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Michael Calderone

Inside The 2012 Twitter-Fueled News Cycle

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 04.27.2012

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NEW YORK -- When Pierre Prosper, a foreign policy adviser to presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, accused President Barack Obama Thursda...

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Did Economic Populism Win South Carolina for Newt Gingrich?

Asher Smith | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney Bain Capital, South Carolina Primary, Populism, Jim Demint, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Wall Street Journal, When Mitt Romney Came to Town, Sheldon Adelson, 2012 Presidential Election, Bain Capital, South Carolina, Winning Our Future, Talking Points Memo, Vulture Capitalism, Politics News
Asher Smith

Perhaps Mitt Romney's fumble in South Carolina was not entirely unpredictable. But why, if Romney was not to prevail, was it Newt Gingrich -- and not Rick Santorum -- who benefited?

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Michael Calderone

New York Magazine Ramps Up 2012 Coverage

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: The Backstory, Adam Moss, Politico, Nymag, Frank Rich, Roger Ailes, New York Magazine Politics, Arianna Huffington, New York Magazine, New York Adan Moss, Politics, Video, Early & Often, Sarah Palin, David Frum, Fox News, Talking Points Memo, Media News, Election 2012, New York Magazine Early & Often, Jonathan Chait, Magazines, Media News

NEW YORK -- On Nov. 21 New York magazine hit newsstands with dueling pieces, one titled "How the GOP Went Mad," by former Bush speechwriter David Frum...

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Hope We Can Belie In

Sunil Adam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, MoveOn.Org, Liberals, Afghanistan, President Obama, Democrats, Barack Obama, Daily Kos, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics, 2012 Election, Glenn Greenwald, Digby, Talking Points Memo, John Aravosis, Cartoon, Comedy, Marcy Wheeler, Jane Hamsher, Politics News
Sunil Adam

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Andrew Sullivan TEARS Into Bill O'Reilly: 'Propagandist,' 'Dishonest And Wrong'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Blogger Andrew Sullivan tore into Bill O'Reilly Thursday, calling his criticisms of President Obama ridiculous and asking to go on his show to debate ...

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Weekly Pulse: Sharron Angle Mocks Insurance for Autism; The Fight to Save Food Stamps

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ms. Blog, The American Prospect, Food Stamps, Tpm, Sharron Angle, Food Stamp Benefits, The Progressive, Care2, E!, The Swan, Ectopic Pregnancy, School Lunch, Tapped, Reality TV, Nevada, Harry Reid, Plastic Surgery, Bridalplasty, Mother Jones, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Health Insurance, Ms Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Autism, Health Care, Senate, The Washington Independent, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The woman gunning for Sen. Harry Reid's (D-NV) job doesn't believe that autism exists. Yes, you hea...

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Weekly Pulse: Anti-Masturbation Crusader Christine O'Donnell is Master of Her Domain

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: AYOTTE vs. PLANNED PARENTHOOD of NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND, Kelly Ayotte, Anti-Abortion, Talking Points Memo, New Hampshire, Salt, RH Reality Check, Christine O'donnell, Colorlines, Pro-Choice, Ovide LaMontagne, SAVIOR's ALLIANCE for LIFTING the TRUTH, Mother Jones, Coal, Coal Pollution, Alternet, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Christine O'Donnell is master of her domain. The deeply conservative Tea Party darling won the Repu...

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You've Got to Be Carefully Taught

Michael Winship | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Our Town, Immigration Reform, South Pacific, Entertainment, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall, Race, New York, Thornton Wilder, Ground Zero Mosque, Arts, Politics News
Michael Winship

As citizens of the nation continue through the summer, distracting themselves by howling at the moon and one another, I spent this past weekend in Manhattan seeing revivals of two classic period pieces of American theater.

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Weekly Diaspora: Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Crusade Continues

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: SUSAN BOLTON, Detention Centers, John McCain, Colorlines, Jan Brewer, Truthout, Sb 1070, Joe Arpaio, The Progressive, Talking Points Memo, Arizona, J.D. Hayworth, The Washington Independent, Home News
The Media Consortium

by Catherine Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Though Arizona's SB 1070 went into effect without its most controversial provisions, the legislation'...

