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Saying It Doesn't Make It So

Brian Ross | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Media Coverage, Fox News, Mccain, Cnn Coverage, Media, Sean Hannity, Cnn, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Home News

People vote far more on symbolism than fact. As the last few weeks have brought into critical focus, if you put disinformation out there as if it had credibility, it will be treated by the public as if it were real.

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Blaming the Poor

Sasha Abramsky | Posted 10.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Politics, Subprime Mortgages, Poverty, Economy, Cnn, Obama, Fox News, Stock Market, Election, Blame Game, Financial Collapse, Business News

Let's get real here: People borrowed because they were presented with offers they couldn't refuse. They were told that home ownership was the path to prosperity and a chance to realize their dreams.

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Dems Roll Over, Mainstream Media Falls for GOP "Voter Fraud" Scam -- Again

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 10.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Voter Fraud, Mccain, Acorn, Department of Justice Scandal, Mainstream Media, Cnn, Ayers, Palin, Home News

While Democrats, most progressive bloggers and Obama supporters stand by idly, the GOP is once again ramping up the primary engine of the De...

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Fogies For McCain!

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Cnn, Audience, Primetime, Tv Viewing Statistics, Presidential Preferences, Viewer Demographics, Mccain, Obama, Republicans, Demographics, Democrats, President, Politics News

It's time for a look at Presidential preferences based on the number and demographics of viewers watching the 2008 political campaign through the eyes of the cable networks.

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Does CNN's Live Debate Feedback Influence Viewers' Opinions?

Wall Street Journal | Sam Schechner | Posted 10.10.2008 | Media

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During Tuesday night's presidential debate, Sen. Barack Obama was talking about health care, and most of 25 undecided voters in Columbus, Ohio, liked ...

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What's Not to Like About Those Post-Debate Focus Groups

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 10.09.2008 | Media

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At some point in the post-debate glow, an anchor will throw to a reporter in this room. If ever a public forum needed follow-up questions, this is the place.

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What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us

Margee Ensign | Posted 10.08.2008 | Living

Unfortunately, Sarah Palin is not alone in her global ignorance. Our colleges and high schools are not doing what's necessary... the current generation isn't gaining understanding of other cultures.

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A Poll-Pushing Political Junkie Speaks Out

Deanie Mills | Posted 10.08.2008 | Home

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I couldn't take it. I was running all around the Internet, searching frantically, desperately, for someone, ANYONE who could SHOW ME THE GRAPH!!!

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Beck Deals the Sieg Heil Card: Calls Obama "Full-fledged Fascist"

Steve Young | Posted 10.08.2008 | Media

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Yesterday morning, Glenn Beck the 3rd most listened to right wing talk show host on radio, and rarely-watched CNN Headline News host, attempted to out...

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Media Must Not Cover Palin Until She Holds a Press Conference

Matt Littman | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media

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This isn't about the McCain campaigns' need to hide Palin. This is about the possibility of a future president who refuses to hold a press conference.

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Memo To Media: The Palin Rape-Kit Story Has Not Been "Debunked"

Eric Boehlert | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media

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The press has treated the story as something of a taboo. And the loud, right-wing media claims about it being "debunked" likely add to its untouchable status.

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Campbell Brown Shifts Towards Commentary

New York Times | Posted 10.04.2008 | Media

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Campbell Brown said she was sitting in a doctor's waiting room on Sept. 23, scrolling through BlackBerry messages about Gov. Sarah Palin's having been...

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Vice Presidential Debate Ratings: 69.9 Million Total, ABC, Fox News Win, MSNBC Tanks

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.03.2008 | Media

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Update: The final numbers are in: 69.9 million viewers watched the Vice Presidential debate, making it the most watched debate since 1992 and the most...

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Exposing Myself On CNN For The Sake Of The Election

Kris DiGiovanni | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

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The economy under Bush has done nothing but get worse. First, I was laid off after almost 16 years with IBM. Then the value of our homes started dropping like a rock. And then gasoline went through the roof, and everything else jumped too.

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Undecideds On CNN Ticker More Interesting, And Disturbing, Than Debate

Sari Levy | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home

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All I can say is, praise the Lord I was in a Boulder Bar when it happened. I don't usually like crowds of any kind, ever, because basically I can't s...

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The McCain/Palin Debate Spin: We Won Because She Wasn't a Dithering Idiot

Michael Russnow | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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What Gertrude Stein said about her hometown Oakland could also be said of Sarah Palin. "There is no there, there." Sarah Palin is simply without substance.

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The Graph and I

Nora Ephron | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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CNN had a graph running along the bottom of the screen during the debate, allegedly representing the moment-by-moment feelings of a group of independent voters. This is no way to watch a debate.

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Who Won The VP Debate? Biden Scores Big

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

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Complete coverage of the debate in HuffPost's politics section. Scroll down for more on the CBS and Fox News focus groups. During the course of the ...

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CNN: Biden Wins Debate, 51% to 36%

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

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CNN's post-debate poll shows that 51% of debate watchers felt Biden won, compared to 36% for Sarah Palin. In CBS's post debate poll, which Biden also...

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Wall Street Credit Crash Threatens To Tank U.S. Auto Industry

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.02.2008 | Home

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"Every job lost on Wall Street impacts two-to-three jobs on the outside. By comparison, every job lost at an auto plant impacts nearly 10 jobs on the outside... We don't want to know what happens if the domestic auto industry gets away from us."

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Distressed Assets and Naked Shorts: Talkin' Bailout With CNN Asia Business Editor Eunice Yoon

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.01.2008 | Media

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Today I sat down with CNN Asia Business Editor Eunice Yoon, who is based in Hong Kong but has covered events all over Asia, including China's recent c...

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I'd Post About David Gergen Calling The House Bailout Vote "Shockingly Irresponsible," But It's Probably Not A Good Idea To Offend Anyone Right Now

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.01.2008 | Media

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Americans are driving much less; But one area of the country can't get any gas or diesel at all

Steve Parker | Posted 10.01.2008 | Living

Gas shortages through a major swath of the country? Stations running dry? Welcome Back, 1974! When does the rationing start ... again? Americans are ...

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Threatened Iraqi Journalists Seek State's Protection Despite Charges It Instigated Colleagues' Murders

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.30.2008 | Media

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Arab media say that after years of Saddam Hussein's ouster as Iraq's strongman, Iraqi media are torn between a modicum of freedom and total chaos.

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Debate Watching With the World

Jeannie Ralston | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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At first I thought I wouldn't be able to watch Friday's debate at all. But as it turned out, I felt as if I watched it with the whole world.

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