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The Ghost Of Gonzales: Justice Dept Still Backs Controversial Voter ID Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, American Center for Voting Rights, Voter Fraud Acvr, Thor Hearne, George W. Bush, Todd Rokita, Voter Picture ID, David Iglesias, Justice Department, DOJ Voter ID Laws, Alberto Gonzales and Fired US Attorneys, Georgia Voter Id Laws, Indiana Supreme Court, Voter ID Laws, Supreme Court Bush vs. Gore, Department of Justice, Alberto Gonzales, Voter Fraud, Indiana Photo Id Law, Indiana Voting Law, US Attorneys Scandal, Muckraker, New York Times, Washington Post, Politics News

Though Alberto Gonzales is gone, the Justice Department is still backing controversial voter identification laws that many believe are specifically de...

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Democracy Won; Blackwater Zero

Rick Jacobs | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Erik Prince, San Diego, Julia Rosen, Chris Lehane, Blackwater, Calitics, New York Times, California, Jane Hamsher, Daily Kos, Erik Prince Blackwater, Politics News
Rick Jacobs

Over the next year, Blackwater will use its considerable war chest to convince at least three of the five Republican supervisors in San Diego County to overrule the voters.

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Hillary Clinton: Misunderstood INTJ

Michael Melcher | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, New York Times, Myers-Briggs, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, 2008 Election, Politics News
Michael Melcher

Much of the criticism of Hillary Clinton's authenticity is criticism of her introversion.

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Against All Odds, David Brooks Hits A New Low.

James Boyce | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics

Read More: New York Times, Iraq, David Brooks, Politics News
James Boyce

Seemingly, we are in a golden moment where the American people know what matters, Iraq, even if our politicians and our 'journalists' do not.

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The Year in Media Errors and Corrections

Craig Silverman | Posted 12.10.2007 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Media, Barack Obama, Boston Globe, Anna Nicole Smith, Tony Blair, Associated Press, New York Times, Media News
Craig Silverman

One of the surest ways to produce a great correction is to write a scandalous article filled with salacious, untrue allegations.

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Poll: Hillary Viewed As Most Positive Candidate

NYT's The Caucus | Dalia Sussman | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics

Read More: Republican Primary, Democratic Primary, John McCain, Presidential Polls, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Mitt Romney, John Edwards, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News

The latest New York Times/CBS News poll finds voters give the presidential candidates positive marks on at least one score at this stage in their camp...

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Democrats Hit Bush's Credibility With New Iran Report

The Hill | Roxana Tiron | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Nie Report, War With Iran, Bush Administration Spin, George W. Bush, Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program, Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, National Intelligence Estimate, Iran Nuke Program, Neoconservatives, Bush Administration Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Neoconservatives Iran, New York Times, Breaking Politics News, President Bush, Nie Iran Report, Politics News

Congressional Democrats are capitalizing on the latest intelligence estimate on Iran's nuclear weapons development to question President Bush's credib...

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Rudy Releases New Campaign Ad Focusing On Iran

New York Times | Lisa Tozzi | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Nie Report, War With Iran, Bush Administration Spin, George W. Bush, Iran Nuclear Weapons, National Intelligence Estimate, War on Terror, Neoconservatives, Bush Administration Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Neoconservatives Iran, New York Times, Breaking Politics News, President Bush, Rudy Giuliani, Nie Iran Report, Giuliani Iran Ad, Politics News

Just two days after the release of a National Intelligence Report that has made Iran the flashpoint of debate in the presidential race, the Giuliani c...

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Setting the Record Straight on FISA

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Fisa, Warrantless Surveillance, Joe Klein, Joe Klein FISA, Time Magazine, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, New York Times, Silvester Rayes, Politics News
Rep. John Conyers

Civil liberties and national security need not be contradictory policies, rather they are inexorably linked. Perhaps nowhere is this interrelationship more true than in intelligence gathering...

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No Time For Cynicism on Energy

Bill Scher | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Renewable Energy, Global Warming, New York Times, Bush Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Senator James Inholfe, President Bush, Energy Policy, GOP Filibuster, Politics News
Bill Scher

The increase in fuel-efficiency still politically important as a momentum-building triumph over corporate forces of inacation.

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Why The Democrats May Not Win The White House In 2008

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Presidential Candidate, Religious Right, New York Times, Rudy Giuliani, Democrats, Giuliani Abortion, Abortion Rights, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

America is much more ambivalent and conflicted over moral issues---such as abortion---than the one-size-fits-all Democratic Party presidential candidates want to admit.

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Enough Spin Already: Bush and Cheney Lied, Iran Didn't

Tony Hendra | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Impeachment, Tehran, Cheney, Nancy Pelosi, New York Times, Nie, Israeli Intelligence, Bush, Nukes, Nie Iran Report, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News
Tony Hendra

No one seems willing to grasp a very large nettle: the axis of evil that has this great nation in its paws, has been lying about Iran at least since August and probably far longer.

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Neocons Attack U.S. Iran Report As "Intelligence Scam"

New York Times | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Nie Report, Bush Administration Spin, Bush Administration Iran, War With Iran, National Intelligence Estimate, George W. Bush, Neoconservatives Iran, New York Times, Neoconservatives, Iran Nuclear Program, President Bush, Nie Iran Report, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News

The National Intelligence Estimate released on Monday resounded with the authority of 16 American spy agencies in agreement that Iran halted its nucle...

