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CNN Drops Dobbs: To All Those Who Joined Us in the Drop Dobbs Campaign

Janet Murguía | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Lou Dobbs's, Intolerance, Crime, Vigilantes, American, Immigrants, Fair, Resignation, Drop Dobbs, Biased Coverage, Fired-From-Cnn, Distortions, Media Matters, Falsehoods, Latino, Misrepresentations, Disease, Inaccurate, Hate Groups, Pejorative, Nativists, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Immigration Debate, Media News
Janet Murguía

Yesterday's resignation came after thousands of people and organizations pressured CNN to stop Dobbs's biased coverage of our community and the immigration debate.

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Vigilante Justice Spreads Across Mexico

Global Post | Ioan Grillo | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: El Universal, Vigilante, Mexico City, Mexico Drug War, Tepic, Nayarit, Vigilantes, Mexico, Mexico Drug Wars, Mexico City-Mexico, Gun Law, Vigilante Mexico, Mexico Vigilante, World News

By Ioan Grillo MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- The five teenage boys slump against the wall of a dark house and eye the camcorder nervously. Suddenly, a fis...

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Who Is Pressing The Pressmen?

Emily Bracken | Posted 04.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Journalists, The Press, Politicians, Fourth-Branch-of-Government, Cnbc, Media Coverage, Comedy Writing, Vigilantes, Jon Stewart Jim Cramer, Media, Press, The Daily Show, Journalism, Edward R. Murrow, Jim Cramer, Checks and Balances, Comedians, Irony, Jon Stewart, Satire, Daily Show CNBC, Political Satire, Ombudsman, Media News, Idealism, Humor and Satire, Jim Cramer Daily Show, Comedy News
Emily Bracken

Humorists and comedians are a curious bunch. Quixotic by nature, they want so desperately to live in a world of decency, fairness and goodness, and in Stewart's case, in a world where the media grew some cajones.

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Send Us Your Questions About Post-Katrina Vigilante Violence

ProPublica | Posted 02.07.2009 | Home

Read More: New Orleans, Vigilantes, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Katrina, Home News
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The Nation magazine/Institute/ProPublica probe of violence in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has sparked intense discussions on a slew of blogs a...

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Shearer's Strange Broadside

Ben Wyskida | Posted 01.25.2009 | Media

Read More: New Orleans, Vigilantes, The Nation, Hurricane Katrina, Civil Rights, Harry Shearer on New Orleans, Harry Shearer, Media News
Ben Wyskida

Harry Shearer's main criticism of The Nation's investigation into Katrina's hidden race war is that it wasn't something else. He attacked us for writing an expose about race, violence and police brutality in New Orleans and not on his preferred subject.

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A Purely Fictional Scenario

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election, Voting Irregularities, Vigilantes, John McCain, Republicans, Voting Problems, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Busloads of white guys descend and disrupt the voting process just like Tom DeLay's polo-shirted thugs did in 2000 when they bullied the hapless volunteers who were trying to recount the votes Florida.

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