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McCain Campaign Lie Strategy -- Will It Work?

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Dave Johnson

The McCain campaign is being called out on some of the lies they have been telling. The campaign spokesman says that they are in this to win and don'...

A Man of Peace Pushed Too Far: Yelling "Liar" in a Crowded Theater

Pete Cenedella | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Pete Cenedella

The people want a blockbuster in broad strokes, not a lengthy discussion of policy or a footnoted freakin' laundry list of the other side's missteps.

Friday Talking Points [47] -- Our First Anniversary

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Surprise! It's our first anniversary column! But before we get to that, I have to pass on this information, in the hopes nobody will get stung by a v...

Barack vs. the Bully Brigade, Part 1: Playground Politics at its Worst

Pete Cenedella | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Pete Cenedella

If you were subjected to the whims of a bully or two in your youth, and especially if you're a parent today who frets for your kid's emotional safety,...

Is Team Obama Finally Ready to Fight?

John Neffinger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
John Neffinger

Will Team Obama find its groove and come out swinging? Will a progressive 527 appear with memorable ads to save the day? It's hard to know --but this ad is a start.

Dear Barack: When They Lie, Call Them Liars

Steve Almond | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Steve Almond

Next time someone asks what you think of Sarah Palin, please don't just call her a "skilled politician" with a "compelling biography." Call her a liar, too. Here's how that would work.

How to Stop the Smears Against Obama

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Robert Greenwald

FOX will escalate its gross misrepresentations of Obama, and we know from painful past experience that some in the corporate media will spread FOX's canards by presenting them as fact.

McCain's "Tax and Spend" Bogeyman

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose Jack Kemp has written what, to me, is a stellar piece of propaganda over at Town Hall. It's called Obama Versus McCain on the Econ...

Friday Talking Points [42] -- Get Up, Stand Up, Barack

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

I have to assume if you're reading this that you're sick of the Olympics already. Wow, that was fast. Is NBC's coverage going to be twice as bad as ...

"Global Warming Swindle" Movie Not Quite Offensive Enough For Regulators

DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

When "The Great Global Warming Swindle" aired on British television last year, it was billed by its producers, Wag TV, as "the definitive response to ...

Focus on the Fallacies of James Dobson

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Wayne Besen

When James Dobson cites research or statistics in this election cycle, news reporters have an obligation to check with the actual researchers who conducted the studies.

Politics on The Couch: July 4, 2008 -- It's The Truth that Sets Us Free

Justin Frank | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Justin Frank

As we celebrate Independence Day, we acknowledge that the only way to become truly independent is to speak truth to power, as the Founding Fathers did in 1776.

McCain's New Strategy: Do Unto the American People What Lieberman Did Unto Connecticut

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Paul Abrams

The key message McCain will try to convey is that he too wants to end the Iraq War, as committed to it as, well, Joe Lieberman was when he lied his way to re-election during his 2006 Senate campaign.

Arianna Huffington: The Latest Victim Of John McCain's Surge In Lies And Smears

Cliff Schecter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Cliff Schecter

McCain got a story killed in a large newspaper in the UK about my book. Here is an email from the reporter providing me with the details of his campaign's attack on my character.

The Bush White House: Sex, Lies And Videotape (Except No Sex Or Videotape)

236.com: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

According to a newly published study conducted by two nonprofit journalism organizations, President Bush and administration officials made 935 false s...

How I Lied On Kids Say The Darndest Things

Oneforthetable.com | Laraine Newman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

When I was 4 years old I was on Kids Say The Darndest Things with Art Linkletter. My folks told me the teacher in our Nursery School recommended me. W...