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The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Can We Get Some New Talking Heads?

Jeffrey Jena | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Al Sharpton, Karl Rove, Sean Hannity, Bob Bickel, Spin Doctors, Talking Heads, Dick Morris, Media, Keith Olbermann, 236.Com, Media News
Jeffrey Jena

I would like to start a list of the talking heads both left and right that we would like to see banned from all news outlets. I am tired of spin morons who offer only party talking points and no original thought or intellectual honesty.

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The NAB vs. Reality

Timothy Karr | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media

Read More: White Spaces, Fcc, Free Press, Nab, Lobbyists, Internet for Everyone, Television, Media, Media News
Timothy Karr

One of Washington's most powerful corporate lobbies is at it again, raising a dust cloud of lies in a last-ditch effort to stop new technology that could better the lives of millions.

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Why the Drudge Report Has Had 26,619,841 Visitors in the Past 24 Hours, 807,284,101 in the Past 31 Days, and 6,886,716,197 in the Past Year

Dave Hanson | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Drudge Polls, Drudge Report, Matt Drudge, Drudge Popularity, Media, Drudge Headlines, Drudge Emoticons, 236.Com, Media News
Dave Hanson

He still uses a typeface that appears to come from the Daisy Wheel on a Selectric typewriter, a quirk that makes his cybernews vessel look like a handout.

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Will Palin Prevent Other Women From Becoming "The One"?

Julie Menin | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pro Choice, Sarah Palin Vice President, Media, Constitution, Women, Women and Politics, Sarah Palin, Women's Rights, Sarah Palin Women's Issues, Women's Issues, Palin Rape Kits, Election Issues, Palin Abortion, Vice Presidential Candidates, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Julie Menin

Palin's almost gleeful proclamation that she's just an everyday hockey mom and that experience is what we need in a VP, slams all the progress that women elected officials have been making for years.

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What the Hell, Malcolm Gladwell

Julia Cheiffetz | Posted 10.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Malcolm Gladwell Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, Success, Women, Oprah Winfrey, Books, Sexism, Media, Media News
Julia Cheiffetz

Could it be that Malcolm Gladwell's new book Outliers, which examines extraordinary achievers, does not include a single woman?

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Sarcasm Month

Michael DeJong | Posted 10.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Andy Warhol, Oscar Wilde, Sarcasm, Irony, Dorothy Parker, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jesus, Pontius Pilate, Sarah Palin, Environment, Abraham Lincoln, Real Americans, Media, Bush, Living News
Michael DeJong

There is no doubt that frightful things in current events make for sensational opportunities for sarcasm -- in these times, it's almost "trench humor" that helps us survive.

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Amid New Media Landscape, Rachel Maddow Manages to Succeed in Old School Medium

Steve Miller | Posted 10.22.2008 | Home

Read More: New Technology, Msnbc, Rachel Maddow, Media, Mainstream Media, Barack Obama, The Rachel Maddow Show, Traditional Media, New Media Election 2008, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, John McCain, Home News
Steve Miller

In an ever diminishing television world, Maddow has taken a large chunk out of the millennial generation and thrust them back in front of the tube. The combination of her intelligent approach and the most exciting presidential campaign in generations has produced a phenomenom.

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"Video Your Vote" On PBS And YouTube

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: News Hour, Polls, Precinct, Pbs, Election Day, Video Your Vote, Voting Videos, Election Day Videos, Poll, 2008 Elections, Media, 08, Upload, 2008 Election, Election, Cell Phone, 08 Election, Elections, Irregularities, Video, 2008, Vote, Jim Lehrer, Polling Place, 2008 Presidential Race, Youtube, News, Newshour, Voting, Politics News
Chris Weigant

if you spot (and record on video) something unusual at your polling place, you will have an easy way of uploading it to a place where journalists will have immediate access.

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Will the Republican Party Survive -- And Does Anybody Care?

Larry Gellman | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mark Levin, John McCain, Rush Limbaugh, Nancy Pelosi, Townhall.com, Presidential Election, Liberal, Media, Democrats, Barack Obama, Tom De Lay, Republican Party, Talk Radio, McCain Obama, Dennis Prager, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin, Michael Medved, Conservative Republicans, Harry Reed, Politics News
Larry Gellman

Until eight years ago, Republicans had a deserved reputation for being more socially and fiscally conservative and responsible.

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Time To Blink

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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Abby L. Ferber

Why write a blog? Until a few months ago, I never read blogs. In our talk show culture, where everyone has something to say about everything, blogging...

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Palin Handlers Try To Keep Her From Talking

The New York Times | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Gop, Election Day, Republican Candidate, Sarah Palin, Media, Election 2008, Press, Russia Georgia War, Palin, Alaska Governor, Politics News

These days, Gov. Sarah Palin seems like a candidate trying to wriggle free of her handlers. On Sunday night, she twice took questions from reporters,...

