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Tucker Carlson's Daily Caller concocts a headline

January 11, 2010 11:16 am ET by Eric Boehlert

Not an auspicious beginning for Carlson's new right-wing news site. Here's a headline that was featured on the site this morning [emphasis added]:

Race comments by Senate majority leader shock Washington

Slight problem.  The headline simply links to a perfunctory AP story about Reid; an AP story that never suggests his comments shocked Washington, or anybody else. Daily Caller just made that part up.

Ah, more "conservative journalism"?

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    • Author by IRONY 101 (January 11, 2010 11:35 am ET)
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      I thought Tucker Carlson was selling life insurance.
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      • Author by Don Hussein Fabuloso (January 11, 2010 12:05 pm ET)
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        Another wingnut Drama Queen. Always imagining their own emotional reactions and phony outrage are shared by normal people.
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    • Author by mattcable250650 (January 11, 2010 12:08 pm ET)
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      Yeah, "Negro dialect" is certainly not a term that I'd use, but I attributed Reid's use of the term to be more that of an older fellow than that of a racist. I was describing the racial features and dialect of the heroine in "Avatar" and realized as I was saying it that, yeah, the term "African-American" was pretty clunky in that context. "Black" would have been more appropriate for that conversation. So terms can get in the way even for well-meaning people . And no, I don't think Trent Lott's remarks at Strom Thurmond's birthday party were well-meaning. I think he was being entirely earnest.
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    • Author by goesto11 (January 11, 2010 12:34 pm ET)
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      If you're going to succeed among the Republican crowd today, there's no room for moderation. Carlson's now competing with Limbaugh/Beck/Hannity/Coulter.

      And Carlson's no idiot. He knows that if he's going to win, he has to play the same game they're playing.

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      • Author by rkcomments (January 11, 2010 12:38 pm ET)
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        Sorry, Tucker IS an idiot, your point about succeeding amongst Republicans notwithstanding.
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