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Ten Things That Totally Sucked About The Media In 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.01.2010 | Media

Earlier, I offered up the Ten Things That Did Not Suck About The Media in 2009. You know what's coming now! The stuff in 2009 that straight up sucked canal water! Let's hit it and quit it.

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Post-Madoff Reforms At SEC Scaled Back, Delayed, Canceled

bloomberg.com | Posted 12.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Sec Post-Madoff, Sec Reforms, Rowe Price Group Inc., Lobbyists, Madoff SEC, Mary Schapiro, Sec, Bernard Madoff, Legg Mason Inc., Business News

Mary Schapiro, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, said she wanted to show that her agency was cracking down after missing Bernar...

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David Simon On Health Care Bill: "Only One Thing Can Make People This Stupid, And That's Money"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Reform, The Wire, David Simon, Lobbyblog, Health Care Lobbying, Lobbyists, Media News

The most recent issue of Vice Magazine features an interview with David Simon, who unpacks at length on the television show he's best known for creati...

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My 2009 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Jackson, Tea Party, Lobbyists, Progressives, Al Franken, Secession, Reform, Mccain, Alan Grayson, Awards, Farrah Fawcett, Steele, Arianna Huffington, Death Panel, Sarah Palin, Turncoat of the Year, Enough Already, Emanuel, Surge, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Argentina, Single Payer, Sotomayor, Rick Perry, Turncoat, Teabagger, Statue of Liberty, Health Care, Michael Steele, Public Option, Democrat, Sanford, Democrats, Biden, 2009, Barack Obama, Progressive, Rahm Emanuel, Health, Sonia Sotomayor, Best Comeback, Appalachian Trail, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Farrah, Worst Politician, Healthcare, Under the Bus, Nude Hiking Day, Mark Sanford, President, President Obama, Bill Owens, Cheney, Kate Jackson, Filibuster, Secede, Democratic, Obama, Iraq, Vitter, Most Original Thinker, Fair, Grayson, Republican, Lieberman, New Yorker, Atul Gawande, Mclaughlin, Clinton, Bummest Rap, Inauguration, Farrah Fawcett Majors, Most Stagnant Thinker, Most Defining Political Moment, Arlen Specter, Bill Clinton, Teleprompter, Michelle Obama, John McCain, Wall St, Specter, Biggest Loser, Franken, Person of the Year, Most Boring, McLaughlin Group, Texas, Worst Lie, Capitalist of the Year, Lobbyist, Poster, Swimsuit, Best Photo Op, Arianna, Wall Street, Biggest Winner, Chris Weigant, Gawande, Palin, Best Politician, Charlie's Angels, Under a Bus, Medicare, Afghanistan, Fairest Rap, Pu-Litzer, Politics News

Welcome once again to our year-end wrap-up and awards ceremony. Honesty dictates that I immediately genuflect to The McLaughlin Group, from whom I have stolen all these award categories.

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Christmas 2009: We Know Who's Been Naughty... Nice Is a Little Harder to Find

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Erin Andrews, Ben Nelson, Orly Taitz, Mitch McConnell, Carrie Prejean, Lobbyists, Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger, Mark Sanford, Lou Dobbs, Lady GaGa, Larry Summers, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, Iran, Joe Wilson, Serena Williams, Meghan McCain, Goldman Sachs, Jersey Shore, Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Tiger Woods, Richard and Mayumi Heene, Joe Lieberman, Falcon Heene, Roman Polanski, Christmas, Comedy News

Time for my annual tradition of getting gifts for my favorite -- and not so favorite -- public figures, including Larry Summers whom I'm getting a Goldman Sachs pension (after all, he's earned it). READ MORE Newsmakers Roasting on an Open Fire: Your Gift Ideas for 2009's Naughty and Nice Here are your gift suggestions, including a GPS for Barack Obama, to show him the way from Wall Street to Main Street (submitted by manx). READ MORE The Senate Health Care Bill: Leave No Special Interest Behind There are many reasons for hoping the Senate health care bill doesn't become the law of the land. But the biggest reason of all is the desperate need for a DC pattern interrupt. READ MORE

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Lobbyists On Pace For Record Year

Politico | VICTORIA MCGRANE | | Posted 12.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lobbying Health Care, Lobbyists, K Street, Special Interests, K Street 2009, Health Care, Healthcare, Lobbyists 2009, Politics News

Main Street has had a tough year, losing jobs and seeing little evidence of the economic revival that experts say has already begun. But K Street i...

