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I'm Proud to Kill the News

Michael Wolff | Posted 09.20.2009 | Media

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The Guardian in London ran a piece Tuesday by my friend Ed Pilkington, the paper's correspondent in New York, about the financial woes of the photogra...

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When the Coming Attractions are the Main Attraction

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Et, Previews, I Am Legend, Star Wars Episode One the Phantom Menace, Batman Returns, The Lost World, Two Towers, Scott Mendelson, Teasers, Godzilla, Men in Black, Hook, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Coming Attractions, Movies, Trailers, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Fellowship of the Ring, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Lion King, Forrest Gump, Return of the King, Terminator 2, Avatar, Rugrats the Movie, Tim Burton, Batman, Jurassic Park, The Dark Knight, Thirteen Days, Enemy of the State, Batman Begins, The Siege, News, Entertainment News

With the Internet, it is no longer necessary to go to a theater to see the must-see coming attraction, and I genuinely miss the days when I would watch Entertainment Tonight hoping for a sneak peak at a major preview.

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The Uninsured Has a Black Face -- White Ambivalence Is Obama's Struggle

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hate Mongers, President Obama, News, African American President, Hateful Acts, White Ambivalence, Obama, White Privilege, Hate Crimes, Racists, Hate Groups, Rosa Parks, John Dovidio, Liberal Racism, Great White Hope, African Americans, Post Racial Society, Politics, Right Wing, Blacks, Barack Obama, Reparations, Breaking News, Yale, Racism, Race, Healthcare Reform, Functional Racism, Whites, Prof. Dovidio, Health Care, Dr. John Dovidio, Hate, Dovidio, Politics News

Yale professor, John Dovidio, does not feel the ongoing protests, name calling and Hitler labels by white protesters are hate, but a fight by whites struggling to defend and maintain their position and status.

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The Second Trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon (With Helpful Narration)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Teaser, Trailer, Reviews, Scott Mendelson, New Moon, Twilight, Preview, News, Movies, Entertainment News

I love the fact that someone in the studio chain thought that Taylor Lautner had to literally explain the character arcs in the trailer for the the second Twilight picture, New Moon.

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Obama "Extraordinarily Relieved" At Safe Return Of Laura Ling, Euna Lee (VIDEO)

Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

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President Obama said he is "extraordinarily relieved" at the news that U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee have safely returned to the country af...

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Freed Journalists Home In US After NKorea Pardon (SLIDESHOW)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 09.04.2009 | World

BURBANK, Calif. -- Two American journalists jubilantly reunited with family and friends early Wednesday upon returning to the United States with form...

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New Site Serves Up News Women Want

Terry Gardner | Posted 09.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Fashion, Style, Women, News, Sex, Ladies' Choice, Newsmakers, Celebrity Gossip, Smaknews, Twitter, Women in Business, Beauty Industry, Media News

SmakNews combines some features of several popular social media sites to provide a destination where women can share interesting links, create original blog posts and more.

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Gawking at the Washington Post

Hugh McGuire | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Britannica, Wikipedia, Blogs, Newspapers, Content, Gawker, Ian Shapira, Bloggers, Anne Loehr, Hamilton Nolan, Death of Newspapers, Media, Washington-Post, News, Blogging, Media News

The problem with Gawker blogging about a Washington Post story isn't bloggers "stealing" stories. The problem is measuring the value of content.

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Happy Inauguration Day, Dr. Ahmadinejad: Don't Count on Success

Jamsheed K. Choksy | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: News, Hamas, Hezbollah, World News, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Middle East, Iran Diplomacy, Iran Elections, Iran News, World News

Next week Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term in office as Iran's president. He faces a hornets' nest.

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Harry Potter and the Future of Day-and-Date Simultaneous IMAX/35mm Releases

Scott Mendelson | Posted 08.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Imax, Polar Express, News, Scott Mendelson, Movies, Warner Bros, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Entertainment News

If Harry Potter sees a substantial bump in box office this weekend, could this be the end of same day 35mm/IMAX releases?

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Beyond Towering Babble: Good Schools, Real News

Mort Rosenblum | Posted 08.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Education, Journalism, War, Foreign Policy, Media, Journalism School, News, Newspaper Industry, Media News

The operative part of newspaper is news. If changing tastes prefer something different, why not? But online-only options are not ready, and TV hardly takes up the slack.

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The Spurn Of The Native

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

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Did you catch Liz Cheney on Larry live?/Allowing the birthers' claims to thrive/Carville, quite exasperated on Mr. King/Telling us this is, indeed, a very "nutty thing".

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Three Updates and an Addendum

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Walter Cronkite, Al-Shabab, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, United Nations, Donald Rumsfeld, Somalia, Ieds, News, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, T. Michael Moseley, Al Qaeda, Media News

Every time Dan Rather was on camera, there was an elephant in the room --there is no question that it was Dan Rather who pushed Walter Cronkite out at least a year before he wanted to go.

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Twitter Revolution or Iranian Evolution?

