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Media Mud Pies: CNN's Embarrassing Response to Fox

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

Read More: War on Afghanistan, First Amendment, President Obama, Teabaggers, Chicago, Progressives, Phil Donahue, 9/11, Peace, America, Journalism, Msnbc, Infrastructure, Social Media, Corporate Media, Washington Post, State Senator Obama, Rick Sanchez, Fox, War on Iraq, Jessie Jackson, Washington DC, Netherlands, Barack Obama, Fourth Estate, Afghanistan War, Anti-War, Fox News, Cnn, 9/12, Saddam Hussein, Military Industrial Complex, Tv, Protests, Iraq War, Conservative Right, Glenn Beck, Conservatives, Spain, Media News
Linda Milazzo

In response to Fox's childish and embarrassing ad in the Washington Post that challenged competitors' coverage of the 9/12 teabaggers, CNN is airing this equally chilidish and embarrassing ad.

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Bill O'Reilly-Keith Olbermann Feud Ends with a Corporate Handshake?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Countdown, General Electric, Ge, Ronald Reagan, Phil Donahue, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Hudson River, Pcbs, Keith Olbermann, Roger Ailes, Propaganda, Jeffrey Immelt, Willie Horton, Msnbc, Fox News, O'Reilly-Olbermann Rivalry, O'Reilly-Olbermann Feud, Journalism, George H.W. Bush, Rupert Murdoch, Republican Talking Points, News Corporation, Republican Party, Republican Strategist Ailes, Bill O'Reilly, Fox, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt, Media News
Joseph A. Palermo

Corporate honchos at GE and News Corp making back-room editorial decisions for the "news" subsidiaries they control? I can't help but think it might not be the best thing for the integrity of journalism.

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How Recent Documentary Films May Have Paved the Way to Embrace the Figure of Barack Obama

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dalton Trumbo, Fta, Ellen Spiro, Theater of War, Zana Briski, Trauma, War, Francine Parker, Susan Sontag, Phil Donahue, Jane Fonda, Fog of War, Spike Lee, Documentaries, Bertolt Brecht, Invasion of Iraq, Body of War, Politics, Ross Kauffman, Michael Moore Fahrenheit 9/11, Tomas Young, Vietnam War, Lila Lipscomb, Errol Morris, The Congressional Black Caucus, Heddy Honigmann, John Walter, Presidential Elections, Entertainment News
Penelope Andrew

To look at the escalating popularity of the documentary film is to enter an interesting, complicated, and collectively psychoanalytic exploration of the role of desire and dreams in a time of mass confusion.

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Leila Hadley Luce: The Last of the Great Luces?

Jim Luce | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Sutton Place, Silliman University, Leila Hadley Luce, Tunghai University, Central Philippine University, Yonsei University, Diplomat Magazine, Tibet, Phil Donahue, Francine Douwes Whitney, Henry Luce of England, Fundamentalists Anonymous, Betsy Gotbaum, Marilyn Bridges, Society of Women Geographers., Tammy Grimes, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Dr. Steven Soter, Henry R. Luce Hall, Gloria Starr Kins, Rupert Murdoch, Arthur T. Hadley II, The Luce Memorial Chapel, Simon & Shuster, Rubin Museum of Art, Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Saturday Evening Post, Tibet House, Gertrude Vanderbilt, Dalai Lama, Payap University, I.M. Pei, U.S. Naval Academy, Betsy Von Furstenberg, Michelle Ehrlich, Wings World Quest, Stephen Bleecker Luce, Henry Luce III, Liz Smith, College of Wooster, Henry Winters Luce, Give Me the World, Ira Gitler, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Orphans International Worldwide, Satya Wacana University, Martha's Vineyard, Time-Life, Clare Boothe Luce, Leila Hadley, Leila-Hadley-Luce, Leila Luce, Careers, World News
Jim Luce

Leila Hadley Luce was brutally honest. She was stunningly beautiful. And she had enough money to do what she wished with her life.

