20060614 KDDC A surprise for WH Press pool

Will your spouse miss you for a couple of days?
Posted June 14th, 2006 2:15 AM

It seems like a plot from the TV series "West Wing."

"Editor and Publisher" has a story about coordinating the press in the secret plans to fly President George W. Bush to Iraq. It is very interesting read.

Surprise for Reporters: Bush to Baghdad

By By E&P Staff

Published: June 13, 2006 10:00 AM ET
NEW YORK President George W. Bush, seeking to bolster support for Iraq's new government and the U.S. war effort at home, made a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday to meet Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Read the rest here.

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20060614 KDDC The problem with cows

This just in from "Regret the Error."
Posted June 14th, 2006 1:45 AM

Corrections and clarifications

Monday June 12, 2006
The Guardian

In an article Is it OK ... to drink cow's milk? (Ethical living, page 26, G2, June 6), two mistakes were introduced in the editing. Comments which were made by by an unnamed former dairy worker, whose mother runs an animal sanctuary, were mistakenly attributed to Gordon Tweddle for which we apologise. We also caused the writer to say that cows are responsible for "19% of global warming". In fact cows are responsible for 20% of methane gas, and methane gas accounts for 19% of global warming.

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20060613 KDDC Microsoft sucks

In Humiliating Microsoft, Apple's Simply Charming
Posted June 14, 12:21 AM

Many folks have been in touch about the new Apple TV ads. They are a hoot. Bob Garfield, who writes a column, "Garfield's Ad Review," for "Advertising Age," has just published a fun review of the ads:

In Humiliating Microsoft, Apple's Simply Charming

New Ads Skewer Windows' Various Shortcomings

By Bob Garfield

Published: May 14, 2006

Apple is one weird company. It makes great products and bizarre decisions. But above all, in all its stubborn Jobsian iconoclasm, Apple is consistent. You know what it means, what it stands for and what it will always stand for.

Namely: Microsoft sucks.

Read the rest here. The article has available the ad, if you have not seen it.

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