Megan Carpentier

Immigration, Financial, and Climate Reform: The Rock-Paper-Scissors of Politics

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gizmodo, Immigration Reform, Senate, Megan Carpentier, Financial Reform, Wilshire and Washington, Ted Johnson, Gawker Media, Florida, Arizona Immigration Law, Charlie Crist, Climate Change Bill, Podcast, Iphone 4g, Politics News

In today's Wilshire & Washington, we are joined by our special guest host for the month of May, Megan Carpentier, who will be filling in for Maegan Ca...

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Weekly Audit: Will Weak Reforms Bring on Another Crisis?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

By Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) unveiled his latest financial reform proposal on Monday, ...

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Who Will Lead 2010's Political News Cycle: MSM, Bloggers or @PressSec?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blogosphere, Twitter, Robert Gibbs, Greg Mitchell, Megan Carpentier, Wilshire and Washington, President Obama, Netroots, Maegan Carberry, Politics News

It's been almost a week since Press Secretary Robert Gibbs delivered one of his first game-changing tweets: @PressSec wow - in a less than 30 hours ...

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Rachel Maddow Show Takes On Oklahoma Abortion Disclosure Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oklahoma Abortion Law, Abortion, Video, Rachel Maddow, Megan Carpentier, Bill O'Reilly, Oklahoma-Abortion-Website, Eat the Press, Media News

On last night's Rachel Maddow Show, Maddow took up the issue of a new law in Oklahoma that would seek to publicly shame and intimidate women who have ...

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'No, No, Don't Say It' Takes On Drunk, Thieving Toddlers [VIDEO]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drunk Four Year Old, Video, 4 Year Old Steals Presents, April Wright 4 Year Old, April Wright, Moe Tkacik, Hayden Wright, Megan Carpentier, 4 Year Old Drunk, 4 Year Old Steals Christmas Presents, Drunk 4-Year-Old Steals Christmas Presents, Drunk 4 Year Old, Eat the Press, Media News

One of the major topics that maybe the media has failed to address is the sad Yuletide tale of a four year-old boy from Tennessee who drank some beer, put on a dress, and went around stealing his neighbors' Christmas presents. Well, that changed Wednesday, as Air America's Megan Carpentier debuted a new show: "No, No, Don't Say That."

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What 'Bin Laden' Is Saying About Glenn Beck

Beau Friedlander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, The War in Afghanistan, Birthers, Megan Carpentier, Tea Baggers, Town Hall, Joe Wilson, Fox News, Maureen Dowd, Glenn Beck, Politics News

Osama bin Laden, if that was him (doesn't matter if it was just a garden-variety US-hater), pointed out that the president is vulnerable. What did he mean?

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Expulsion? Joe Wilson Stole the Air Waves and Disgraced the Nation

Beau Friedlander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joint Session, Norman Podhoretz, Megan Carpentier, Michelle Chen, Illegal Immigrants, The Week, Health Care Reform, Race Wire, Obama, Joe Wilson, Huffington Post, Media News

We're spending too much time thinking about Wilson, and not enough time discussing how absurd it is that Obama and this Democratic majority can't push through a strong public option.

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Tucker Carlson Decries Doctors Who "Get Rich Performing Abortions"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Abortion, Megan Carpentier, Ana Marie Cox, George Tiller, Tucker Carlson, Eat the Press, Politics News

In yesterday's weekly "Balance Of Power" chat, Fox News contributor Tucker Carlson repeated one of the most inane and pernicious talking points that's...

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Stop the Sexist Rants on Palin!

Adele Stan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Ostoy, Michelle Goldberg, Sarah Palin Shakesville, Sarah Palin Jezebel, Sarah Palin Resignation, #Palinsexism, Melissa McEwan, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Echidne of the Snakes, Sarah Palin Sexism, Rick Sanchez, Rick-Sanchez-Sarah-Palin-Pregnant, Megan Carpentier, Politics News

Whenever Palin makes news, as she did big-time with her decision last weekend to resign her office as governor of Alaska, more than just legitimate criticism hits the airwaves and the Web.

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Was AOL Reporter Tommy Christopher Sacked For Criticizing Misogynist Playboy Piece?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tommy Christopher Fired, Sexism, Aol, Aol Time Warner, Misogyny, Tommy Christopher, Video, Jezebel, Megan Carpentier, Playboy Magazine, Media Criticism, Conservative Pundits, Eat the Press, Media News

Earlier this week, we mentioned how Playboy had published a sociopathic, hateful, and unfunny listicle by Guy Cimbalo, listing the ten conservative wo...

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Playboy Scorned For Hateful Attack On Conservative Pundits (And The Rest Of Today's Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Misogyny, Conservative Pundits, Politico, General Motors Bondholders, Media Criticism, Liz Glover, Jezebel, General Motors, Tom Tancredo, Video, General Motors Bankruptcy, Sexism, Megan Carpentier, Playboy Magazine, Wall Street Bonuses, Citigroup, Eat the Press, Media News

Circumstances conspired against me doing what Chip Hanlon advises on these pages today: heap a ton of scorn on Playboy Magazine and writer Guy Cimbalo...

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Vlogorrhea, With Jason And Ana (And Megan): Courting Backlash At Thanksgiving

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jezebel, Video, Ana Marie Cox, Jason Linkins Vlog, Megan Carpentier, Vlogorrhea, John Brennan, Eat the Press, Media News

It's the Thanksgiving Holiday, so let's vlog, why not? This week, Ana Marie and I had the especially good fortune to be joined by Megan Carpentier, blogger and Crappy Hourist from Jezebel.

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What Happens In St. Paul Stays Between Y'All: An Unconventional Crappy Hour

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Community Organizer, Sarah Palin, Jezebel, St. Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Megan Carpentier, Levi Johnston, Joe Lieberman, Community Organizing, Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Republican National Convention, Bristol Palin, Crappy Hour, Politics News

I had the pleasure of joining Jezebel's Megan Carpentier this morning for another edition of Crappy Hour. On the docket for today: the Sarah Palin co...

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Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead: An Unconventional Crappy Hour

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Sleeplessness, Jezebel, Democratic National Convention, Megan Carpentier, Bourbon, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Existentialism, Taxi, Denver, Politics News

Here in Denver, Colorado, we are all just Americans in search of a more perfect union. Specifically between ourselves and the taxicabs we called for ...

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Pumas, Veeps, And Hissing Cockroaches: A Political Bestiary On Crappy Hour

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ed Rendell, Puma, John McCain, Jezebel, Cindy McCain, Megan Carpentier, Veepstakes, Barack Obama, Politics News

This morning, I once again had the privilege of spending the early, surly hours of the Friday of/before the Text Message That Nostradamus, And No One ...

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Another Gawker Media Staff Shake-Up: Wonkette Editor Fired

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nick Denton, Gawker Media, Wonkette, Ken Layne, Megan Carpentier, Eat the Press, Media News

In yet another staff shake-up at Gawker media, Wonkette associate editor Megan Carpentier was let go from the popular political site on Friday. Carpen...

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