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Bailout Confuson -- All Over The Web (Salient Links)

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Hank Paulson, Speculation, Economy, Web, Media, Links, Main Street, Blogs, News Sites, Bailout, Barack Obama, Financial Crisis, Huffington Post, Wall Street, Hank Paulson Plan, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose Each morning I dutifully post links from sites I value for their news sense or opinion pertinence. Today the general theme is bai...

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Media May Mock, But Palin A Strong Candidate

George Copeland | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Biden, Debates, Sarah Palin, Russia, Ronald Reagan, Experience, Accent, Joe Biden, Charlie Gibson, Media, Interviews, Barack Obama, Katie Couric, Hillary Clinton, Election 2008, Alaska, John McCain, Home News
George Copeland

The Honorable Governor Palin has already delivered her natural constituents--the Republican base--to John McCain. Anything else she brings is just pure gravy.

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Fox 'News' Scrubs Story on Conservatives 'Questioning Palin Heft'

Brad Friedman | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fox News, John McCain, Media, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Brad Friedman

An AP article detailing a number of criticisms of the Republican Veep nominee was a "top story" on the Fox News website, only to suddenly disappear.

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Sarah Palin -- Two More Days on the Down Slope

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Palin Allegation, Biden, Tina Few, Palin Troopergate, Bristol, Troopergate, Sarah Palin, Palin Trooper Scandal, Msm, Palin Affair, Snl, George Will, Media, Media News
Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 11:09 AM EASTERN Today's Palin links carry nothing reflecting yesterday's affair allegation. I have seen no...

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John McCain's Gambling Comes Home To Roost

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Gambling, Jo Becker, John McCain, Media, Wes Gullett, Don Van Natta Jr, The New York Times, Media News
Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose In July, I published Is John McCain's Gambling A Problem?, which concluded: The MSM have gone far enough to identify the McCain ...

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Wall Street's Moral Rot Spreads To Politics, Society

Dick Meyer | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Why We Hate Us, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Dick Meyer, Wall Street, Meltdown, Economy, Media, 2008 Election, Politics News
Dick Meyer

How likely is it that politics and journalism are less susceptible to greed and shortsightedness than finance? Is Wall Street an aberration or a mirror?

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Two More Days of Sarah Palin on The Down Slope

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Sarah Palin Trooper Scandal, John McCain, Palin Troopergate, Katie Couric, Sarah Palin, Msm, Democratic Process, Katie Couric CBS, Media, Alaska, Palin Links, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 8:00 AM EASTERN TIME I have maintained a Sarah Palin Breaking News and Information page from Day One. Had she been a consistent...

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Media Miss Crucial Election Speech On Global Poverty

Steve Miller | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Child Mortality, HIV/AIDS, Education, Economic Crisis, Malaria, Henry Paulson, News Cycle, Election 2008, Global Poverty, Media, Development, Wall Street, Barack Obama, John McCain, Home News
Steve Miller

The media act incapable of covering more than one subject at a time. What was ignored yesterday was an Obama speech in which he laid out a clear and concise plan to deal with Global Warming, AIDS, Malaria and, yes, the economic crisis.

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YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, iPods, Enough!

Judy Muller | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Ipod, John McCain, Culture Wars, Twitter, Economy, Media, Facebook, Barack Obama, Wall Street, Sarah Palin, Financial Crisis, Youtube, News Cycle, Election 2008, Home News
Judy Muller

Ah, for the good old days, before we were immersed in the free-floating anxiety of the nanosecond news cycle that follow us everywhere, telling us that the sky is falling.

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McCain's "Daring" Actions

Robert Davey | Posted 09.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Politics, Mccain, Media, 2008 Presidental Debate, John McCain Suspension of Politics, Federal Bailout, John McCain Daring, John McCain, Wall Street Bailout, New York Times, Suspension of Politics, Media News
Robert Davey

McCain's suspension of politics could be called altruistic and apolitical, or opportunistic and ultra-political.

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Regardless of Who Wins the Election, Start Teaching Your Kids Mandarin

Christopher Ingram | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Hero, Social Security, John McCain, Tom Delay, National Debt, George W. Bush, Chris Ingram, Community Organizer, Congress, Maverick, Reform, Mccain, Obama, Dukakis, Campaign, Media, China, Gas Crisis, Sarah Palin, Mortgage Crisis, Mandarin, Elections, Nancy Pelosi, Debates, Barack Obama, Politics News
Christopher Ingram

Voters don't want change. When the American voting public goes to the polls and re-elects the same bunch of losers to Congress year after year, they should expect to get more of the same.

