In recent days, though, news organizations have begun digging into his record and his past.
About that time, though, news reports revealed that Palin had extensively used a private email account for the conduct of state business.
Perhaps there was a letter and fax and e-mail; by Sunday, though, News Corp. had reversed course and issued a new statement, first reported by the Los Angeles Times yesterday afternoon.
The opposition got television airtime (though news coverage was slanted).
Trouble died on Dec. 13, though news of her death surfaced only on Thursday.
Almost certainly, though, news would have to be the whole point, not just an afterthought.
By then, though, news of Tibet had been seeping out into the world.
Most television programmers now participate in the system, though news, sports and some other shows are exempt.
Though news organizations including The Associated Press called the race for Mr. Bishop, Mr. Altschuler refused to concede.
For the most part, though, news of the company's demise was met with genuine sadness in comedy circles.
Though news organizations and fact-checking Web sites like Snopes.com have debunked the claim, the story just won't die.
