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Michael Pollan's 'Hummer-Driving Vegan' Claim Debunked

Kyle Cassidy | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Enviro, Wend, Debunk, Prius, Michael Pollan, Vegan, Green, Media, Huffington Post, Meat, Hummer, News, Kyle Cassidy, Green News
Kyle Cassidy

Michael Pollan stated that "A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint than a beef-eater in a Prius" at the Pop-Tech conference last Saturday. The only problem is, the statement isn't true.

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Purity, Integrity, Inspiration: Possible in 2009 News Online?

Sheila Shayon | Posted 11.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Religion, Newspapers, Media, Online Media, News, Yellow Journalism, Journalism, Pulitzer Prize, Craig Newmark, Joseph Pulitzer, New York World, Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science Monitor, Media News
Sheila Shayon

In 2009, the Christian Science Monitor, a 100 year-old news organization, became the first nationally circulated newspaper to replace its daily print edition with its website.

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Food Shines, News Declines

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Cable News Networks, CNN Headline News, Nielsen Ratings, Nielsen, Food Network, Hln, Cnn, Cable News Ratings, Headline News, Foxnews, Newspapers, Media, Fox News Ratings, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

In the October ratings, the Food Network had more viewers under 55 than any of the news networks, including Fox, which finished behind Food in every single advertising demographic category.

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When the Media Is a Big Part of the Problem

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Meet the Press, Media News, Media, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Media News
Mark Weisbrot

What kind of a public debate can we have on the most vital issues of the day in the United States? A lot depends on the media, which determines how these issues are framed for most people.

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Poltroon: What Bill O'Reilly Doesn't Want You To Be (VIDEO)

Posted 10.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Quotes, Poltron, Pultroon, Word of the Day, O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, Poltroon Definition, Media, Poltroon, Bill O'Reilly, Bill O'Reilly Fox News, O'Reilly, Poltroon O'reilly, Media News

Poltroon was the Word of the Day on the O'Reilly Factor with Bill O'Reilly today. The definition was not given, but O'Reilly said it's something viewe...

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Media's Credibility (Not Public Option) Is What Is Dead

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Democrat, Committee, Public Option, House, Msm, Congress, Reform, Media, Democrats, Mainstream Media, Democratic, Baucus, Chris Weigant, Health, Public Option Is Dead, Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Health Care, Senate, Healthcare, Reid, Bill, Media News
Chris Weigant

The media has been pushing the "public option is dead" theme for so long, it's no wonder they're so astonished by yesterday's news that a public option will be included in the Senate bill.

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Newspapers Nationwide Show Steep Declines In Circulation

Editor & Publisher | Jennifer Saba | Posted 10.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Audit Bureau of Circulations, Newspapers, Fas-Fax, Media, Newspaper Industry, Newspaper Circulation, Media News

Circulation at many of the country's largest newspapers continued a steep slide as the Audit Bureau of Circulations released the latest figures for th...

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Jon Meacham: Fox News Attack Makes Obama Seem More Progressive Than He Really Is

Newsweek | Jon Meacham | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Propaganda, Obama, Media, #Newsweek, Roger Ailes, Tv, Television, Politics, White House, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Meacham, TV News, Fox, John McCain, Media News

To the base, the White House looks tough, willing to hit back--all while the base is getting few of the substantive reforms it has fought for. I am no...

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Shriver Report: Get Married, Have Kids, Then We'll Speak to Your Issues

Bella DePaulo | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Workforce, Social Security, Singled Out, Pay, Divorce, Children, Matrimania, A Woman’s Nation, Gloria Steinem, Nonfamily Households, Media, Childless Women, Business, Ideology, Consciousness-Raising, Friendship, Compulsory Heterosexuality, Politics, Compulsory Mothering, Singlism, Discrimination, Breadwinners, Health Care, Couples, Family, Women’s Media Center, Taxes, Connection, Single-Person Households, Wives, Compulsory Marriage, Money, Women’s Movement, Suze Orman, Shriver Report, Singles, Maria Shriver, Time Magazine, Mothers, Gender, Education, Oprah Winfrey, Career, Workplace, Unmarried America, John Podesta, Adrienne Rich, Living News
Bella DePaulo

I'll highlight some remarkable and conventional-wisdom-defying findings from the report that were published but never headlined.

