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Entries by Marty Kaplan from 03/2010

The Lies and Reconciliation Commission

| Posted 03.02.2010 | Politics
Read More: Senate, Cloture, Mitch McConnell, GOP Filibuster, Health Care Reform, Cloture Vote, Filibuster, Health Care, Reconciliation, Politics News

Reconciliation may result in the passage of health care reform. But whether the public will think of that as a legislative triumph, or a commie, death panel Democratic coup will depend on the battle of the sound bites.

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I Got the Broadcast Blues

| Posted 03.15.2010 | Media
Read More: News Media, Television News, Broadcast News, Los Angeles Local News, Local News, Media News

If you care about the quality of democracy, you have to care about the quality of local TV news -- even if you don't watch it.

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How Dumb Do They Think (Know) We Are

| Posted 03.26.2010 | Politics
Read More: Education, Intelligence, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama Antichrist, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

18 percent of Americans with high school or less education think that the president may be the Anti-Christ. Nearly one out of five people who are eligible to vote, same as you, believe Obama is the bad guy in The Omen.

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