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Joe the Plumber’s (five) book signing

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:February 28, 2009
Post category:Politics
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Yesterday, Joe the Plumber was featured at a book-signing at Borders in Washington D.C. As reported by Alternet, business was not brisk.

When a plumber tries to do journalism

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:January 15, 2009
Post category:Media snake oil
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I don't really want to give "Joe the Plumber" any more publicity, but it's rather amazing to me that a group of conservatives would actually send "Joe" anywhere to report on anything. Especially since so many claims he has made about himself have already been proven to be lies. With…

The problem

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:November 3, 2008
Post category:Cartoons
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If only . . . Patrick Corrigan, The Toronto Star Reprinted at DI with permission by Cagle Cartoons

Barack Obama’s conversation with “Joe the Plumber”

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:October 16, 2008
Post category:Politics
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Joe the Plumber was mentioned repeatedly during tonight's debate. Here is a video of Barack Obama's discussion with "Joe the Plumber": [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFC9jv9jfoA&eurl=http://www.google.com/reader/view/[/youtube] Epilogue: And what a curious story "Joe" has turned out to be. He's not really named "Joe," he's not a licensed plumber, he's in no position to make…

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