Media - 02.10.2012

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Why I Love Howard Stern and You Should, Too!

Walt Hawkins | Posted February 10, 2012 | Gay Voices

Read More: Howard Stern, Howard Stern Ellen DeGeneres, Howard Stern Gay Marriage, Howard Stern Gay Rights, Howard Stern Gays, Howard Stern Show

The Howard Stern Show has been an integral part of my morning ritual since I moved to New York City in 1994. I began listening upon my arrival here, when the show was on regular FM radio. Fortunately, I was already a Sirius subscriber when Howard made the transition to...

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Racial Politics and the Non-White Vassals of White Politicians

Michael Meyers | Posted February 10, 2012 | Black Voices

Read More: 2012-Presidential-Race, Civil Rights, Newt Gingrich 2012, Rachel Maddow, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul 2012, Gop, Mitt Romney 2012, Msnbc, Politics, Racism

I am cussin' every time I turn on the TV and hear liberal pundits accuse the GOP Presidential candidates of outright racism and of the use of racial code words. It's as if we're existing in a pre-civil rights revolution time warp instead of the 21st century where race in...

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Has the Obama Administration Hijacked Black Leadership in America?

Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted February 10, 2012 | Black Voices

Read More: Al Sharpton, Black Leadership, Cornel West, Melissa Harris Perry, Msnbc

In a recent article in Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Professor Cornel West "went H.A.M." on Tulane University Professor Melissa Harris-Perry.

In what might be his strongest public comments yet, West referred to Harris-Perry as a "fake" and a "fraud" for allowing herself to be used by the liberal...

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Lobbyist Poses as Mechanic in Anti-Union Super Bowl Ad (VIDEO)

Robert Greenwald | Posted February 10, 2012 | Media

Read More: Rick Berman, Anti-Union Ad, Anti-Union Super Bowl Ad, Rick Berman Lobby, Rick-Berman-Rachel-Maddow, Super Bowl Anti-Union Ad, Video

America just got rickrolled.

There we were last week, innocently partaking in the annual testosterone-fest that is the Super Bowl, when we were treated to an ad featuring a group of supposed auto mechanics lamenting that they never voted for the union they're in. But look closely. One of these...

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Occupy Wall Street: RIP

Mark McLaughlin | Posted February 10, 2012 | Media

Read More: #Occupywallstreet, Adbusters, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street Media, Occupy Wall Street Media Coverage, Occupy Wall Street Protest

Occupy Wall Street is not a political movement. OWS is a satire created by a Canadian media property that exploited blogs, social media and mainstream news media to generate momentum. The movement may never die. RIP refers to the mainstream attention that the media and politicians gave to this movement.

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Will Hispanic Voters Swing the 2012 Race?

Charles Garcia | Posted February 10, 2012 | Latino Voices

Read More: Hispanic Voters, Latino Vote 2012, Obama Hispanic Voters, Obama Latino Voters, Barack Obama Latino Voters, Latino Voters, Obama Hispanic Vote

This post originally appeared on CNN.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush recently argued in an op-ed that Hispanic voters will represent the margin of victory in the 15 swing states that will decide who will win the race for the White House. Is his political intuition right? And...

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Are We on the Brink of War With Iran?

Trita Parsi | Posted February 17, 2012 | World

This post originally appeared on The Nation.

Only 12 minutes into his presidency, Barack Obama reached out to the Muslim world and Iran, offering America's hand of friendship if Iran would in turn unclench its fist. Yet three years later, we are closer to war than we were...

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Confessions of a Wall Street Reactionary

Jeff Reeves | Posted February 10, 2012 | Business

Read More: 000, Stock Price, Apple Iphone, Apple Stock Price, Apple Stock Price Per Share, Dow Jones 13, Dow Jones High, Ipad Apple Price

Apple is bigger than Exxon Mobil -- and now Apple is about to hit $500 a share! The Dow is approaching 13,000! Unemployment is at a three-year low!

All those things sound grand, right? But in reality, not a single one of those numbers means a darn thing...

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Shooting the Messenger Is Not the Answer

Astrid Caldas | Posted February 10, 2012 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Science, Climate Scientists, Global Warming, Wsj

Note to readers: This post builds on the one taken down last week. Many apologies.

Yet another blog post commenting on the WSJ debacle about non-climate scientists' opinions versus climate scientists' opinions got me thinking (again) why the conversation about climate...

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The GOP Problem: 'It's Halftime in America'

Bob Burnett | Posted February 10, 2012 | Politics

This year's Super Bowl program contained a commercial "It's Halftime in America", featuring Clint Eastwood. Initially this seemed to be a public service pep talk for the nation, then a promo for Detroit, and it turned out to be a Chrysler ad. The commercial outraged Republicans....

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Got Happiness? Where Marketing Meets the Science of Well-Being

Joseph F. Coughlin | Posted February 10, 2012 | Science

Read More: Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, Gen X, Baby Boomers, Happiness, Innovation, Marketing, Well-Being

Are you happy? Have you noticed the number of companies that are no longer promising the best quality, experience or even the best price for a product or service as the reason to give them a try? Instead they appear to be offering something we used to think money couldn't...

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The Most Provocative Filmmaker in the World: A Conversation With Mads Brügger on The Ambassador

Jason Apuzzo | Posted February 10, 2012 | Entertainment

His documentaries have been among the most provocative films featured in the Sundance Film Festival over the past several years. Bolder even than Sacha Baron Cohen, he's punk'd both the North Korean communist government and now, in his new film The Ambassador, the Central African Republic and the...

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In Year of Uprisings, Reporters Brave Crackdowns from Wall St. to Tahrir Square

Michelle Chen | Posted February 10, 2012 | Media

You wouldn't think handling a notebook or a camera could be a hazardous line of work. But according to the latest global Press Freedom Index, abuse and oppression of reporters has made journalism an increasingly risky job in many countries. The past year has even left a notable...

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