{"id":300,"date":"2004-07-08T06:54:41","date_gmt":"2004-07-08T10:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=300"},"modified":"2006-07-04T09:33:39","modified_gmt":"2006-07-04T14:33:39","slug":"memory-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/memory-hole","title":{"rendered":"Memory Hole"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yeah, it’s embarrassing that the New York Post<\/a> ran a front-page headline that John Kerry had chosen Dick Gephardt as his VP candidate, the morning that John Edwards got the nod.<\/p>\n

But for the Daily News<\/a> to slam them for it is kinda pissy, especially since the News ran a back page headline last winter that definitively stated Mike Fratello was to be named the Knicks’ head coach. Lenny Wilkens got the job and, Fratello expressly TOLD the idiot NBA-writer at the News BEFORE THE ARTICLE RAN that he wasn’t offered the job and hadn’t even talked to Knicks about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yeah, it’s embarrassing that the New York Post ran a front-page headline that John Kerry had chosen Dick Gephardt as his VP candidate, the morning that John Edwards got the nod. But for the Daily News to slam them for it is kinda pissy, especially since the News ran a back page headline last winter … <\/p>\n

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