AP’s Notable Deaths of 2010 List Has Some Liberal Mini-Spins
When the Associated Press put together a roll call of the notable deaths of 2010, some of them came with a little glitter in their brief descriptions from reporter Bernard McGhee. For example: Sen. Robert C. Byrd, 92. Rose from an impoverished childhood in West Virginia's coal country to become the longest-serving senator in U.S. history. June 28. Or this one: U.S. Rep. John Murtha, 77. The tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War. Feb. 8. Complications from gallbladder surgery. Both of these men were renowned as pork-barrel champions. But guess who was tagged with pork in their sentence? The Republican: read more
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AP’s Notable Deaths of 2010 List Has Some Liberal Mini-Spins
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