It’s good to know that some newspapers are playing dirty in the needless conflict between newspapers and bloggers. In this case, the St. Augustine Record is trying to smear a local blogger who is critical of local politicians, presumably because the Record reporters lost their ability to question years ago. (via Books, Inq.)
Publishing News: “The average author earns 33% less than the national average wage, according to new research commissioned by the Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society. The study, conducted by Bournmouth University’s Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management and based on surveys of 25,000 authors in the UK and Germany paint a bleak picture of authors’ earnings.”
They’re so desperate to dig up dirt on Obama that they’re resorting to parking tickets. That’s nothing. I have it on good authority that Obama once ate the last slice of cake during a party. Can you trust a politician who does this? Didn’t think so. Clearly, the man is evil incarnate.
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