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My alternative Top 10

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Standard Operating Procedure, CSNY: Deja Vu, Phil Donahue, Alex Gibney, Errol Morris, I've Loved You So Long, Neil Young, Body of War, Movies, Taxi to the Dark Side, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

When I assembled my 10-best films of the year, I did so with an eye on mainstream films. The year was so strong in that regard that it was still diffi...

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Body of War: An Interview with Phil Donahue

Brad Listi | Posted 12.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ellen Spiro, Brad Listi, Tomas Young, Phil Donahue, Iraq War, Robert Byrd, Body of War, Iraq War Resolution, Movies, Entertainment News
Brad Listi

Unflinching in its patriotism, Body of War insists on showing us the human costs of Iraq -- a side of the war that most of us never see.

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Ron Kovic and Tomas Young

Ellen Spiro | Posted 12.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Iraq, Phil Donahue, Body of War, Eddie Vedder, Ellen Spiro, Ron Kovic, Tomas Young, Born on the Fourth of July, Entertainment News
Ellen Spiro

After the credits, Kovic wheeled to the front of the theatre and gave a spontaneous speech. It was one of those documentary moments that live forever.

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The Whistleblower Who Tried to Prevent the Iraq War

Norman Solomon | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War, Government Communications Headquarters, Conscience, Phil Donahue, United Nations, Iraq War, National Security Agency, New York Times, Iraq, Katharine Gun, Politics News
Norman Solomon

A new book, The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War explains in personal, political and historic terms what Katharine Gun did.

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Master Media Manipulations and the Art of War(-selling)

Rachel Haimowitz | Posted 06.13.2008 | Media

Read More: George Bush, Scott Mcclellan, Phil Donahue, Propaganda, Freedom of Information Act, Valerie Plame, Media, Barack Obama 2008, Listening Post, Bush Administration, Katie Couric, Anna Nicole Smith, Iraq War, Armstrong Williams, Al Jazeera, Keith Olbermann, Ashleigh Banfield, Media News
Rachel Haimowitz

Tthe story of Obama's victory has and will continue to drown out all the other recent news. And boy, was there some big news made by Scott McClellan this week.

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Military Propaganda Pushed Me Off TV

Jeff Cohen | Posted 05.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Pentagon, Abc, Scott Ritter, Phil Donahue, Ramsey Clark, Nbc, Fox, Cbs, Eason Jordan, Pentagon Propaganda, Barry McCaffrey, Frank Sesno, Msnbc, Iraq War, Pentagon Analysts, Cnn, Media News
Jeff Cohen

The major TV networks were not hoodwinked by a Pentagon propaganda scheme. No government agency forced MSNBC to repeatedly feature the hawkish generals unopposed.

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It's a Boy!

Bruce Kluger & David Slavin | Posted 05.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Video, Phil Donahue, Tim Foley, Mel Brooks, AlterNet Books, Keith Olbermann, Lewis Black, David Slavin, Arianna Huffington, Bruce Kluger, Young Dick Cheney: Great American, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Bruce Kluger & David Slavin

When a right-wing apologist-blowhard like Jonah Goldberg starts trashing our book five weeks before its release, you know we've hit a nerve.

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My Conversation with Phil Donahue on Body of War

Tavis Smiley | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Veterans, Iraq, Body of War, Phil Donahue Documentary, Veterans, Phil Donahue, Politics News
Tavis Smiley

2008-04-24-donahue_tavis.jpgDonahue's new film tells the story of a U.S. soldier severely wounded in Iraq and the difficult journey he's navigated following the attack.

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Phil Donahue-Backed Anti-War Film Debuts At Toronto Film Fest

Reuters Canada | Ka Yan Ng | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Iraq War, Body of War, Phil Donahue, Home News

Sign up for the army, but know you could come home in a wheelchair. That was the hard lesson for Iraq war veteran Tomas Young, whose experience is det...

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