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As the Media Changes, So Does My El Commute

Greg Boose | Posted 10.07.2008 | Chicago

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Greg Boose

My morning Brown Line commute has evolved over this past year, and it's not only because I'm now getting on at the Francisco stop rather than squeezing on at Southport.

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A Children's Story: NPR, NY Times and the Media fail to Explain Fannie/Freddie Debacle

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 09.12.2008 | Media

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Yvette Kantrow

So what, dear reader, does the federal bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mean for you? That was the question the media was burdened with answering...

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'Wait, Wait' . . . I'm a TV Show?

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rosenthal | Posted 09.09.2008 | Chicago

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"Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me," the popular NPR quiz show produced out of Chicago, is trying its hands at a TV version, Phil Rosenthal reports in th...

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Rain Or Shine: Catch 'Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!' At Millennium Park

Time Out Chicago | Posted 09.04.2008 | Chicago

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Tonight's installment of NPR's comical weekly news quiz show is a rare one, indeed: Host Peter Sagal, scorekeeper Carl Kasell and their rotating roste...

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Eyes on the Pride

Dick Meyer | Posted 08.28.2008 | Politics

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Dick Meyer

The Democratic Party, as assembled and packaged at its national convention, does not seem especially proud that it is about to become the first major ...

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McCain Campaign Strategy Working: Media Reporting "No Difference" on Global Warming

A. Siegel | Posted 08.20.2008 | Media

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A. Siegel

There are fundamental differences between McCain's and Obama's positions and fundamental differences about the prospects for the future between President McSame and President Obama.

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Obama Nation An Abomination

Paul Peete | Posted 08.15.2008 | Home

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Paul Peete

Corsi's New York Times bestseller status is mentioned like some imprimatur to the book's veracity rather than introducing his book as the right wing tactic, Swiftboating.

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NPR Misses Real Story, Plants Wrong Seeds

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 08.11.2008 | Green

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Frances Moore Lappe

NPR chose to reinforce the myth that the only hope for poor rural people is dependency on concentrated economic power when, all over the world, poor farmers are discovering their own power.

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Two MS patients, one English, one American: Which One was Driven to Cut up his Pills, Lost his Home, and Went Bankrupt?

Harold Pollack | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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Harold Pollack

Explain to me again slowly why we spend twice as much for healthcare as the British do, yet we still disparage their "socialized medicine" based on stereotyped images from decades ago?

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NPR to Non-Old People: Thanks, But No Thanks

Daniel Holloway | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media

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Daniel Holloway

NPR has no use for poor, debt-ravaged kids maxing out their credit cards to buy iPhones. At least it doesn't think it does.

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'NYT' Puff Piece on Rush Limbaugh Slammed by NPR, Others

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.08.2008 | Media

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Greg Mitchell

Eric Boehlert at Media Matters, ripped the Times today for "duping" its readers by assigning a conservative staffer, Zev Chafets, to write the piece without informing its readers of this "alliance."

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Sexuality From A Can

Joyce McFadden | Posted 06.30.2008 | Living

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Joyce McFadden

I'm disheartened by the ridiculous quality of music now, and the dulling influence it has on us, especially our kids. These visual and auditory messages don't even convey what they intend, they're not sexy or sexual, erotic or arousing; they're laughable and they provide us with nothing.

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If You've Been Raped, Please Consider Reading This

Joyce McFadden | Posted 05.27.2008 | Living

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Joyce McFadden

Reporter Joanna Connors talks about living with having been raped over 20 years ago on NPR. I encourage you to listen to her interview, which includes callers' stories.

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The Military Analyst Scandal Dies -- Even on NPR?

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.08.2008 | Media

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Harry Shearer

Maybe we're not surprised anymore when hidden motives paraded before us are ignored by the corporate media. Have we also moved beyond public radio being held to a higher standard?

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May Day! May Day! Hijackings of the 4th Estate

Paige Donner | Posted 05.07.2008 | Media

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Paige Donner

The title of this piece, Hijackings of the 4th Estate, is purposefully provocative. For any journalist, Blogger or otherwise muckraker laboring in ser...

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Obama's Clarifying Win: The Fly on the Wall Is the Wall

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

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Norman Solomon

In North Carolina and Indiana, voters had more votes than all the pundits did. Pundits lost. Voters came out ahead. So did Obama. And so did the body politic.

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Anyone Want a Few Million More Votes?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

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Bella DePaulo

Single voters play favorites, their favorites are Democrats, and there are about 92 million of them eligible to vote.

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Upstart Radio Program Looks To Challenge NPR's "Morning Edition"

New York Times | OE NOCERA | Posted 05.03.2008 | Media

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Just before 6 a.m. on Tuesday, in a spacious but dilapidated studio belonging to WNYC in New York, a veteran public radio broadcaster named John Hocke...

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A Paroxysm of Voterly Rage

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Dorchen

I apologize for the following. It was written in anger brought on by listening to All Things Considered for three whole minutes, a mistake I shall no...

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On Leaving The Tom Joyner Show

Tavis Smiley | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

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Tavis Smiley

I had no idea that my dear friend Tom Joyner was going to share with you Friday morning what we had just discussed barely 12 hours earlier Thursday evening.

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April is Earth Month -- Mother Earth, Motherhood -- The Holiest of Holies

Paige Donner | Posted 04.14.2008 | Living

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Paige Donner

The month of April is a celebration of Earth. What is more synonymous with Earth than Mother? And yet, just as we are recognizing the serious conseq...

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Myth: Americans Tuned Out Iraq Fact: The Press Tuned Out Iraq

Eric Boehlert | Posted 04.03.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

In the wake of disturbing new violence in Baghdad, it's important to understand that American news consumers did not walk away from Iraq. The press did.

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You're Listening to NPR: National Pentagon Radio

Norman Solomon | Posted 03.27.2008 | Media

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Norman Solomon

When it comes to politics and war, the range of perspectives on National Public Radio isn't any wider than what we encounter on the avowedly commercial networks.

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Bush bashes PBS (again), and The New York Times helps

Eric Boehlert | Posted 03.19.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

I understand why Bush takes cheap shots at PBS. But what's The New York Times' excuse?

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Ken Stern, NPR CEO, Steps Down After Clash With Board

AP | Posted 03.06.2008 | Media

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WASHINGTON — National Public Radio's chief executive is stepping down, the network's board of directors announced Thursday. Ken Stern, who spen...

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