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Friday Talking Points [99] -- Misdirection

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Pentagon, Troops, Medicare for All, Rumor Mongering, Guantanamo, Monopoly, Reform, Alan Grayson, Dscc, Pentagon Budget, Roger Ailes, Nixonian, Charles Schumer, President, Magic, Military, Bailout, Emanuel, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Ailes, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Health Care, Reid, Public Option, Olympia Snowe, Democrat, Congress, Playing the Victim, Close Gitmo Now, Rumor, Stage Magic, Democrats, Barack Obama, Rage Against the Machine, Executive Compensation, Calls, Schumer, Mddotw, Rahm Emanuel, Wasted, Health, Weiner, Harry Reid, Nixon, Healthcare, Senate, Orchestra Pit Theory, President Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Fox, Obama, Democratic, Media, Grayson, Friday Talking Points, Republican, Pelosi, Snowe, Enemy, Organizing for America, Misdirect, Guantanamo Bay, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Orchestra Pit, Victim, Robust Public Option, Anthony Weiner, Trigger, Trust Busting, House, Tom Morello, Victim Card, War, Ad, Opt Out, 1000 Hours, Defense Appropriations, Enemy of America, Misdirection, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Health Insurance, Health Insurers, 300000, Fox News, Medicare, Chuck Schumer, Executive Pay, Torture, Morello, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The real head-scratcher for serious media-watchers right now is what the "war" between the White House and Fox News was meant to distract us from this week. The "war" itself is laughable, for a number of reasons.

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Newser's iPhone App: Are We Nuts?

Michael Wolff | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Future of Journalism, Iphone, Michael Wolff, Media, Newser, Online News, iPhone Apps, Media News
Michael Wolff

The most popular news medium became, over the last 10 years, the computer, effectively putting newspapers out of business and changing the nature of t...

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To Dish Or Not To Dish? That Is The Question

Mary Jo Eustace | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Mary Jo Eustace, Dean McDermott, Relationships, Divorce, Gossip, My Husband Left Me for Tori Spelling, Tori Spelling, Media, Family, Living News
Mary Jo Eustace

Should a nice Canadian gal sell her soul "just a little" to rake up a few thousand more book sales or take the high road, hoping her message won't get lost in the din of the circus that surrounds her?

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All Hyped Up With Nowhere To Go

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Energy Drinks, Depression, Twitter, Antidepressants, Social Networking, Bloggers, Starbucks, Media, Media News, Facebook, Texting, Media News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

We all run out of time, and there is not really a way to save it. But one of the major ways we seem to be trying to save time is in how we communicate with each other.

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Old Enough to Know Better, Young Enough to Pretend: Can the Chicago News Cooperative Succeed?

Daniel Sinker | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Media, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Journalism, Chicago Reader, Old Media vs. New Media, Creative Commons, Chicago Politics, Chicago Olympics, Death of Newspapers, Wbez, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Budget, Mayor Daley, New York Times, Cnc, Chicago News Cooperative, Chicago News
Daniel Sinker

If there was a better day to announce the News Cooperative, I can't think of it. After Mayor Daley's budget address, the two major papers ran the same cover: a 24-year-old kidnapping.

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Does Education Matter?

Jenifer Fox | Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact

Read More: Public Schools, Children, Ted Sizer, New York Times, Strengths, Education Reform, Media, Parents, Impact News
Jenifer Fox

Education, to most Americans, is not the stuff of nightly news. Or, perhaps, it isn't news because the media is unsure of the critical importance of education reporting.

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If It's Art, Must It Be Pornography?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Women, Children, Books, Writing, Media, Sexual Abuse, Strip Clubs, Pornography, Amazon.com, New Yourk Times, Art, Boston Globe, Reviews, Times Picayune, Eve Ensler, Strippers, Andre Dubus, Book Reviews, New Orleans, Army Corps of Engineers, Vagina Monologues, Books News
Georgianne Nienaber

I'm all for freedom expression even when it comes to veiled pornography, but I don't want to be tricked into buying it for God's sake.