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David Brooks and Big Words

Ben Cohen | Posted 10.20.2008 | Media

Read More: NY Times, Barack Obama, David Brooks, New York Times Op Ed, Intellectual Conservatives, Sarah Palin, Media, Intellectuals, Media News
Ben Cohen

Brooks distances himself from right wing blowhards like Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh, but essentially advocates the same policy positions without the bombast, and a lot of fancy words.

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2,000 Days Since "Mission Accomplished"

Denis Campbell | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Bush Administration, Barack Obama, Iraq War, George W. Bush, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Bush Iraq, Lipstick on a Pig, Media, Keith Olbermann, Europe, Iraq, War in Iraq, John McCain, Iraqi Exiles, Home News
Denis Campbell

Now the war barely merits an above the fold headline. When we should be having a great national debate, we're bogged down in lip-sticked pigs, one group crying terrorist at every corner and a shadowy group of election 'officials' poised to steal yet another election.

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"Investigate Congress for Anti-Americanism", Says Republican Michelle Bachmann: A Glimpse of the Future

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Americanism, Michelle Bachmann, Robocalls, Congress, John McCain, Investigation, Media, Barack Obama, Politics News
Paul Abrams

The strategy for Republicans is clear: win by any means necessary and they lose, then delegitimize the victory.

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A Challenge

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 10.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Byron York, Matt Taibbi, U.S. Economy, Debate, National Review, Talking Points, Economy, Media, Partisan, Media Bias, New York Magazine, Media News
Andrew Sargus Klein

Snark and blinkered partisanship aren't going to help anyone out of this mess. It's going to take a lot of ivory tower types and pragmatic politicians to pull this off.

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Boston Tea Party 2008

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Third Party, John McCain, Bailout, Wall Street, Protest, Matt Gonzalez, Democracy, Media, Presidential Debates, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Ralph Nader, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

The $700 billion dollar bailout of Wall Street is exactly the kind of taxation without representation that the founding fathers fought to reject over 200 years ago.

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America Finally Gets a Presidential Debate, Because Candidates Gave Them One

Eric Deggans | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bob Schieffer, Debate, Barack Obama, Joe the Plumber, Joe Wurzelbacher, TV News, Media, John McCain, Presidential Debates, Politics News
Eric Deggans

I was surprised by the snap polls from CBS and CNN showing a big win for Obama. I don't think McCain ran the table like he wanted, but he did raise his rhetorical game.

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Why the Media Can't See the Trees for the ACORNs

Glenn W. Smith | Posted 10.15.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Acorn, Voter Intimidation, Voter Suppression, Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Media, Media News
Glenn W. Smith

The right-wing attacks on ACORN beg the question: Why does it seem to be a greater sin to be suspected of voter registration mistakes than to publicly engage in voter suppression efforts?

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Politics Is Not a Spectator Sport

Carl Pope | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

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Carl Pope

Why did it take the complete meltdown of the financial markets and the partial nationalization of the banks by the most conservative administration of...

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Volunteer Energy and Political Tipping Points -- What We Can Do

Paul Loeb | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Media, Election, Volunteering, Activism, Barack Obama, Swing States, Politics News
Paul Loeb

Even in the ground-zero battlegrounds, I've met people who passionately follow the contest, yet hold back from actively participating.

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What Publishing Can Learn From Music

Hugh McGuire | Posted 10.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Digital Media, Meet the Press, Publishing, The Economics of Book Publishing, Kindle, iPhone Applications, Digital Downloads, Books, E-Books, Media, Digital Devices, Sony, Ipod Stanza, Media News
Hugh McGuire

Book publishing is late to the digital party so it can look to all the many mistakes the music business made in the past decade, and decide how to move into the uncertain future.

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David Frum on Rachel Maddow: Releasing His Inner Scumbag

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 10.14.2008 | Media

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Ian Gurvitz

While taken aback at the unexpected attack on her personally and on her show, Maddow handled herself with class, trying to get at the substance of Frum's attack.

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Federal Government Fails To Count -- And Help -- Many Of America's Poor

Jane Devin | Posted 10.14.2008 | Home

Read More: The Poor, Politics, Media, Poverty, Census Bureau, Government Statistics, McCain Economy, Economic Recession, Economic Crisis, Obama Economy, Election 2008, Home News
Jane Devin

Millions of America's poor are not counted in the official statistics. Variables -- like geography, non-cash benefits, and actual cost-of-living expenses -- make it difficult to gauge the number of people who subsist in our society with inadequate resources to meet essential daily needs.

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Saying It Doesn't Make It So

Brian Ross | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home

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Brian Ross

People vote far more on symbolism than fact. As the last few weeks have brought into critical focus, if you put disinformation out there as if it had credibility, it will be treated by the public as if it were real.

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The Cooler: Illustrating the Financial Crisis

Billy Kimball | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media

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Billy Kimball

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