Bill Lichtenstein

Zaarly? Really?

Bill Lichtenstein | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Commentary, Social Media, Lcmedia, Dotcom Boom, Zaarly, Lichtenstein, Facebook, Bill Lichtenstein, Social Marketing, Media News
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I just got this notice about a new web application called Zaarly. It seems that right in your area, there are people selling things you want, and Zaa...

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"Screw the Tripod!" Remebering Ricky Leacock (1921 - 2011)

Bill Lichtenstein | Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: Documentary Filmmaking, Albert Maysles, Cinema Verite, Charlotte Zwerin, Bill Lichtenstein, Documentary, Documentary Film, Documentaries, D.A. Pennebaker, Ricky-Leacock, Richard Leacock, Leacock, Media News
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It's rare to work in an established art form where you can work with and be influenced by those who invented the genre. Not so for documentary filmm...

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Being There: Kristof's Game Changing View from Egypt's Streets

Bill Lichtenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Proof there's hope. Nick Kristof walked the streets of Cairo for days, and writes of the needed paradigm shift in the attitudes of Americans regarding the Middle East.

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U.S. Jobs: Good News Is No News To Fox and Glenn Beck

Bill Lichtenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The growing number of private sector jobs and the cutback of the federal workforce is exactly what the GOP/Tea Party has been demanding. But you would never know it from their response.

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Glenn Beck Not Even King for a Day

Bill Lichtenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 1995, Glenn Beck was asked to apologize after he ridiculed Asian Americans on the air, including calling and mocking a local Chinese restaurant by pretending to be speaking Chinese.

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Proposition 8 Dispatch From the Culture Wars Front

Bill Lichtenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is a side to gay America that is rarely seen and takes place in conservative, often deeply religious small towns and rural communities where those strive to fit in rather than to stand out.

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Can You Find the Mexican Alien?

Bill Lichtenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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How difficult will it be to enforce Arizona's new anti-immigration law, which gives law enforcement the right to stop and detain anyone who is "reason...

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Senator Scott Brown On Austin Terror Attack: "People Are Frustrated"

Bill Lichtenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In what Fox News is calling his first national TV interview since being elected, Scott Brown pointed to the public's frustration with Washington when he was asked about Joe Stack.

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NPR Gets in News Staff's Facebook

Bill Lichtenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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One has to wonder just what the editors at NPR will say if they are asked, "Is it OK to post a link to last night's Jon Stewart rant or to Frank Rich's recent editorial on my Facebook page?"

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