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Wolf Blitzer's Countdown

OK, I realize that covering a breaking story like the Virginia Tech shooting is not easy, and that inevitably there is going to be a certain amount of video wallpaper, repetitiousness and regrettable choices made in cable news, because that’s what happens. (Case in point: I typed “overkill” in the previous sentence before my inner [...]

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Up Next: The Worst Defensive Tackle in the World

Keith Olbermann’s career has turned so many times that it’s easy to forget that he was a sports anchor before he became the disaffected progressive’s basic-cable Edward R. Murrow of choice. But NBC hasn’t forgotten, today naming him–after a six-year absence from sports–co-host of Football Night in America, joining Bob Costas, Cris Collinsworth, Jerome Bettis [...]

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Sopranoswatch: Beware of Flying Apples

HBO “My estimate, historically,” said Tony Soprano in last week’s episode, “80 percent of the time [a boss] ends up in the can, like Johnny Sack. Or the embalming table.” Having experienced one of the outcomes, last night Johnny Sack experienced outcome number two. It was an excellent performance and sendoff for Vincent Curatola, and [...]