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Milbank May Have Competition For In-House Funnyman Competition

From today's Washington Sketch dispatch from a McCain/Palin rally in Pennsylvania:

A Washington Post columnist created two hand-lettered signs -- one saying "MAINSTREAM MEDIA" and the other, "I NEED A HUG" -- then carried them among the McCain supporters. McCain, and particularly Palin, have railed in recent days about the failings of the mainstream media, and Platt picked up the theme Wednesday, telling the crowd about "vicious attacks from the media."

The result was reassuring. Most of the McCain supporters enjoyed the sight, and several of them offered hugs or handshakes. Some others used the opportunity to give polite voice to their displeasure with the media. Only a minority in the crowd turned ugly. "Put your hands around me, you'll spit your teeth out," said one gentleman. "Barack Osama -- he'll give you a hug," said another.

UPDATE: Says one tipster:

I think Milbank is implying that HE is the Washington Post columnist and that HE was the one that walked around w/ the signs. He's done this before while on assignment, trying to gin up reactions.

And now the video proof...it was Milbank:

Wednesday Oct 08, 2008

Again: Fact Checker Gets Fact Checked

Earlier on FishbowlDC: "Fact-Checking The Fact Checker"

From the Washington Post's Corrections:

An item in the Fact Checker column in the Oct. 3 A-section incorrectly reported that the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty was not submitted for ratification by the Senate. The treaty was submitted, and rejected, in 1999, with 51 Republicans opposed and four in favor.

Date Lab Update

The latest edition of the Post's Date Lab ended, well, before it ever began. Apparently one of the daters had started a relationship between when she signed up for Date Lab and when Date Lab asked her to participate. Oops. Needless to say, there wasn't a second date. This brings the ratio to 40 successful dates out of a total of 110, or just over 36 percent.

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