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The Soundbite Tribes

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

In the Silly Season, lists, labels and mock awards reign supreme as columnists, hacks and bloggers scramble to write something, anything, in the news vacuum.

Hey, I know this as much as any other poor sap, I’m one of ‘em.

So, to that end, let’s joyfully enter into the fresh New Year fray and examine who’s who when it comes to The Soundbite Tribes.  These are the men and women who regularly fill newspaper columns with quotes, whose soundbites grace our screens and fill the airwaves.

Like any tribe these media practitioners are defined by what they say, how they deliver it and how they look when they do so.

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