And its reporting, we hear, will be just as solid as that of the Washington Times. We kid, of course, since the Washington Capital Sun is a completely imaginary paper dreamed up by the creators of a new movie based on the outing of Valerie Plame and the wacky world of former New York Times reporter Judith Miller. But that’s not the only trickery doing down! “[W]hile the real Judith Miller may be remembered as a stylish, slightly scary reporter of 59, headed off to jail in a quilted black jacket and tortoise-frame sunglasses, in the movie she is a sizzling Kate Beckinsale, 34, dressed in a, shall we say, form-fitting skirt,” reports WaPo. Miller has got to be flattered by that casting. Meanwhile, the editor of the Capital Sun is none other than Angela Bassett, most famous for her star turn as Tina Turner. Another bit of Hollywood magic, indeed, since diversity in real Washington newsrooms, especially at the top, is lean at best. As Anne Schroeder might say, “Not sayin’, just sayin’.”

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Surge unites Snow White with evil queen.

Judy Miller: “I have no memory.”

Rep. Loretta Sanchez: not a whore, still Hispanic.

Henry Kissinger is a shifty German.

Bob Novak outs Republicans as skeletons. Get ready for the subpoenas.

Bush cries out, “Look, I’ve got too much on my mind…”

Rudy Giuliani’s got problems.

Joe Biden: “Senator Stupid!”

Molly Ivins still haunts Bush from the great beyond: “Stand Up Against the Surge.”

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People are always gonna remember that Hillary Clinton didn’t stay home and bake cookies in her marriage. And somehow technology is to blame. 

Once again, Judy Miller protects the Administration. Poor Scooter.

Barack Obama has “frozen out” FOX News because they ran with the false Washington Times/Insight story. Sadly, “no one is suggesting the icy conditions are permanent.”

Barry “goes further” than rivals. Hot.

Last night, Hil was out and about poking people. Hotter.

President Bush is trying to change the climate. Boiling hot. Literally.

“There will be no COLA adjustment,” says a sad Steny Hoyer. And he’s not talking about Pepsi vs. Coke.

As Bush tries to sell his new domestic program, he visits Peoria to see whether it plays in, well, you know the rest.

Iraq has shattered the GOP into a million little pieces. And even all the king’s men can’t put ‘em together again. Waaaah.

Air Force members to start getting screwed Army-style.

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With Time Magazine reporter Matt Cooper and New York Times reporter Judith Miller all over the news, I find myself thinking a lot about silly little things like freedom of the press. Today, for instance, I’m fondly remembering “Subpoena Envy” — episode #37 of Murphy Brown –where Murphy is subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury, but instead of giving up her source, she goes to jail. She expects that her slammer time will be hard and she doesn’t want FYI News to help bail her out too quickly because she wants to be a poster woman for the cause. Instead, she serves at a sweeter version of Martha Stewart’s Camp Cupcake, and FYI doesn’t bail her out for several days due to some technicality that I can’t remember. Murphy ends up knitting. Miles enjoys her agony. Laughter ensues.

Weren’t freedom of the press issues so much funnier when portrayed on Murphy Brown than on the real-life news?

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