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Building a Green Economy

Adele Stan | Posted 05.25.2011

We all say we want to go green, but do we all see the same kinds of change when we imagine an eco-friendly economy? In Denver, Colo., Tom Plant, dire...

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Are We Suffering from a Climate Change Information Overload?

Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mainstream Media, Climate Change, News, Green News

The main problem with climate change coverage, as far as I can tell, has much more to do with the sheer quality of it, rather than the quantity.

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Friday Talking Points [41] -- The Silly Season

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have a confession to make. I actually watch the network news. Maybe I should enter into a twelve-step program or something. But I don't watch the ...

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Reading The Pictures: A Crude Salute

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Flag Pin, John McCain, Melanoma, Cindy McCain, Drilling, Campaign, NAVY Hat, News, Oil Well, USMC Pin, Oil Derrick, McCain Oil, Media News

Conservatives obviously don't get the irony of having their presidential nominee and wife billboarding militarism while standing next to an oil derrick.

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Pessimism: I'll Drink to That!

Steve Wasik | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Conference Board, which has tracked Americans mood swings since 1967, released figures showing that consumer confidence has reached an all time low. Sobering, but in light of the latest media coverage, hardly surprising news.

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The Hole Truth

Kate Sheppard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Climate, Carbon Sequestration, Environment, Muckraker, Climate Change, News, US Epa, Green News

The EPA proposes new regulations for injecting carbon into the ground.

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Tom Brokaw, You're No Tim Russert

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

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Please NBC, let Brokaw resume his status as elder statesmen and reminder to us all of a generation of newsmen who seemed to think that they were better and smarter than their viewers.

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It's Official: HuffPost Is Fastest Growing News Site in America!

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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The new numbers are out from Nielsen Online and now there can be no doubt: The Huffington Post is currently the fastest growing major news site in the U.S.

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Barack Obama: "Black" Or "Biracial"?

BlackAndBrownNews | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is discussion now taking place between mostly white editors and producers in newsrooms on how to identify Senator Barack Obama now that he is the Democratic nominee.

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Newshunt: The Media And McCain

NewsTrust | Posted 05.25.2011

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media attention is starting to focus on McCain's divergence from his image as a reformer. Our top-rated mainstream media piece, McCain Campaign Calls; A Nonprofit Steps In by the Washington Post's Robert O'Harrow Jr., looks at how McCain's top veteran affairs advisor also serves on the board of directors for Citizens Against Government Waste

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Bittergate's Wobbly Legs: Signs of Media Evolution?

John K. Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Bill Richardson Explains Why The Other Superdelegates Should Vote With Their States

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

When asked by CNN's John Roberts why, if he advocated superdelegates voting with their constituents, was he backing Obama, Richardson claimed Roberts was getting "technical."

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The Other Bill

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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This is almost like an exhalation, a tension break: about two former opponents who always liked each other now coming together out of a common hope and dream.

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Keith Olbermann Blogs About '08 Election On DailyKos

DailyKos | Keith Olbermann | Posted 05.25.2011

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[This is legit -- kos] Yeah, it's me. Hi. Sure has taken me long enough. But, as you may know, I am the shy, retiring type: Hesitant t...

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