chuck todd and peter alexander are in iowa tonight. abc s john carl in iowa for us tonight. we ll turn our critical edge on reporters in iowa and washington and especially the surge in negative reporting about ron paul. this the skeleton in ron paul s closet. this is from the ron paul newsletter. so you read them but you didn t do anything about it at the time. i never read this stuff. why did the press take so long to start examining the congressman s sometimes inflammatory record? i m howard kurtz and we re kicking off the 2012 season onsome reliable sources. happy new year to all of you. it s obviously not a holiday for much of the political press gearing up for actual voting of 2012 after a year of prediction and prognostication. after treating ron paul as an entertaining side show they reacted to his rise in the polls the same way michele bachmann, rick perry, herman cain and newt gingrich shot up in surveys by belatedly examining his record including ince
the future with a brilliant harvard physicist. then deep inside the way your mind works and sometimes why it doesn t. fascinating conversation with nobel prize winner daniel kahneman. a big birthday but an awkward time to throw a big birthday bash. i ll explain. first here s my take. it s the start of the new year and we will do predictions on this show. i thought i d try my own hand at some before asking others to risk their reputations. and in the spirit of keeping myself honest, i m going to look back at what i said and wrote in time magazine at the start of last year and see how i did. it s always risky to stick your neck out and humbling to look at your predictions but here goes. the only indulgence i allow myself is to start with areas i did well. i said i thought china would moderate its foreign policy behavior recognizing its assertiveness and arrogance over the last year had caused jitters throughout asia. i think that happened. i said the taliban s momentum wo
it was the verdict heard around the world itch as to the charge of first-degree murder, verdict as to count 1, we the jury find the defendant not gallony. casey anthony topped the years most talked-about and controversial criminal prosecutions, but don t forget amanda knox and dr. conrad murray. a look at the year in crime and justice. and the scandals that rocked the nation, from arnold schwarzenegger to sheen. the stories that made tiger blood and goddesses household words. and from nash strol vegas to hollywood, the stars go on the record, even the super star we didn t plan o. stick around for the best surprises of the year.
it was the verdict heard around the world itch as to the charge of first-degree murder, verdict as to count 1, we the jury find the defendant not gallony. casey anthony topped the years most talked-about and controversial criminal prosecutions, but don t forget amanda knox and dr. conrad murray. a look at the year in crime and justice. and the scandals that rocked the nation, from arnold schwarzenegger to sheen. the stories that made tiger blood and goddesses household words. and from nash strol vegas to hollywood, the stars go on the record, even the super star we didn t plan o. stick around for the best surprises of the year.
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