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Rupert Murdoch's tabloid bleeding red ink by the millions doesn't just concoct far-fetched headlines; regurgitate right-wing rabid-dog prose from the think tanks of the obscure and immaterial; or spew forth what Rush Limbaugh said on his talk show. NYC.com can confirm that the New York Post—whose weekday subscription price is a full nickel, or $13 yearly—gets 35% of its daily stories directly from the Drudge Report, outgunning Fox News as its preferred source of choice. Witness, for example, "Gay Nups Get Fairy Tale Ending," a big story on Drudge yesterday, still running on Drudge (in red, no less) as of this writing. Or "VP Spanks Nancy for 'Behavior' Problem". Or "Oh My Bod! Firefighter Looks Hot in Mugshot," yet another zinger that ran with photo on Drudge yesterday. (That fire story was replaced today by Drudge with the slightly more newsworthy "Fire Breaks Out At N.Y. Nuclear Plant..." regarding our beloved Indian Point 3 just up the river.)
As for the fascinating Dr. Evil story, I did read the entire transcript of the Veep's scintillating interview with Rush. It read akin to a chocolate bunny rabbit sugar rush, wherein you bite the head of the bunny and feel the endorphin release, the glycogen coarsing throughout the body. Rush eggs on the Veep —
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you, Rush. It's good to be back on.
RUSH: I can imagine.
Of course we can imagine—
RUSH: Can you share with us whether or not you understand their devotion, or their seeming allegiance, to the concept of US defeat?
THE VICE PRESIDENT: I can't.
Of course you can't.
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, it's not helpful. I made it clear earlier that I thought this created difficulties, if I can put it in a gentle form. Obviously, she's the speaker of the House and ought to travel to foreign nations and ought to conduct visits.
RUSH: She's not entitled to make her own foreign policy, is she?
THE VICE PRESIDENT: She's not entitled to make policy.
Although she clearly has a policy, in contrast to the Administration.
RUSH: You are a reserved individual --
THE VICE PRESIDENT: (chuckles)
RUSH: -- and very professional, and you've been doing this a long time, but I'm asking this for people in my audience as well as me. How do you feel when this...? Don't you get enraged when this kind of thing happens?
Very professional and reserved indeed—spending half the term in an underground bunker, or lurking behind a bush, as seen earlier this week. Watch the video from C-Span for yourself; the man is flapping his arm and lurking behind a bush.
I reprint portions of this fascinating transcript because it's free—yes, freedom is free to reproduce, just as the New York Post does in its pages. Because it's vastly cheaper for Murdoch's acolytes to crib their stories from the Web, which translates in savings that tabloids such as the Post can pass on to their readers. But why not save that nickel and just read the Drudge Report? It's vastly more entertaining than the Post. And free. And unlike the Post, Matt Drudge's headlines are not all in caps.
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dick cheney, drudge report, new york post, rush limbaugh
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Posted on 4/6/2007
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