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Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Saturday, October 16

[What he said] Stewart on Crossfire

by DavidAkin on Sat 16 Oct 2004 01:08 AM EDT

Lots of reaction in the blogosphere tonight to comedian Jon Stewart's appearance on the CNN political debate show Crossfire. You should be able to easily find transcripts and MP3 audio files of the show. Aaron Swartz has a reaction and a link to the Bittorrent [video] file. I recommend watching it rather than listening or reading. Stewart's performance -- was it a performance? -- is remarkable and discomfiting
Stewart on Crossfire

One of the most incredible sights of this political season:

Jon Stewart goes on ... more »

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Moore offers Sinclair Fahrenheit 9-11 for free

by DavidAkin on Sat 16 Oct 2004 12:35 AM EDT

How weird is this. Ever since news broke that Sinclair Broadcasting had ordered its 62 stations in the U.S. to pre-empt regular programming a couple of nights before the U.S. presidential election in order to show an documentary that casts Democratic nominee John Kerry in a bad light, I've been ... more »

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