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Democrats Should Stay Off Fox Until It Confesses

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Partisan Press, White House, Conservative Propaganda, Republican, Conservative, Media, Press, Fox News Channel, Barack Obama, Journalism, Media News
Cenk Uygur

Does anyone really believe that ACORN is the top story? Every day? Or is it possible that is Fox's obvious, ham-handed way of attacking the president daily? I can't believe we're having this argument.

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My Action Plan: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now

Michael Moore | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cooperatives, Newspapers, Twitter, Civil Disobedience, Evictions, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, Media, Facebook, Democratic Party, Green Energy, Single Payer, Barack Obama, Movies, Campaign Finance, Michael Pollan, Wall Street, Michael Moore, Protest, Sarah Palin, Showdown-in-Chicago, Financial Crisis, Capitalism: A Love Story, Universal Health Care, Climate Change, Foreclosure, Medicare, Unions, Global Warming, Politics News
Michael Moore

I have 15 things we can all do right now to fix the very broken system in this country and to fight back against those who have brought us to where we are. C'mon people -- we can do this!

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BastaDobbs Responds to Invite from Lou

Roberto Lovato | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Immigration Reform, Dobbs, Latinos, Cnn, Lou Dobbs, Latino in America, www.bastadobbs.com, Media, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Jon Klein CNN, Latino Politics, presente.org, Roberto Lovato and Lou Dobbs, Media News
Roberto Lovato

As we made our case today at CNN's headquarters for Lou Dobbs to be fired, the producers of Dobbs' show emailed me with an invitation to appear on tonight's show. Here's my response.

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Is Balloon Boy's Mom, Mayumi Heene, a Victim of Her Husband?

Disgrasian | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Victims, Richard Heene, Reality TV, Wife Swap, Hoaxes, Boy in Balloon, Balloon Boy, Richard and Mayumi Heene, Falcon Heene Balloon, Falcon Heene, Heene Family, Media, Mayumi Heene, Kid in Balloon, Family, Media News
Disgrasian

Mayumi and Richard have separate legal representation. In other words, if the Heenes are going to go down like their little Mylar balloon for this hoax, they're not going to go down together.

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Yahoo Profits are Symbol of Broken System

Ben Cohen | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Corporate-Profits, Internet, Media, Capitalism, Bonuses, Online, Yahoo, Business News
Ben Cohen

It turns out, Yahoo's profits are based almost entirely on the $169 million cost cutting measures it took (2,400 workers were let go), while of course protecting corporate bonuses.

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Please Stop Whining About The "Death Of Journalism"

Henry Blodget | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: New Media, Death of Newspapers, Media, Death of Print, Print Journalism, Internet Journalism, Media News
Henry Blodget

The Internet is doing to the news business the same thing it has done to dozens of other industries: disrupting it. As always, this disruption is painful, but it's not necessarily bad.

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How Sex Could Save Newspapers

Cory Silverberg | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Death of Newspapers, Media, Sexuality, Print Media, Newspaper Decline, Journalism, Sex, Media News
Cory Silverberg

Nowhere is the disconnect between mainstream news production and the lives and experiences of those of us who consume it more apparent than in content about sexuality.

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New York Times Responds to "Liberal" Borrowing Policy Question...

Phil Bronstein | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Phil Bronstein, Media, Media News
Phil Bronstein

I like the tussle of digital world commenting, as nasty and angry as it can get. There are also endless tips, suggestions, ideas and other useful things in comments sections that may be bad for the ego but good for journalism.

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Is "Social Media" Really Changing the World?

Jared Cohen | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: New Media, Social Media, Iran, Twitter, Media, Facebook, Technology, Jared Cohen, World News
Jared Cohen

The term "social media" has become obsolete in a world where technology has become a critical tool for connecting people to other individuals, entities and actual resources be they financial, medical, or judicial.

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