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NYTimes Fails To Examine Mitt's Record

Zephyr Teachout | Posted 12.02.2007 | Home

Read More: New York Times, Horse Race, Mitt Romney, Huffington Post's OffTheBus, Huffington Post Offthebus, Political Journalism, Campaign Coverage, Campaign Coverage Faults, 2008 Election, Home News
Zephyr Teachout

If a citizen chose to use the New York Times as its source for learning about whether or not to support Governor Romney, she would be disappointed.

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NYT: Rudy's Frequent New York Statistics Are "Just Plain Wrong"

New York Times | MIchael Cooper | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: New York Times, Republican Primary, Statistics, Rudy Giuliani, Crime, 2008 Election, New York City, Lying With Statistics, Politics News

In almost every appearance as he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, Rudolph W. Giuliani cites a fusillade of statistics and facts t...

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New York Times Announces First Newsroom Layoffs "In Recent History," Enforces Hiring Freeze

New York Observer | John Koblin | Posted 11.28.2007 | Media

Read More: NYT Job Cuts, New York Times, New York Times Hiring Freeze, New York Times Newsroom Cuts, New York Times Job Cuts, Media News

Bill Keller announced moments ago in a memo that there will be layoffs at The New York Times. He wrote that it will not affect reporters, but a hiring...

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What's That Sound? Why It's the Further Lowering of the Bar on Iraq

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Long Hard Slog, Ryan Crocker, Iraq Spin, Iraq Surge Results, Success of the Surge, Iraq Surge, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, New York Times, War in Iraq, Lowering of Expectations for Iraq, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

Instead of actual political progress the new goal in Iraq is convincing everyone political progress is being made. Read More Fear of Faith Without faith in a higher order and the existence of something outside ourselves and our everyday lives, life can become emotionally unbearable and filled with fear. Read More Karl Rove's Shameless, Remorseless, Soulless Attempt to Rewrite History Rove now claims that the White House had been "opposed" to holding the Iraq war vote just prior to the 2002 elections because "we thought it made it too political." Too political? For Karl Rove? That's like saying something was too bloody for Count Dracula. Read More

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Media Complicit in "Shopapocalyse" as Consumers Go Wild

Danny Schechter | Posted 11.23.2007 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Holiday Shopping, Boston Globe, Bill Bowles, Lone Ranger, Media News
Danny Schechter

The Holiday Shopping Season Will Not Deter A "Severe Recession" To Come BOSTON MA November 24 2007: You could almost run that old Lone Ranger theme -...

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Thanksgiving 2007: The American Predicament

Jon Robin Baitz | Posted 11.21.2007 | Home

Read More: Giving Thanks, Thanksgiving, Mad Men, No Child Left Behind, George Bush, Sidney Lumet, Marian Wright Edelman, Christopher Hitchens, New York Times, Warren Buffett, Michel De Montaigne, Keith Olbermann, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Children's Defense Fund, Walter Reed, Home News
Jon Robin Baitz

May this, our most convivial of national holidays, be marked not just by casual gratitude for our good fortune, and by tryptophan-induced fugue-states, but also by actions that will shore up The American Experiment.

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Why Does Fox News Hate Our Troops?

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.21.2007 | Media

Read More: Washington Times, New York Newsday, Lt. Michael Murphy, Brent Bozell, Liberal Media Bias, Media Research Center, John Gibson, Media Criticism, Fox News, New York Times, Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, Bill O'Reilly, NBC Nightly News, Media News
Eric Boehlert

Why did O'Reilly refuse to report on the heroic, fallen soldier who gave his life in Iraq and was posthumously awarded the national highest combat award, the Medal of Honor?

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Just for the Record

Jan Herman | Posted 11.20.2007 | Media

Read More: New York Times Book Review, New York Times Corrections, New York Times, Media News
Jan Herman

If the New York Times Book Review had contacted me, I would have told them my correction was incomplete.

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The New York Times Wins the Alfred E. Neuman Award For Its OPEC Coverage

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.19.2007 | Business

Read More: Alfred E. Neuman, Uae, Opec, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh OPEC Meeting, Nytimes, New York Times Oil Reporting, New York Times, New York Times Oil, New York Times OPEC Reporting, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

For the Times one would have expected professional pride if not professional responsibility to inform its readership.

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The Narrative Narrative

Marty Kaplan | Posted 11.18.2007 | Media

Read More: Peggy Noonan, Campaigns, Amy Goodman, CNN Debate, Media Coverage of the War, Barack Obama, Campbell Brown, Mainstream Media, Media Consolidation, Cnn, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Big Media, John Edwards, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Campaigning, Wolf Blitzer, Media Bias, Marty Kaplan, Bill Moyers, Cnn Democratic Debate, Media News
Marty Kaplan

In the postmodern funhouse that imprisons prestige media, the job isn't to cover events, but rather to reveal their theatricality; the trick isn't to find truth, but to disclose "framing."

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Reagan, Neshoba, and the War on Terror

Aaron Belkin | Posted 11.17.2007 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Jerry Falwell, New York Times, Ronald Reagan, Politics News
Aaron Belkin

After the next terrorist attack, it will become highly tempting to look for witches. If we can't bring out the best in ourselves now, what chance will we have when circumstances get worse?

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MoDo's Inconsistent Mojo

Melissa Kirsch | Posted 11.15.2007 | Media

Read More: New York Times Op Ed, New York Times Women, Dating Smart Women, Feminist, New York Times, Maureen Dowd, Smart Women, Maureen Dowd Feminism, Intelligent Women, Maureen Dowd Hillary Clinton, Feminism, Women Opinion Makers, Hillary Flight Attendant, Media News
Melissa Kirsch

Does Dowd have a "duty" as the only female NYT op-ed columnist to deliver N.O.W.-approved opinions?

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