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Palin's Attempts To Duck Press Scrutiny Will Backfire

Scott Foval | Posted 09.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Hamid Karzai, United Nations General Assembly, New York City, United Nations, Sarah Palin, Media, Press, Press Scrutiny, John McCain, McCain Palin, Home News
Scott Foval

The McCain campaign screwed whatever positive effect they could have given to Palin when she met with world leaders by not allowing the press to do their jobs.

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Jed Lewison

FOX News Producer: Restrictions On Palin Access "Unprecedented"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fox News, John McCain, No Talk Express, Media, Un, Sarah Palin, Video, Politics News

Is John McCain losing some of his friends at FOX? FOX News Producer Shushannah Walshe just lashed out at the McCain campaign for denying access to re...

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Emmy for Autism -- Miracle-Minded Media

Elaine Hall | Posted 09.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Miracles, Autism, Media, Emmy Awards, Autism: The Musical, Creative Arts Emmy Awards, The Miracle Project, Autistic Children, Emmy Winner, Autistic, Emmy Award Winner, Miracle-Minded Media, Media News
Elaine Hall

When we bring the raw and real stories of others who may seem different than us to light, we open minds and heart.

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Distract and Detract: Team McCain Follows Form In Crisis

William Bradley | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Rick Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Presidential Campaign, Oil, Gold, Financial Crisis, Media, TV Advertising, Steve Schmidt, Global Markets, John McCain, John McCain Lies, John McCain Attack Ads, Attack Ads, Media News
William Bradley

In a political crisis, Team McCain moves to change the subject and stay away from what may be unfriendly issues and instead switches back to a negative focus on Obama's personality and image.

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Anti-Obama Author Corsi Reflects the (Lack of) Journalistic Values of his Employer, WorldNetDaily

Terry Krepel | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John McCain, Jerome Corsi, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Media, Barack Obama, Media Bias, Media News
Terry Krepel

For Corsi's day job, he works at WND, where the favorite targets are Democratic presidential candidates -- and the actual truth of the charges it forwards is irrelevant.

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Spending Our Way Into the Apocalypse

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media

Read More: 2.0, Magazine, Esquire, October, Strategy, Print, Green News, Web, E-Ink, Cover, New Media, Media, Journalism, David Granger, Media News
Andrew Sargus Klein

The whole scenario found in this month's Esquire verges on gallows humor.

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The Debate Questions We Need to Hear

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, ABC Debate, Politics, Barack Obama, Media, Sarah Palin, Presidential Debates, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Julian E. Zelizer

One of the most frustrating aspects of the debates is how many questions won't be asked.

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Emmys -- The Oddest Award of All

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 09.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Media, Entertainment, Craig T. Nelson, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, Jerry Seinfeld, Best Actor, Emmy Award, Award Nomination, Nomination, Entertainment News
Earl Pomerantz

No other award I'm aware of gives out multiple recognitions for the same performance. It's like the actors are cashing the same check multiple times.

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It's Singles Week - Someone Tell Newsweek There Are 100 Million of Us and We Vote

Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Issues, Palin Lies, Time, Singled Out, Relationships, Single Voters, Hillary Supporters, Economy, Women Voters, Don Hazen, Alternet, 2008 Presidential Election, Single Women Voters, Media, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Singles, Happiness, Consciousness-Raising, Marriage, Singlism, Sean Hannity, National Singles Week, Huffington Post, Moms, Newsweek, Voting, Media News
Bella DePaulo

This week, September 21-27, is National Singles Week. If you think it is unnecessary to do a bit of consciousness-raising about people who are single ...

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Pimping Populism for Post-Proletarians

Rev. Peter Laarman | Posted 09.20.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Populism, Wall Street, Economy, Bailouts, Neo-Populism, Orgaizing, Mccain, Media, Home News
Rev. Peter Laarman

Never people to spend time reading history (what with the time required for makeup/costume and schmoozing), our corporate media "election team" guys a...

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Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

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Former Publisher of William F. Buckley's National Review Backs Obama

Jackson Williams | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, National Review, William Buckley, Wick Allison, Barack Obama, Print Media, Media, Taxes, Tax Cuts for the Rich, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Tax Cuts, Federalist Papers, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News
Jackson Williams

Wick Allison is a lifelong conservative, and he starkly lays out his bona fides in the piece -- and they're impressive.

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Bloggers Respond To Palin's Open Emails

Hoa Quach | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Internet, Media, Technology, Law and Justice, Sarah Palin, Home News
Hoa Quach

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said "farewell" to much of her privacy yesterday, after a group called Anonymous hacked into her personal e-mail account.

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The Limits of the Culture War

Danny Rose | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Culture War, Election, Coverage, Media, Home News
Danny Rose

One thing is clear: The Wall Street crisis rips a huge hole in McCain's campaign strategy.

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