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Muckraking

Who Will Be Today's Muckraking Journalists, Wealthy Social Reformers and Principled Political Leaders That We Need So Badly?

Allan Brawley | Posted 11.12.2011 | Media
Read More: Muckraking, Progressive Movement, Third World America, US Economy, Progressives, Media News
Allan Brawley

There is a lot at stake here, beyond who wins the next presidential election and which party controls the Congress in January 2013. We are at a critical point in America's history.

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IRS Grants Nonprofit Status To James O'Keefe's 'Project Veritas'

Posted 07.26.2011 | Impact
Read More: Nonprofits, Npr, Muckraking, Nonprofit Status, Irs, Project Veritas, James Okeefe, Npr Controversy, NPR Sting, Impact News

An organization founded by conservative filmmaker and self-proclaimed "muckraking journalist" James O'Keefe has been granted nonprofit status by the I...

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China Eases Censorship On Food Safety Muckraking

AP | By ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 07.16.2011 | Home
Read More: Tainted Food, Food Safety, Muckraking, Chinese Media, Melamine, China Food Safety, China, China Food Scandal, Home News

BEIJING -- Toxic bean sprouts, filthy cooking oil, drug-tainted pork: The relentless headlines in Chinese media have churned up queasy feelings for mo...

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Truth and Propaganda

Nancy Snow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Usia, Migrant Workers, Muckraking, Propaganda, U.S. Information Agency, Harvest of Shame, Cbs, CBS Reports, United States Information Agency, Edward R. Murrow, Truth, Media News
Nancy Snow

Fifty years ago on that Friday, November 25, 1960, the best-fed people in the world were still recovering from Thanksgiving. They weren't prepared for...

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Digging Deep: A Treasury of Books About Journalism

Michael W. Hudson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Ida Tarbel, Standard Oil, Enron, George W. Bush, David Halberstam, Neil Sheehan, News Media, JFK Assassination, James Phelan, Wall Street Journal, Journalism, John D. Rockefeller, Muckraking, Vietnam, State of the News Media, Jessica Mitford, Peter Arnett, Watergate, Clark Mollenhoff, Nixon, Woodward and Bernstein, Censorship, Investigative Reporting, Nixonburgers, Center for Public Integrity, Bob Woodward, Media News
Michael W. Hudson

With the struggles of many old-line news media, it's easy to forget how important real reporting is to informing citizens and defeating the forces of secrecy and propaganda.

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NPR Compares Animal Factory to Sinclair and Schlosser

David Kirby | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Mrsa, Factory Farming, The Jungle, Cafo, Swine Flu, Npr, Factory Farms, Bse, David Kirby, Upton Sinclair, Animal Factory, Fast Food Nation, Muckraking, Mad Cow, Food Inc, Cafos, Eric Schlosser, Books News
David Kirby

Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is ignorant. We should not ignore the potential for animal factory farming to one day come back and bite us all in our collective, blissful behinds.

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Framing Sarah Palin

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Troopergate, Vice President, Fired, Creamery Board, Ted Stevens, Small Town, Commander-in-Chief, Comics, Baby, Matanuska Maid, Cheney, Agriculture, Bristol Palin, Leno, Campaign, Bush-Mccain, Sarah Palin, Lieberman, Hail Mary, Brother-in-Law, Ted Stevens Excellence in Public Service, Hurricane, Vp, Miss Congeniality, Alaska First, Charisma, 2008, Katrina, 2008 Campaign, Country First, Matanuska Maid Dairy, Police Chief, John McCain, Alaska, Tax Increase, Dairy, Pregnant, Running Mate, Letterman, 2008 Elections, Fire, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Muckraking, Gonzales, 08 Campaign, Tax, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Hypocrisy, 527, Alberto Gonzales, Alaska Independence Party, Republican National Convention, Earmark, Aip, Wasilla, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Democrats should stay away from the baby stories. They must resist the urge to comment at all on it. Let the media do the muckraking.

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