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Posted Feb 16th 2009 12:01PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: News, Celebrities, Reality-Free

One of the most recognizable figures in ABC News is saying goodbye to the daily grind. In his time with the network, Sam Donaldson has done it all, investigative reporter, anchor, host, talking head, and always with a distinctive, pugnacious style. After four decades at the job,
ABC's Sam Donaldson is retiring.
He will be missed, especially at the network. Anchorman Charles Gibson acknowledged as much when he told the
Washington Post that Donaldson's retirement "really is a loss of the bedrock" for ABC. These days, the big three have struggled to maintain their dominance in the news business with cable outlets offering so much blanket coverage compared to the nets. Sam Donaldson has been synonymous with ABC. He can't help but be missed. To this day, I think Ted Koppell is missed as well.
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Posted Apr 9th 2008 8:38AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free

"Dick Move of the Week": A cheap shot from the Barack Obama campaign last Wednesday. To lure youngsters away from a Bill Clinton speech on-campus, Obama supporters gave away tickets to a
Dave Matthews concert. Ouch. Wow,
The Daily Show has been doing all sorts of things to my vocabulary. After the show permanently ingrained "douchebag" into my everyday conversations, I now fear that "dick move" is going to start working its way into my language. Hey, when you watch a show four times a week, mannerisms are bound to get picked up. This also poses the possibility that I'll start having nightmares about animated purple penises wearing Chuck Taylors.
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