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Olbermann Enrolls At Glenn Beck University

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Beck University, Glenn Beck, Keith Olbermann, Talking Points Memo, Chris Rodda, Keith Olbermann Glenn Beck, Video, Media News

Glenn Beck probably should have seen this coming when he launched "Glenn Beck University": the "liberal media" is signing up and mocking Beck's online...

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White House Correspondents Dinner: Obama Can Also Be His Own Comedian

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Shue, Melrose Place, Sex in the City, Brent Scowcroft, Denis McDonough, Ryan Lizza, Darren Star, Tamara Haddad, White House Correspondents Dinner, John Meacham, Madeleine Albright, Andrew Shue, Ben Rhodes, Joe Scarborough, New Yorker, Larry King, Bradley Cooper, Jon Lovett, The Jonah Brothers, Kari McDonough, Beverly Hills 90210, Talking Points Memo, Newsweek, David Kurtz, Christine Bellantoni, Colin Powell, James Bennet, Jon Favreau, Justin Smith, Barack Obama, Joshua Marshall, Zbiginew Brzezinski, Jay Leno, Lally Weymouth, Hillary Clinton, Mika Brzezinski, Huffington Post, Atlantic Monthly, Ted Greenberg, Millet Israeli, Walter Isaacson, Media News
Steve Clemons

Beyond all of the indulgence of VIP lists, select tables, black tie and gown, meet and greet stuff at this gathering is that there were real moments of serious policy and political discussion that were not trivial.

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Weekly Pulse: The Pill at 50 and Oklahoma's Extreme Ultrasound Law

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food and Drug Administration, Merrick Garland, The American Prospect, Women's Media Center, RH Reality Check, Reproductive Rights, Elena Kagan, The Progressive, Pro-Life, Diane Wood, Justice John Paul Stevens, Birth Control Pill, Reproductive Freedom, Tropical Diseases, Birth Control, The Pill, Fda, Reproductive Health, Wellpoint, Anti-Choice, Talking Points Memo, Pro-Choice, Women's Liberation, Center for Reproductive Rights, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Fifty years ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first birth control pill. Needless to...

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Koch Industries' Unsolicited Emails: More Questions Than Answers

Janet Ritz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party Movement, Tea Parties, Think Progress, Dick Armey, Tea Party, The Environmentalist, Politics, Breaking Green News, Koch Industries, Tpm, Climate Change Legislation, Climate Change, Big Oil, Environment, Rachel Maddow, Americans for Prosperity, Lee Fang, Breaking Politics News, Talking Points Memo, Green News
Janet Ritz

Is Koch Industries the largest funder of climate science denying organizations in the world and whether that's true or not, what's Koch Industries' position on climate change?

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Weekly Pulse: Prostate Health is Girly and Other Health Care Paradoxes

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comprehensive Sex-Ed, Abortion, Sex Ed, Rand Paul, Libertarian, RH Reality Check, Abstinence, Kentucky, The Nation, Pro-Life, Feministing, Republican, Alternet, Guttmacher Institute, Prostate Cancer, Health, Talking Points Memo, Shelby Knox, Health Care, Pro-Choice, Home News
The Media Consortium

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger This week's health care news was full of mind-bending paradoxes: Prostate health is girly, abstinence-...

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The Pulse: House Passes Health Care Reform

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bart Stupak, Abortion, The American Prospect, Public Option, House, Death Panels, Tpmdc, Budget Reconcili, Filibuster, The Nation, Alternet, Mother Jones, Health Care Reform, Talking Points Memo, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Stop Stupak, Politics News
The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Last night, the House of Representatives passed comprehensive health care reform after more than a yea...

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Tea Party Leader Calls Obama "Half-White Racist"

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teabaggers, Russo Marsh, Tax Day Tea Parties, Cnn, Tea Party Patriots, Our Country Deserves Better PAC, Anderson Cooper, Racism, Robin Stublin, Talking Points Memo, Mark Williams, Tea Party Express, Barack Obama, Politics News

Produced by HuffPost's Eyes & Ears Citizen Journalism Unit Last September Mark Williams, a tour partner with the Tea Party Express, referred to Presi...