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Elections, Iran, Microsoft, Reporters-Uncensored, Tala Dowlatshahi, Twitter, United4iran.Org, International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Technology, News, Facebook, International, Nedamyrights, World News

Parsi admits all forms of social networking tools remain critical to documenting injustices inside Iran, but some, he believes, were not as competitive as Facebook and SMS.

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July 20, 2009, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: News, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News

Wise Latina woman wise enough not to crack wise at silly questions.

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The Sports Show (VIDEO)

UCB Comedy | Posted 08.17.2009 | Comedy

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Your #1 source for sports information!

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A Higher Calling, Indeed

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 08.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michelle Schweiger Schecter, Gop, Karl Rove, John McCain, Poetry, Bobby Jindal, News, Politics, Judith Guiliani, Mitt Romney, Bristol Palin, Joy Behar, Shannyn Moore, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Resignation, Comedy, Rhymesq., Sean Parnell, Pawlenty, Jon Stewart, Todd Palin, Katie Couric, Liz Trotta, Republicans, Tina Fey, Rick Sanchez, Bill Maher, David Letterman, Wasilla, Rudy Guiliani, Politics News

Clearly other options she is looking to explore/Maybe she'll join Bristol on her abstinence tour/Or take a class in geography/Then tell us what other places she can see.

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Buying, Selling and Producing Mind Numbing News

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media

Read More: US Foreign Plicy, Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post, Free Press, News, US Policy, Media News

Neither September 11th or the worst economic downturn in history has managed to snap people out of their dreamlike delusions of why we should continue the quest to mediocrity.

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Ode to Our Elected Officials

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 08.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Jim McGreevey, Bill Clinton, Gop, Maria Belen Chapur, John Ensign, Poetry, Hypocrisy, Monica Lewinsky, News, Politics, John Edwards, Political Scandals, Larry Craig, Sanford, Marital Infidelity, Eliot Spitzer, Sarah Palin, Comedy News

Last week's headline was quite salacious. "Gov. With Latina Quite Curvaceous" Guess he found someplace finer than his home state of South Carolina.

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Georgia State University Stands Behind a Professor Who Discriminated Against An Arab and Muslim Woman

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Institution of Higher Learning, News, Mary Stuckey, Big News, Workplace Discrimination, Terrorist, Higher Education, Georgia State University, Slma Shelbayah, Middle East Institute of Georgia State University, Arabs, Anti-Arab, Dr. Mary Stuckey, College, Discrimination, Bomb in Hijab, President Mark P. Becker and Slma Shelbayah, Bomb, Islam, Anti Muslim, Hijab, Holy Quaran, Politics, Dr. Mary Stuckey Racist Remarks, President Mark P. Becker, Dona Stewart, Rhetoric of Hatred, Racism, Dr. Mary Stuckey Anti Arab Remarks, Muslims, Arab, Racial Profiling, Mary E. Stuckey, Tenured Professors, Terrorism, Gsu, Quaran, Shelbayah, Politics News

It seemed okay in 2008 for a University Professor to harass a Muslim student and get away with it.

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Transformers 2 barely beats Ice Age 3 while Public Enemies opens strong. The 4th of July, 2009 weekend box office in review.

Scott Mendelson | Posted 08.05.2009 | Entertainment

Due to the fact that the top two films (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) are literally tied at $42.5 million, I'm ignoring the rankings and just concentrating on the numbers.

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Rupert Murdoch: CNBC's On-Air Talent Not 'All That Good'

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.03.2009 | Media

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Rupert Murdoch spoke last week with TheStreet.com. In the interview the media tycoon denied interest in the New York Times, dissed Twitter, and dug i...

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Governor Sanford Needs an Intervention Before It's Too Late

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: King David, Religion, Governor Sanford, Mark Sanford, Marital Affairs, News, Politics, Governor Mark Sanford, Media, Lovey Govey, Infidelity, Sanford, Soap Opera, Jackie Collins, Young and the Restless, Adultery, Life Style, Marriage Infidelity, Affairs, Sin, Suicide, Life, Governor of South Carolina, Republican Party, Living, Sex Lies, Bathsheba, Politics News

Sanford needs more than just a few Republicans calling him up, and asking him to step down. He needs someone who can come and help save him from himself.

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Because Girls Only Go to Movies Like Transformers 2 For the Chick-Flick Elements in Them?

Scott Mendelson | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Star Wars Episode One the Phantom Menace, Politics, Sex and the City: The Movie, Scream, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, Sexism, Megan Fox, Shia LeBeouf, Twilight, David Germain, News, Movies, 300, Entertainment News

It's long since time to retire the sexist notion that women only go to movies that have "women's" issues or have "feminine-friendly" subplots.

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Iran, Schmam... The King is Dead

Jonathan Neil Schneider | Posted 07.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Msnbc, Iran, Michael Jackson, Fox, Cnn, Mr. Schneider Goes to Washington, News, Iran Election, Iran Protests, Michael Jackson Dies, Entertainment News