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Media Hype

Junk DNA, Junky PR

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 09.21.2012 | Science
Read More: Dna Coding, Media Hype, Science Journalism, Junk DNA, Encode, Genome, ENCODE Project, Science News
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

The ENCODE Project results don't alter the current view of the genome; they just provide a basis for further investigation. Additionally, the findings were embargoed for years to enable the PR blitz -- at minimum unseemly when public funds are involved.

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Fan Mail

Rog Walker | Posted 12.29.2011 | Arts
Read More: Famous Artists, Popular Artists, Media Hype, Hyped Artists, Overhyped Artists, Overrated Artists, Most-Overrated, Most Overrated, Arts News
Rog Walker

2011-12-29-Screenshot20111229at2.27.14PM.jpgThe greatest service you can do for all parties involved is to humble yourself. Submit to your craft, commit to quality work, and allow the fruits of your expression to justify the hype.

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Distractions

Terry Newell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Political Rhetoric, Media Hype, Public Discourse, Politics News
Terry Newell

What do the following have in common? "Death panels", "The Party of No!", "Save Social Security," government bail outs, Sarah Palin's latest gaffe, t...

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Tempests in a Tea Party

Jim Selman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Taxes, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Free Speech, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Media Hype, Tea Party, 9/12 Tea Party March, Media News
Jim Selman

They are a few thousand hard-core individuals intent on destroying possibility and undermining the man that a majority of Americans elected.

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Media Destroying The Hopes of Mankind

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Bloomberg, Fox TV, Cnn, Cnbc, Media and Grant Cardone, Negative Coverage, Media, Abc, Media Hype, CBS News, Grant Cardone, Fox Business Network, Media News
Grant Cardone

The media's real goal is to create as much fear as possible in order to sell their newspapers and advertising.

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The Hype Flu's Big Fade

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Regular Flu, Mexico, Mexican Flu, Barack Obama, Media Hype, Joe Biden, Swine Flu, Right-Wing Hysteria, The Stand, Stephen King, Media News
William Bradley

Remember that big, dangerous swine flu threat that scared the sweat out of people a week ago? It didn't cause physical mayhem, it caused media mayhem.

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A Mom in Mexico Asks, "When Is It Overreacting?"

Jeannie Ralston | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Pandemic, Media Hype, Alarm, Risk, Mexico, Swine Flu, World News
Jeannie Ralston

We're living in limbo--should we stay or should we go? As more people don surgical masks in our town, as the WHO raises the pandemic threat level, I'm trying to keep my wits about me.

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