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Obama's Brilliant "Jackass" Remark Boosts Image And Plays ABC, et al

Lost in the huge media fracas about how President Obama called Kanye West a "jackass" and whether ABC should have reported it and whether ABC's groveling apology would restore its access to precious White House scoops is the observation that Obama played this brilliantly.

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Apr 24	“What life is like on the front lines of the digital revolution.”
Apr 23	“How to build a house.”
Aug 29	Japanese Robot Serves Ice Cream From Inside a Vending Machine
Aug 13	Humans Need Not Apply
Apr 25	“It is full of hallucinations both wonderful and terrifying, a mental goulash of reality and fantasy.”
Jan 09	CaptchaTweet: Write Tweets in Captcha Form
Feb 10	Mr. Plough
Sep 16	“Instead of consuming fossil fuels, it would then feed surplus electricity into the grid.”
Nov 23	Knowing how to operate a smartphone does not qualify as being tech savvy.
Nov 22	When the Wrong Hastag Can Get You Killed by an Assassination Drone
Jan 11	How to Avoid Jury Duty
Sep 28	"Acting better than Star Trek deserves."