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References and Footnotes
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1. Editorial, Washington Post, 4/13/02, "Venezuela's Breakdown", http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41580-2002Apr12.html.

2. Ted Rall, 4/16/02, "The Ugly American Redux", http://www.uexpress.com/tedrall/site/viewru.cfm.

2a. The Post's analysis was larded with heavy-handed references to the "Marxism" and "socialism" of Chavez, a clear attempt to label him an enemy of the state. The more obvious comparison to a Huey Long sort of mishmash populism evidently eluded them. As the Los Angeles Times conceded, "Despite a rhetoric that borrowed heavily from Marxist ideology, Chavez did not nationalize any businesses, or do much to better the lot of the overwhelming number of Venezuelans who are poor. When the country slid into a recession last year, Chavez slashed government spending, following the recommendations of the International Monetary Fund", Hector Tobar, Patrick J. McDonnell and Paul Richter, 4/22/02, "Rapid Fire Coup Caught Chavez Foes Off-Guard", http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-042202venez.story.

3. Joe Conason and Gene Lyons, "The Hunting of the President", St. Martin's Press, 2000.

3a. As recently as September 21, 2000, long after the correctness of the Pillsbury report was obvious, Schmidt was peddling in an online chat the tale that the report was "incomplete" and "rendered … irrelevant" by the Rose law firm billing records. In reality, the essence of her reporting had by then been totally discredited, while the Pillsbury report remained.

4. Gary Webb, The Mighty Wurlitzer Plays On in "Into the Buzzsaw", K. Borjesson, ed., Prometheus Books, 2002.

5. Jane Hall, Columbia Journalism Review, Sept/Oct, 2000, "Gore Media Coverage -- Playing Hardball", http://www.cjr.org/year/00/3/hall.asp.

6. Harold Evans, London Guardian, 6/12/00, "No Nose for the Truth", http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,330871,00.html.

7. G. L. Lardner and H. Kurtz, Washington Post, 11/3/00, "2 Democrats: Bush Let Guard Down", http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A4291-2000Nov2&notFound=true.

8. Media Whores Online website, http://www.mediawhoresonline.com/stenoletters.htm.

9. Debbie Schlussel, Townhall, 10/20/01, "Cynthia McKinney: Today's Hanoi Jane", http://www.townhall.com/columnists/debbieschlussel/ds20011020.shtml.

10. Michelle "Malkin" Maglalang, Townhall, 11/24/01, "No more jury trials for terrorists", http://www.townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/mm20011024.shtml.

11. Neal Boortz, Newsmax.com, 11/1/01 "Using Our Morality Against Us", http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/11/1/134706.shtml.

12. Free Republic, 4/14/02ff, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/665750/posts.

13. Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 4/12/02, "Democrat Implies Sept. 11 Administration Plot", http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34565-2002Apr11.html.

14. Jonah Goldberg, "Representative Awful. Cynthia McKinney's Insanity and Hypocrisy", National Review, 4/12/02.

15. Editorial, New York Post, "Spacewoman McKinney", 4/14/02, http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/editorial/45499.htm.

16. Jonah Goldberg, Washington Times, 4/17/02, "McKinney deserves criticism for inane comments", http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/commentary-200241723310.htm.

17. Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, 4/17/02, "Is The Straight Talk Express Ready to Run?", http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A138-2002Apr17.html.

18. http://www.flashpoints.net/index-2002-03-22to28.html, or direct link, http://www.flashpoints.net/realaudio/fp20020325.ram.

19. Robert Novak, Townhall, 9/17/01, "Tom Ridge's Challenge", http://www.townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/rn20010927.shtml.

20. Salim Muwakkil, McKinney Draws Fire With Call for Probe, Chicago Tribune, 4/22/02, http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/oped/chi-0204220197apr22.story.

21. Readers are invited to see the ethical standards that allegedly prevail in journalism at http://www.presswise.org.uk/USA.htm.

22. Michael Getler, "Uncivil Wars", Washington Post, 4/21/02, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18813-2002Apr20.html.

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