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David Vines

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If It Were Me, I'd Be Embarrassed

David Vines | Posted November 21, 2009 | Media


It's nice to see that even after the election, conservatives are still playing the "liberal gotchya media" card every time they expose themselves as being shamefully ignorant regarding the issues they care about most.

Last Wednesday, a media firestorm erupted after a seventeen-year-old girl named Jackie was interviewed by MSNBC's...

Rachel Sklar

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New Moon Mania! Twilight Saga Characters And Their Media Matches

Rachel Sklar | Posted November 21, 2009 | Media


Twilight is upon us! From the frenzy surrounding the release of the second movie in the smalltown-teen-vampire-romance series, you'd think someone had opened a vein.

The books in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series — Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn — have sold over 85...

Robert David Jaffee

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The Insanity of the Insanity Defense

Robert David Jaffee | Posted November 20, 2009 | Media


At the end of the Charles Bronson film, 10 to Midnight, a serial killer, who has just been apprehended, reverts to a variation of the same plea uttered by Andy Robinson's psychopath in Dirty Harry and Leo Gorcey's punk in Dead End: "society made me do it."

Like Clint Eastwood...

Glynnis MacNicol

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A Palin/Beck Ticket In 2012? The Mind Reels

Glynnis MacNicol | Posted November 20, 2009 | Media


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Obviously, unless sometime between now and 2012 there occurs a rip in the space-time continuum and the country slips into an alternate reality, Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck will not be running on a joint...

David Sirota

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How the Media's Proud Know-Nothingism Helped Create the American Idiocracy

David Sirota | Posted November 20, 2009 | Media


The term "idiocracy" means a nation run by idiots - and the term idiot is defined as "an utterly foolish or senseless person" and/or a "person of the lowest order in a former classification of mental retardation, having a mental age of less than three years old." There are...

April Daniels Hussar

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What I Like (And Hate) About Sarah Palin

April Daniels Hussar | Posted November 20, 2009 | Politics


Like many people outside of Alaska, the first I heard of Sarah Palin was back in August 2008, when John McCain announced her as his running mate. My first reaction: Smooth move, John. We wanted a woman in the Oval Office, now you might be giving us one. My second...

Toby Daniels

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Announcing ThinkSocial Award Winners and Release of Blueprints in Social Media for the Public Interest

Toby Daniels | Posted November 20, 2009 | Media


Founded this year, ThinkSocial's goal is to connect people and ideas to advance the use of social media to address society's most pressing challenges.

Today we are very proud to announce the inaugural ThinkSocial Award Winners and also release Blueprints 1.0, a report detailing trends in...

Amy Siskind

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Why the Palin "Hate Affair" Will Backfire

Amy Siskind | Posted November 20, 2009 | Politics


I've been watching with great interest as of late the amount of hate stories written about Governor Palin. Oh yes, we are a country that loves our drama. And we are certainly a country that can, at times, be accused of going to extremes. But one thing is certain about...

Eric Tipler

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The Wall Street Journal on Education: Lies, Myths, and Yellow Journalism

Eric Tipler | Posted November 20, 2009 | Media


Earlier this month the Ford Foundation made an exciting announcement: they're giving away $100 million to improve secondary education in urban schools.

This is fantastic news to anyone who cares about education, the American Dream, and the future of America's economy. Which is why I was so shocked by...

Shelly Palmer

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Oprah Will End the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2011: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 20, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted November 20, 2009 | Media


It's official: Oprah Winfrey will end her famous talk show in 2011. The much speculated rumor was made official yesterday and will come at the end of next year as Oprah readies the new OWN channel for launch. While The...

Cenk Uygur

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Gross Failure of the Media

Cenk Uygur | Posted November 20, 2009 | Media


A new poll by Public Policy Polling shows that 52% of Republicans believe that Obama did not really win the 2008 election. You think that's absurd, get a load of why -- ACORN stole it for him. Yes, a majority of Republicans in the country believe ACORN flat out...

Huff TV

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Arianna On Olbermann: Glenn Beck Is "Morally Liable" For His Words "If Violence Ensues From What He Says" (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted November 19, 2009 | Media


Arianna Huffington went on MSNBC's Countdown to discuss a new report from the Anti-Defamation League on anti-government rage, that calls Glenn Beck the "Fearmonger-in-Chief."

The report calls Beck "the most important mainstream media figure who has repeatedly helped stoke the fires of anti-government anger."

Arianna argued that...

Jonathan Fields

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The Truth About Author Platforms

Jonathan Fields | Posted November 19, 2009 | Books


It's the rally cry of publishers...

Want a book deal? Show me your platform.

If only they knew how easy it's become to fake a monster platform in a 2.0 world...

A few years back, proving your platform meant whipping out your big black book of press...

Eric Alterman

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Think Again: "History" Isn't a Dirty Word

Eric Alterman | Posted November 19, 2009 | Media


Crossposted with the Center for American Progress.

Last week, Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei at Politico reported that the White House planned on making deficit reduction a centerpiece of the next State of the Union address. Allen and Vandehei called the decision "practical" saying that "Obama has spent...

Aimee Liu

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Is There a Fort Hood-New Haven Connection?

Aimee Liu | Posted November 19, 2009 | Media


We've all heard the speculation about Major Nidal Hasan's terrorist motives for going on a shooting rampage in Fort Hood. I have no idea what his true motives were, but I know that his racial and religious profile jumps to the top of almost every story about him.

Imagine my...

Harry Shearer

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The End of a Public-Radio Era

Harry Shearer | Posted November 19, 2009 | Media


Read More: Kcrw, Public Radio

When Ruth Seymour announced earlier this week her retirement as general manager of Santa Monica's pioneering public-radio station, KCRW, it really did mark the end of an era.  Ruth basically founded the modern KCRW, and set the template for much of modern public radio as a result.  She built it,...

Ari Melber

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With Harvard's Help, Congress May Keep Bloggers Out of Jail

Ari Melber | Posted November 19, 2009 | Media


It's hard out here for a blogger.

And hard for online journalists, unemployed new media producers, and just about anyone else dabbling in journalism without professional backing.

Beyond the basic financial challenges, there is scant legal help for members of the new media, even though they face...

Matt Osborne

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Obama Gets 11-Dimensional Chess Win; Epic Fail for Media, GOP

Matt Osborne | Posted November 20, 2009 | Media


Though we have heard of foolishly rushing to war, we have never seen cleverness in war associated with long delays...Delay tends to favor misfortune over good fortune. As long as affected parties have at least adequately prepared for the moment at hand, delay risks an...

Arianna Huffington

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HuffPost Game Changers: Your Picks for the Ultimate 10

Arianna Huffington | Posted November 21, 2009 | Media


Three months ago, we asked for your help in picking the HuffPost Game Changers -- 100 innovators, visionaries, and leaders who are harnessing the power of new media to reshape their fields and change the world.

You responded with a host of great suggestions.

We then began announcing our choices...

Ariston Anderson

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Garrison Keillor Delights at the Black and White Moth Ball

Ariston Anderson | Posted November 19, 2009 | New York


The annual Moth Gala is one of our favorite events in New York. In a world drawn impersonal by tweets and newsfeeds, it's refreshing to know that there are still people out there promoting the art of storytelling. There's nothing quite like having your five minutes on stage, connecting...

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