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'Decade From Hell': Time Mag Trashes The '00s

Posted 11.25.2009 | Media

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As the first decade of the 21st Century draws to a close, Time has taken a look back and concluded that it is the "worst decade ever": Bookended by 9...

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What The Buddha Would Say To Sarah Palin

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Politics, Kindness, Media, Honesty, Balanced Life, Inner Life, Yoga, The Buddha, Peace, Buddha, Compassion, Mindfulness, Sarah Palin, Eastern Philosophy, Meditation, Buddhism, Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

At the moment, Palin is touring the country to promote her book, which has a very large number of words in it, but not all of them are necessarily either true or kind.

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Twelve Reporters Slaughtered: The Worst Day In The History Of Journalism

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: Philippines, Columbia University, Reporters Sans Frontieres, Sheila Coronel, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Media, Media News, Journalism, Mindanao, World News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

Twelve journalists in the southern Philippines have been slaughtered, in what will surely be remembered as the worst single day in the history of journalism.

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LA Times Twitter Guidelines Announced

Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

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Los Angeles Times staffers have been warned: the Twitterverse isn't safe. Editor Russ Stanton and assistant managing editor Henry Fuhrmann have issued...

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"A Death in Tehran" And the Most Influential Video of the Year

Omid Memarian | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Best Video of the Year, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Bbc News, Neda, Voa, Iran's Presidential Election, Media, World News
Omid Memarian

Imagine you've spent millions of dollars to articulate and orchestrate a message and then a 20-year-old protester shoots a 1-minute video, uploads it onto YouTube and destroys your whole story. What would you do?

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Katie Couric Dancing: Party Pics Of Anchor Letting Loose (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

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Photos of Katie Couric reportedly celebrating her September 2006 debut as anchor of the CBS Evening News have made their way onto Facebook, and the pi...

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Lou Dobbs: 2012 Presidential Run Not 'Crazy'

Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

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On WTOP this morning, former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs continued to fuel speculation that he will run for president in 2012. Glenn Thrush reports: When ...

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Emily Miller: Jack Abramoff Scandal Still Hurts

The Washington Post | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

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She claims to be well past the events that turned her into a pawn in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, but as she talks about each twist and turn, t...

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Sarah Palin Refuses Katie Couric Interview

National Journal's Hotline | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

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Sources tell Hotline OnCall that Couric's producer sent two requests to Palin's publisher for interviews during the "Going Rogue" book tour, and so fa...

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Lighting Out For The South

Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: Latin America, Mexico, Environment, Green News, Media Criticism, Sustainability, Colombia, Cuba, Media, Media News, Green Living, Brazil, World News
Tracy L. Barnett

Over course of the next year, I will be traveling through Latin America, reporting on the important and innovative work of world-changers at the grassroots

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The Wages of Fear: Alibis and Lies

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: France, Islam, Muslim, Bush Administration, Hasan, Palestine, Fort Hood Shootings, Media, World News
Joan Z. Shore

Had it been a Christian or a Jew who slaughtered thirteen people in one mad frenzy, I doubt there would have been much psycho-analysis of the murderer and his motives. It was a ghastly criminal act, period.

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Tom Friedman Explains Causes Of America's 'Sub-Optimal Solutions' (VIDEO)

Posted 11.22.2009 | Media

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New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman is worried that America is producing "sub-optimal solutions" to big problems like global warming, an educa...

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If It Were Me, I'd Be Embarrassed

David Vines | Posted 11.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Going Rogue Sarah Palin, Media, Sarah Palin, Going Rogue, Norah O'Donnell, Fox, Glenn Beck, Red White and Conservative, Bailout, Sarah Palin Book, Bill O'Reilly, Media News
David Vines

Last Wednesday, a media firestorm erupted after a seventeen-year-old girl named Jackie was interviewed by MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell while standing in line during Sarah Palin's Michigan book signing.

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Friday Talking Points [102] -- Harry Reid's Glacial Progress Grinds On

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: 60 Votes, Leadership, White House, Debate, Floor, Ron Paul, Reform, Alan Grayson, Gray Hair, Eric Holder, Sarah Palin, Conyers, Amendments, John Kerry, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Democratic Caucus, Health Care, Majority Leader, Reid, Reconciliation, John Conyers, Conference Committee, Grey Hair, Kerry, Olympia Snowe, Democrat, Robert Byrd, Congress, Democrats, Paul, Election, Holder, Byrd, Barack Obama, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mddotw, Harry Reid, State of the Union, Eating, Longest, Senate, Bill, Healthcare, Pumas, President Obama, Cloture, Filibuster, Obama, Democratic, Media, Democratic Party, Friday Talking Points, Grayson, Lieberman, Pelosi, 2010, Baucus, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Midterms, Skinny, Ksm, House, Attorney General, Matt Osborne, Puma, Thin, Midterm, Chris Weigant, Palin, Sotu, Max Baucus, Joe Lieberman, Party Unity My Ass, Osborne, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Harry Reid thinks he's got enough votes, but then this is the reason why the vote keeps getting pushed back -- because he's obviously still scrambling for the final few votes before he moves ahead.

