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Bernie Madoff was a winner today, successfully convincing a judge to let him remain free pending trial. Who lost? The dozens of reporters who turned Bernie's block into "a full-blown media circus" as they waited for him to emerge from his toasty $7 million penthouse. He never showed, of course, although a reporter for the Times did spot pro-Bernie posters on a signpost on the corner of 64th Street and Lexington Avenue, which read "Keep Bernie Madoff Free" and "No Jail and No House Arrest for Bernie Madoff." And so now you know what Bernie's sons have been doing in recent days, too! [NYT]