Media Myths

Et Tu, Touré? A Critic of White Privilege Is Oblivious to Marital Privilege

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.07.2012

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Bella DePaulo

So those are my two choices? Either I'm providing for my family or I'm out to boost my ego, my status, and my self-image? Touré, there are around 100 million adults who are not married, and that's just counting the ones in the U.S.

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The Mythic Lure of the No-Fly Zone

Ira Chernus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ira Chernus

In a CNN poll released on March 21, 70% of Americans favor imposing a no-fly zone in Libya. When CNN last polled, on March 11 - 13, only 56% approved. How to explain that jump in just one week?

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Latest Survey of Singles: This Is How Stereotypes Are Perpetuated

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bella DePaulo

Have you heard about the latest survey of single people? It is based on a nationally-representative sample of more than 5,000 Americans, ages 21 to 65...

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The Media's Billion Dollar Ad for Evan Bayh

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cenk Uygur

Bayh masked his craven capitulation to corporate lobbyists with a veneer of bipartisanship and moderation. If he sold out to enough special interests, he could claim that he was on both sides.

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Jason Linkins

The One-Way Ticket Myth And What It Reveals Of The Way We Talk About Terrorism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Back in the early days of the reporting on the Christmas Crotchfire attack, I heard a lot of pundits glibly intone that fingering Umar Abdulmutallab a...

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Media Myths About The Jena 6

Christian Science Monitor | Craig Franklin | Posted 05.25.2011

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By now, almost everyone in America has heard of Jena, La., because they've all heard the story of the "Jena 6." White students hanging nooses barely p...

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