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babylonsister

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Tue Sep-25-07 09:04 AM
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No more ‘Friedmans’ for Friedman

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/25/friedman-six-months-no-more/

No more ‘Friedmans’ for Friedman.

In May 2006, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) released a study demonstrating how New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman continually “boiled down the intricacies of the Iraq situation into a make-or-break deadline” lasting “six months.” Atrios soon adopted the “Friedman Unit” to describe perpetual “six monthers.” But on The Colbert Report last night, Friedman himself refused to call for another Friedman, saying “I’m afraid we’ve run out of six months. It’s really time to set a deadline.”

Watch it at link~

In August 2006, Friedman wrote that “staying the course is pointless” and urged the U.S. to “disengage” from Iraq.

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zbdent

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Tue Sep-25-07 09:41 AM
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1. I guess that Friedman got the joke that

the "Daily Show" is satire ... and decided to make a joke ...

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