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Interchangeable Quagmires: Why Doesn't CAP Apply What It Wrote About Iraq To Afghanistan?
newshoggers.com | Posted 10.31.2009 | Media
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It seems to me that you could make a case for all they said to be applicable to Afghanistan too, though. Yet again we have a multi-factional and viole...
For Today's Media the Economic Crisis Is Yesterday's Story
Ann Pettifor | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business
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Despite the fact that a quarter of a million Americans lost their jobs last month, many have been persuaded by the media that the recession is yesterday's story.
Dean Baker: The Economy Loses 824,000 Jobs And The Washington Post Doesn't Notice
The American Prospect | Posted 10.03.2009 | Media
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One of the big pieces of news in the September jobs report released by the Labor Department yesterday was that the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) p...
Health Care By Sound Byte
Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.14.2009 | Living
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If media outlets, pundits, and commentators were seriously concerned about the health of Americans, why after the President's speech, would media coverage land upon a single word shouted by an idiot--rather than the substantive realities of American health care reform?
Pew Study: Obama Got More Positive Coverage During First Months In Office Than Bush And Clinton
Pew Research Center | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media
As he marks his 100th day in office, President Barack Obama has enjoyed substantially more positive media coverage than either Bill Clinton or George ...
The Truthiness of Political Polling
Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics
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Barack Obama has been in office less than the totemic 100 days, and yet we are bombarded by public approval polls almost every day.
Who Is Pressing The Pressmen?
Emily Bracken | Posted 04.29.2009 | Comedy
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Humorists and comedians are a curious bunch. Quixotic by nature, they want so desperately to live in a world of decency, fairness and goodness, and in Stewart's case, in a world where the media grew some cajones.
Compassion Fatigue
Marty Kaplan | Posted 03.05.2009 | Media
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It's no contest. Rod Blagojevich's corruption is way more entertaining than Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's. We tend to care about people who are, one way or another, like ourselves.
Courting the Jester: The Slippery Right's Love Affair With Limbaugh
Jane Devin | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media
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Limbaugh isn't just a barker, but a godhead with a loyal legion of followers hailing from the furthest backwoods shacks to the hallowed halls of Washington.
Inaugurate This: Waiting for Barack Obama
Danny Schechter | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
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We want to mark a historical moment by investing hopes and hearts in Barack Obama's triumph, by hoping that change is coming and that he will and can heal a troubled world.
Fox News Ate My Brain (I Swear!) - Of Chaos Theory & Roland Burris
Brian Ross | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics
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The Fox News spin on Roland Burris was interspersed with video and misstatements of the event, trying to weave in the racism angle, or trying to paint Reid as the bad guy.
Ann Coulter: Move Along, Nothing to See Here
Cindy Handler | Posted 02.06.2009 | Media
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The reason that TV producers return to the well every time she comes out with a new book: they're betting that viewers won't be able to resist rubber-necking at this particular train wreck.
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
Randall Amster | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living
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Don't you get a small adrenaline surge when the serious-sounding NPR news voice comes on the radio at the top of the hour, and you're wondering what new calamity has transpired?
Mr. Obama, Make Media Reform a Priority
Josh Silver | Posted 01.18.2009 | Media
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Obama has already made the call to create a more vibrant, diverse and democratic media system and to deliver the benefits of the open Internet and new technology to all Americans.
Finding Personal Grief for Distant Suffering
Ruth Messinger | Posted 01.17.2009 | World
During the week of the Mumbai attacks, countless others succumbed to guns, starvation and disease elsewhere in the world. Why don't these stories make the front page for more than a day or two?
Would President Bush Have Gone To War In Iraq If He Faced Incessant Coverage Of That War By the Television Networks?
Norman Horowitz | Posted 01.14.2009 | Media
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In the past, aggressive media coverage helped turn around public opinion about the Vietnam War. The press did ultimately get beyond the pro-military reporting from Vietnam.
Blagojevich Coverage: A Plea For Perspective
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics
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Reader KP writes in to add some much needed perspective on the increasingly obsessive Rod Blagojevich coverage. Here is some food for thought. I lost...
Running on Fumes
Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics
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While keeping major progressive reforms such as health care, the economy and Iraq in his sites, Obama's choices for his administration have been pragmatic and, gasp, a bit moderate.
Media Complicity in Mumbai Terror
Sunil Adam | Posted 01.09.2009 | World
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What ensured the stupendous success of the Mumbai terrorists was the saturated coverage by international television networks, fueled by a weak news cycle over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Exclusive: Christiane Amanpour On Her Genocide Documentary, International Reporting and New Media
Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 01.04.2009 | World
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CNN's Christiane Amanpour has spent much of the last 20 years covering conflicts in every corner of the world. Her new documentary, Scream Bloody Murd...
My Response to Dorothy Rabinowitz and the WSJ
Gotham Chopra | Posted 01.04.2009 | Media
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As concerned citizens it's our responsibility to challenge our leaders to think of new ideas, learn from our past mistakes, and be very conscious of the world they are shaping for our children.
Did Gun Sales Really Spike Because of the Election? Not Really, it Turns Out.
Joshuah Bearman | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics
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I thought all those stories about the bang up business at gun stores after Obama's win sounded hokey. And they are.
How Obama's Win Went Down in Kabul
Nushin Arbabzadah | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media
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The fear that Afghan warlords might have misunderstood Obama's message of "Yes we can," interpreting it as a message of empowerment for war-criminals rather than the people.
More Shameful "False Equivalence" By The Traditional Media To Annoy You
Mark Nickolas | Posted 12.13.2008 | Media
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Case-in-point is today's Boston Herald story by Dave Wedge on the custom-made armor-laden presidential limo that is being assembled to protect America's first black president.
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