've never liked Adams, but this is the first time I've actually wanted to smack him.
Posted by Kyle! on May 8, 2009 at 12:34 PM · Report
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Wait, no. Blogtown ate my rewrite. It was suposed to say "Sam looks like a snotty little ten year-old girl who thinks she finally got one over on her parents."
Posted by Kyle! on May 8, 2009 at 12:36 PM · Report
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What? No embedded Ghostbusters II clip? Okay. Here let me help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg6wPcHukvk
Posted by Will Radik on May 8, 2009 at 1:27 PM · Report
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From this morning's headlines: my frustration with our lying mayor is topped only by my outrage at the conservative media's attempt to attack Obama based on his choice of burger condiments.
Posted by Anonymous503 on May 8, 2009 at 1:42 PM · Report
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Kudos to Katu for managing to make themselves the news. Maybe that will help their ratings. I think they'd do better by hiring more hot young women ....

Turning to real news.... suppose the President had ordered yellow mustard, you know... FRENCH'S mustard!! There is no winning with mustard...
Posted by Demondog on May 8, 2009 at 1:52 PM · Report
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"Turning to real news.... suppose the President had ordered yellow mustard, you know... FRENCH'S mustard!! There is no winning with mustard..."

If only he'd slathered it with ranch, all would be healed in the political world.
Posted by jake on May 8, 2009 at 2:06 PM · Report
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Ummm he said he was talking to burdick and carter and that it came up. When asked Burdick says that she did make the comment. Childish maybe, but there wasn't anything untruthful here...
Posted by econoline on May 8, 2009 at 5:43 PM · Report

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