Rough Sketch: May 23, 2010 - May 29, 2010

Friday's sketchiest moments

Updated: 12:20 p.m. Alert! "Kenneth Starr Charged With Running $30 Million Ponzi Scheme." Daniel Indiviglio, a blogger for the Atlantic, had a heckuva scoop for 10 minutes on Thursday. At 3:08 p.m., he reported that the "special prosecutor who uncovered the dirty details of the former president's affair" had been...

By Dana Milbank  | May 28, 2010; 4:47 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (1)
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Thursday's Sketchiest moments

Updated 10:19 p.m. Cable news engaged in some unexpected color commentary on Wednesday. First came CNN, which ran a touching story of a 103-year-old African American, Gladys Flamer, who still drives. "Miss Flamer, this shout-out's for you," anchor Kyra Phillips said, before playing Coolio's "Fantastic Voyage" - specifically the line...

By Dana Milbank  | May 26, 2010; 9:45 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (16)
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Wednesday's sketchiest moments

Wednesday's sketichiest moments: weiners and pinheads on Fox News, exploding donkeys, McCain attacks Hayworth, Frank questions Djou.

By Dana Milbank  | May 26, 2010; 6:32 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (9)
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Tuesday's sketchiest moments

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? For J.D. Hayworth, apparently it was not. The former congressman, challenging John McCain for the Republican Senate nomination in Arizona, gave voters in Phoenix an unusual history lesson last week when he told them that "the war that Dwight Eisenhower led...

By Dana Milbank  | May 25, 2010; 12:01 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (15)
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