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Gross Failure of the Media

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

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Cenk Uygur

How can over a quarter of the country believe something that is patently untrue, utterly ridiculous, and lacking even one iota of proof?

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With Harvard's Help, Congress May Keep Bloggers Out of Jail

Ari Melber | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

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Ari Melber

Tt just got a little easier out here for a blogger. The smart folks at Harvard's Citizen Media Law Project are launching a program of free legal services for online and citizen media.

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Media Madness: Going Rogue Over Sarah Palin

Robert Guttman | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

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Robert Guttman

Enough already on Palin and her new book! The national media is creating a best seller for the former GOP vice-presidential candidate by its harsh criticisms of her.

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Countering The Sexualization Of Your Youth

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Sexualization, Attractiveness, Youth, Research, Media, Apa, Sex Educator, Objectification, Parents, Bratz, Relationships, Living News
Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright

Miniskirts, fishnet stockings, feather boas. It all sounds sexy - 'til you realize it's being sported by that every-girl-wants-one Bratz doll.

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Will Obama Help Change Asia's Racism?

David A. Love | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: India, Hu Jintao, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, President Obama, Obama, Media, Tibet, China, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics, Hip Hop, Indonesia, Yukio Hatoyama, Africa, Racism, Discrimination, Buddhism, Asia, African Americans, Colonialism, Asian Americans, China Human Rights, Japan, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Foreign Policy, Tokyo, Human Rights, Advertising, South Korea, Genocide, Hawaii, World War II, North Korea, World News
David A. Love

President Obama's visit to Asia showed how long a journey it's been since the 1955 Bandung Conference, the historic meeting of African and Asian states striving for self-determination.

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Journalists and Activists Detained and Deported from Indonesia's Climate Ground Zero

Daniel Kessler | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Media, Indonesia, Deforestation, Global Warming, Green News
Daniel Kessler

On November 16th, two Greenpeace activists and two members of the press were picked up and detained by Indonesian police.

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Just Don't Click on Sarah Palin

Beth Arnold | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

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Beth Arnold

I will suggest to Americans to "Just Don't Click" on Sarah Palin. Don't watch the shows. Don't tune into her on the Internet. Don't buy her book. Don't keep feeding this media blitzkrieg.

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Who's Really Nuts, 20/20 or the 'Crazy Cat Ladies'?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

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Bella DePaulo

20/20 recently treated its viewers to a condescending pity-party for the women it calls 'crazy cat ladies.' The segment, with an accompanying article online, was so over-the-top that it was almost a parody of itself.

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Newsweek Ed's Poem Skewers Lou Dobbs

John Lundberg | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Media Criticism, Glenn Beck, Immigration, Right Wing, Media, Criticism, Poetry, Lou Dobbs, Newsweek, Immigration Reform, Scott Whitlock, Cnn, Jerry Adler, Fox News, Poem, John Lundberg, Living News
John Lundberg

Lou Dobbs resigned from CNN on Wednesday night. Newsweek's longtime senior editor Jerry Adler published a poem in honor of the occasion entitled "Goodbye, Mr. Dobbs."

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Frank Rich: The Missing Link Between Fort Hood And The War In Afghanistan

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Islam, Afghanistan War, Terrorist Attack, Homeland Security, Fort Hood, Kabul, Obama, Media, Afghan War, Lieberman, Hoekstra, White House, Al-Qaida, Killeen, Liberal Media, Joseph Lieberman, Ft. Hood, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Troop Levels, Joe Lieberman, Democrats, Army, Democratic Party, Taliban, Nidal Hasan, Muslim, Peter Hoekstra, Republicans, Politics News

For all the right's jeremiads, its own brand of political correctness kept it from connecting two crucial dots: how our failing war against terrorists...

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Watch for More Hybrid Marketing in 2010

Rich Nadworny | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Augmented Reality, Marketing, Social Media, Media, Hybrid Marketing, Media News
Rich Nadworny

Social media has enabled digital marketing in a way nothing previously has. It's clearly shown the value of two-way communication, using technology to enable the dialogue.

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