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Person of the Year: Let's Vote!

Mark Setton | Posted 12.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Person of the Year, Arianna Huffington, Lobbyists, Time Magazine Person of the Year 2007, Media News

Let's get straight to the point. Today Arianna Huffington suggested that Time magazine designate the Washington lobbyists "Persons of the Year." I t...

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How Health Lobbyists Influenced Reform Bill

chicagotribune.com | Posted 12.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Health Care Lobbyists, Health Care, Lobbyists, Senate Health Care Bill, Health Care Bil, Politics News

David Nexon had a big problem. An early version of national health care legislation contained a $40 billion tax aimed squarely at members of the medic...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ben Bernanke, Time Magazine, Lobbyists, Time Magazine Person of the Year 2009, Politics News

This week, Time named Fed chair Ben Bernanke its Person of the Year. The magazine says its choice is "not an award," but rather a recognition of the person who "most influenced the news during the past year -- for good or for ill." Based on that criterion, Time should, without a doubt, have picked Washington lobbyists -- because no person or group was more influential in 2009. After an inspiring presidential campaign that promised to take on the special interests, the lobbyists flexed their muscles (and their wallets) and showed who really runs the show in DC. Lobbyists carried the day on health insurance reform, banking reform, financial reform, drug pricing, cramdown legislation, and credit card interest rates, to name just a few. And every time they won, the American people lost. It's Time for a reshoot. The Lobbyists: The Real Persons of the Year.

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The Business Lobby In Copenhagen (VIDEO)

Posted 12.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Ngos, Lobbying, Bingos, Lobbyists, Lobbies, Green News

Story by Kate Willson Video by Kate Willson and Andrew Green of the ...

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BCS, Colleges, NewsCorp Spend A Fortune Lobbying College Football Playoff Proposals

Center for Responsive Politics | Dave Levinthal | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: College Football Playoff Bill, College Football, Lobbyists, Bcs, College Football Playoff, Ncaa, Bowl Championship Series, Politics News

House Resolution 390 will not result in troop deployments to Afghanistan, an overhaul of the U.S. health care system or the bolstering of an economy i...

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Barack Obama, Inc.

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, Barack Obama Inc., Corpoate America, Afghanistan, Lobbyists, Climate Change, Corporatists, Financial Reform, Health Care Reform, Barack Obama, Politics News

The man who said he was going to challenge the system, fight corporate lobbyists and change the system now appears to be fighting for the status quo and corporate America at every turn.

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Obama And The Banks: No Real Consensus On Financial Reform

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 12.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Wall Street, Lobbyists, Financial Reform, American Bankers Associatin, Banks, Consumer Protection Agency, Obama, Financial Lobby, Business News

WASHINGTON — After meeting with bank executives, President Barack Obama noted "a big gap" between the CEOs and their lobbyists on his campaign t...

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Daschle Had Public And Private Role In Push For Digital Health Records

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Fred Schulte and Emma Schwartz | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Daschle, Health Care Lobbyists, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, Lobbyblog, Health Care, Politics News

In the government's campaign to bring medical care into the digital age, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has served as a key advisor to Pres...

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Meet The Lobbyists: Oil And Coal (VIDEO)

Posted 12.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Video, Climate Change Lobby, Climate Change, Oil Lobby, Copenhagen 2009, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Green News

Special to The Huffington Post By Kate Willson and Andrew Green of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for The Global Climate...

