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Is the Media's ADD Hurting Our Country?

Abby Huntsman | Posted 05.13.2012

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Abby Huntsman

So, here we are: a world of commentators, Tweeters, bloggers, and citizens with one of the most powerful tools developed in the history of mankind (the Internet) at our fingertips, literally, but how do we plan to use it? And, what is our collective responsibility?

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C-SPAN Is America

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.21.2012

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Brent Budowsky

While our politics have become a shouting match of pander and slander, name-calling and talking points, celebrity media and instant misanalysis, C-SPAN shines as an exemplar of what a free press in a free nation should be.

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Footnote, Bob Ryan and News' Need for Speed

Danny Groner | Posted 04.18.2012

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Danny Groner

The landscape has definitely shifted in sportswriting, and probably in newsgathering overall. As some writers have adjusted to the new rules, requirements and technology, others have resisted the evolution.

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How Obama Can Win Big

Brent Budowsky | Posted 03.27.2012

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Brent Budowsky

While President Obama lifts his presidency to champion the cause of jobs that are made in the USA, his Republican opponents stake their plans for powe...

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On Brain Blur

Marian Salzman | Posted 12.07.2011

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Marian Salzman

The pace at which we work now is beyond warp speed, and the window in which to look ahead for PR -- and all disciplines -- is closing so fast that many of us are finding ourselves with fingers caught in the frame.

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Bachmann Denies Picking Descartes as Running Mate

Mark Steinberg | Posted 11.25.2011

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Mark Steinberg

"Rene won't say anything until he can prove it, meaning that he'll pretty much always miss the news cycle. Let me tell you, if I had waited until I had facts to support everything I've said I'd never be where I am today."

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The Biggest Crime in the Anthony Weiner Scandal

Bob Cesca | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Social Media, Anthony Weiner, The Press, Twitter, Rush Limbaugh, Paddy Chayefsky, The Media, Rep. Anthony Weiner, News Cycle, Media News
Bob Cesca

The worst non-crime crime committed by Anthony Weiner is that he's successfully fed a dangerous Mobius Loop involving the news media and those of us who consume its mostly nonsensical content.

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There Is Good News -- If You Look For It

Mike Robbins | Posted 11.17.2011

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Mike Robbins

If we pay much attention to the media, it's easy to get the impression that life is really scary, dangerous, and there are lots of terrible things happening all over the place.

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"Not a Big Fan of TV": Is an Organic Information Revolution on the Horizon?

Schuyler Brown | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Media Diets, Social Media, Television, News Cycle, Media, Information Overload, Information Technology, Healthy Living News
Schuyler Brown

I've been noticing a trend in conversations with consumers. There's a growing awareness that our media diets are killing us, and an accompanying resistance to do anything about it.

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Get Your War On: Dominating the News Cycle (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Get Your War On guys have an honest and frank discussion about the role of media in our lives. ...

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Amusing Ourselves to Death -- How to Waste Our Last (Obama) Chance

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frank Schaeffer

President Obama is a serious man trying to rescue a frivolous trivialized nation with the attention span of an inebriated jellyfish.

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Friday Talking Points [53] -- Why McCain Is Losing, And Why Democrats Shouldn't Say So

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

John McCain is losing the race for the White House. Now, this doesn't mean he has already lost it -- we've still got to go vote, after all. I'll cov...

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Media Miss Crucial Election Speech On Global Poverty

Steve Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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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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The Outrage Campaign

John McQuaid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mainstream Media, News Cycle, John McCain, Media, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Media News
John McQuaid

The McCain campaign is violating what were considered immutable political laws, and it amounts to a giant and risky bet that those laws are no longer operative.

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Cable TV Should Be Ashamed

Rusty Russell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rusty Russell

Cable TV fails to do its job: report on and analyze the candidates' policies. It's like they think we only care about lipstick. Viewers are left completely unaware of dozens of serious issues that dramatically impact enormous swaths of the population.

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Bittergate's Wobbly Legs: Signs of Media Evolution?

John K. Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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John K. Wilson

Obama's bounce in the polls this week is more than a mere candidate "surge." It's a repudiation of the nattering nabob media which imagined clumsy wording could send his campaign into a glorious tailspin.

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