The Washington Independent » WordPress http://washingtonindependent.com National News in Context Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:15:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 What’s Your Source for That? http://washingtonindependent.com/48429/whats-your-source-for-that http://washingtonindependent.com/48429/whats-your-source-for-that#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:43:47 +0000 David Weigel http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=48429 There’s something jarring about this new ad from Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kans.), who’s running for the U.S. Senate.

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]]> There’s something jarring about this new ad from Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kans.), who’s running for the U.S. Senate.

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WordPress.com isn’t a news site. It’s the launch page for WordPress blogging software. And while it’s possible that some blog used the phrase “Obama loses 2.19 million jobs” in the last month, a search for that phrase on WordPress blogs and via Google comes up empty.

This sort of stuff is a bipartisan problem; Terry McAuliffe inverted the meaning of a quote in his final ad during his failed bid for governor of Virginia. It’s not a huge deal, but it’s strange.

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