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Meet The Lobbies: Agriculture (VIDEO)

Posted 12.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainability, Video, Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, Lobbying, Agriculture-Lobby, Lobbyists, Agriculture, Green News

By Kate Willson and Andrew Green of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for The Global Climate Change Lobby series: "Lobby On!...

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Meet the Lobbies: Electricity and Gas (VIDEO)

Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Lobby, Climate Change, Natural Gas, Copenhagen 2009, Lobbyists, Video, Green News

Special To The Huffington Post By Kate Willson and Andrew Green of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for The Global Climate C...

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Congressional Research Service Praises Lobbying Reforms Under Obama

politico.com | KENNETH P. VOGEL | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Crs, Melanie Sloan, Lobbying, Lobbyists, President Obama, Norm Eisen, Lobbying Reform, Congressional Research Service, Barack Obama, Politics News

Critics across the political spectrum have lambasted the Obama administration's restrictions on lobbying as everything from a loophole-ridden politica...

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FEC Reverses Lawmakers' Self-Restriction On Corporate Jets; Senate "Should Be Furious": NYT Editorial

The New York Times | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: FEC Loophole, Federal Election Commission, Senate Corporate Jet Rule, Lobbyists, Fec, Lawmakers Corporate Jets, Corporate Jets, Politics News

The Federal Election Commission -- the supposed referee of fair campaigning -- has just created an ethics loophole big enough for lobbyists to fly a c...

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The US Chamber of Commerce Is Killing the Copenhagen Climate Treaty

James Hoggan | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has already done everything it can to kill the chances of a legally binding agreement emerging from the Copenhagen climate change summit.

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The Fight For Biogenerics

Hilary Kramer | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anna Eshoo, Debra Barrett, Amgen, Biogenerics, Big Pharma, Biologics, Teva-Pharmaceuticals, Genentetech, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, Special Interests, K Street, Health Care, Politics News

You know a health care bill isn't right for the American people when it carves out a legal monopoly for Big Pharma and Botox. Our Congressional leaders should be capable of more.

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Obama Pushes Lobbyists Off Federal Advisory Boards

Posted 11.27.2009 | Business

Read More: White House, Lobbyists, Obama Administration, Norm Eisen, Lobbyblog, Federal Advisory Boards, Barack Obama, Business News

In a little-noticed blog post published on the White House website in September, President Obama's special counsel for ethics and government reform No...

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Oil Giant Chevron Accused of "Extortion" on Capitol Hill

Han Shan | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Corporations, Big Oil, Lobbying, Ecuador, Lobbyists, Oil, Chevron, Corporate Greed, Barack Obama, Lawsuit, Indigenous People, Amazon, Green News

Chevron is making an extraordinary lobbying effort to evade responsibility for its massive toxic contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon. In solidarity with all communities where Big Oil puts profit ahead of people, we must say "no more."

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Tax the Guy Behind the Tree

Carl Pope | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Co2, Kerry-Boxer, Lobbyists, American Petroleum Institute, John Kerry, Api, Climate Change, Clean Air Act, Global Warming, Green News

Big Carbon is fighting for its life and seems determined to do as much damage as it can before it faces the inevitable. The world will move on to a clean-energy, post-coal-and-oil economy.

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CFTC Gets Derivatives Advice From Industry Insiders

HuffPost Investigative Fund | Keith Epstein And Ben Protess | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cantwell, Goldman Sachs, Lobbyists, Cftc, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, JP Morgan, Obama, Citigroup Global Markets, Federal Advisory Committee Act, White House, Euronext Liffe, Maria Cantwell, Financial Crisis, Government Accountability Office, Jill Sommers, Cme, Lobbying, Derivatives, Richard Berliand, Financial Reform, Joanne Medero, Arthur Hahn, Goldman, Barclays, Jill E. Sommers, Barack Obama, Gao, Derivatives Trading, Robert Klein, Bonnie Litt, Citigroup, Politics News

Like many federal agencies contemplating reform these days, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission is hearing a lot from the industry it regulates...

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