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Weekly Pulse: Bayh-Partisanship=Giving Your Seat to a Republican

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium Blogger You will be shocked, shocked to hear that a Blue Dog Democrat who made a career out of undermining his...

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Weekly Pulse: Did Wiretappers Target Landrieu Over Health Care Deal?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The American Prospect, Rush Limbaugh, RH Reality Check, James O'keefe, Washington Monthly, Videographer, Democrat, Medicaid, Mary Landrieu, Acorn, Health, Pimp, Washington In, Glenn Beck, Talking Points Memo, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Budget Reconciliation, David Vitter, Home News
The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium Blogger The conservative videographer who donned a pimp suit to embarrass the anti-poverty group ACORN was arr...

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Weekly Audit: Just Who is Obama fighting for?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Corn, The Washington Monthly, Spending Freeze, President Barack Obama, Financial Reform, The Progressive, Obama, Budget Deficit, The Nation, President Obama. Barack Obama, Paul Volcker, Recession, Alternet, Steve Benen, Bank Tax, Mother Jones, Zach Carter, Great Recession, Matthew Rothschild, Banks, Katrina Vanden Huevel, Talking Points Memo, Wall Street, Too Big to Fail, Rachel Slajda, Glass-Steagall, Economy, Home News
The Media Consortium

By Zach Carter, Media Consortium Blogger Progressives have waited a year for President Barack Obama to roll up his sleeves and fight for serious finan...

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Weekly Pulse: What Does Coakley's Defeat Mean for Health Care Reform?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, The American Prospect, Populism, President Barack Obama, Al Franken, Filibuster, Massachusetts, The Nation, Martha Coakley, Harry Reid, Health, Norm Coleman, Health Care Reform, Talking Points Memo, Health Care, Senate, Ted Kennedy, Home News
The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium Blogger What Will Coakley's Defeat Mean for Health Care Reform?By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium Blogger...

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Jason Linkins

Watch, As This Snarky Pool Report Outrages Precisely No One

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pool Reporting, Mike Allen, Julie Mason, Media News, White House Press Pool, Peter Baker, Sam Stein, Pool Reports, Media Criticism, Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, Christina Bellantoni, White House Press Corps, Eat the Press, Media News

I think we can all agree that the business of pool report writing was just too super-serious to take chances!

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My Friend Christina and the Downfall of Newspapers

James Boyce | Posted 10.07.2009

Read More: New Media, Downfall of Newspapers, The Washington Times, Bloggers, Talking Points Memo, Traditional News Reporting, Blogging, Online Journalism, Inside DC, Media News
James Boyce

So now, here's a real journalist, with real credentials, who had the audacity to go into the real Iowa last year, now writing for a real ... online news site.

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Jason Linkins

HuffPost, TPM In White House Pool: Newspaper Reporters Gripe

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter Baker, Pool Reporting, Media Criticism, Sam Stein, Talking Points Memo, White House Press Corps, Huffington Post, White House Press Pool, Pool Reports, Christina Bellantoni, Mike Allen, Eat the Press, Media News

According to Politico, a "debate" has been "sparked" over the new White House pool rotation. This debate is raging, I'm sure, among the handful of people who are deeply invested in White House pool reporting.

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You Ain't Nothin' But a Blue Dog

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Talking Points Memo, Brentwood, Orange County, Jane Harman, Iraq War, Loretta Sanchez, Los Angeles, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Robert J. Elisberg

I'm glad to know that Reps. Harman and Sanchez have joined the growing call for a public option. But for the life of me, I do not understand what took Jane Harman so long.

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WashTimes and Fox News Now Unleashing Mobs On Private Citizens (Including Kids)

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Erick Erickson, Redstate, Fox News, Josh Marshall, Michelle Malkin, Talking Points Memo, Washington Times, Media News
Eric Boehlert

The conservative movement has become a mindless mob, and the right-wing media, more and more often, are sending their overeager foot soldiers out on seek-and-destroy missions involving private citizens.

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