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McCain: Stop the "Hate Talk Express"

Karen Russell | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Karen Russell

We just don't have time and energy for the low road. There is just too much at stake.

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News Got You Down? Turn it Off Within Four Hours of Bedtime

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 09.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Stress, Stock Market, Anxiety, News, Health, Economy, Sleep, Election, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

Now that the Olympics are over, we are deluged with the old, depressing news again wrapped around the incessant coverage of the upcoming election. Bet...

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Former MN Senator Becky Lourey: Why Not Let Moral Principles Guide Governance?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Senator Becky Lourey, Ethics, Coleen Rowley, War, Oil, Morals, Iraq, Congressman John Murtha, Fox, News, Minnesota, Independent Media, Politics News
Georgianne Nienaber

Image: Coleen Rowley, Congressman John Murtha, Becky Lourey (2006 G. Nienaber) It was late September 2006 and Minnesota was in the throws of mid-ter...

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Dignity And Respect -- Except for Hillary

Jon Raymond | Posted 08.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Micelle, Hillary, John Stuart, Puma, Mccain, Clinton, Convention, Pumas, Obama, Media, Democrats, News, Barack Obama, Republicans, Hillary Clinton, Home News
Jon Raymond

The real reason voters might go over to McCain is the animosity coming from the Obama people, the people who idolize a leader who "treats people with dignity and respect," as Michelle Obama put it.

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Live from Denver: Assessing the Crazy Factor

Brad Listi | Posted 08.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Politics, Democratic National Convention, Protests, Caffeine, Dnc, Religious Right, Fatigue, Denver, News, Barack Obama, Home News
Brad Listi

DENVER, CO- Sitting in a Starbucks on the 16th Street Mall, humming with caffeine and adrenaline. Randomly, I ran into my old friend Davo from child...

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Building a Green Economy

Adele Stan | Posted 08.21.2008 | Green

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Adele Stan

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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Media Ownership for All: Citizen Journalism Grows Up

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 08.21.2008 | Media

Read More: 2.0, LA Times, Amnesty, Internet News, Stringers, Propaganda, Associated Press, Cbs, UN Alliance of Civilizations, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Cnn, Human Rights, Media Control, News, Jonathan Tepper, Turi Munthe, Independent Media, Witness, Mainstream Media, Demotix, Citizen Journalism, Telegraph, Nbc, Media News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Independent photojournalists, NGO workers and citizens are part of this important movement to take back the news from those who focus on profits.

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Are We Suffering from a Climate Change Information Overload?

Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 08.04.2008 | Green

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

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 08.01.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

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 07.30.2008 | Media

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
Michael Shaw

2008-07-30-mccain_cindy_oilderrick.jpg 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 07.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Newsweek, Mood Swings, Economy, Panic, Usweekly, News, The Daily Show, Sigg, Green News
Steve Wasik

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 07.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Politics, Climate, Carbon Sequestration, Environment, Muckraker, Climate Change, News, Us Epa, Green News
Kate Sheppard

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

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Recent News Translated

Doon Baqi | Posted 07.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Mike Myers, Verne Troyer, News, Al Qaeda, Media News
Doon Baqi

For all of you journalists who claim to be in the know -- Remember the film Karate Kid?

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Tom Brokaw, You're No Tim Russert

Mark Joseph | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Tom Brokaw, Walter Cronkite, Buffalo Bills, Luke Russert, Dan Rather, News, Brian Williams, Chris Matthews, Tim Russert, Meet the Press, Media News
Mark Joseph

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 06.19.2008 | Media

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Greg Mitchell

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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In Favor of Plan B, IUD's and the Freedom of Choice

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 06.18.2008 | Living

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Danielle Cavallucci

Why is it that Canadians have such an evolved take on sexuality and are so much less taboo driven and abstinence promoting?

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Barack Obama: "Black" Or "Biracial"?

BlackAndBrownNews | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home

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BlackAndBrownNews

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 06.04.2008 | Home

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NewsTrust

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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Welcome to The New World DisOrders -- They Are Legion

Carol Maric | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

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Carol Maric

If Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton can be relegated to the ranks of "Autism" these days, then The New World does seem perilously close to being upside down--as I have always suspected.

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That vs. Who: The Politics of Linguistics

Carol Maric | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

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Carol Maric

I Object! Or is that Subject? This was my first reaction to the common linguistic objectification of sentient beings which has become pervasive in America.

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The Big Picture

Andrew Arentowicz | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Media Conglomerates, Oil Prices, Gen X, Media, Future, Global Warming, News, Truth, Jeremiah Wright, Politics News
Andrew Arentowicz

I am worried about our future. I would normally be minding my own business, but I'm afraid not enough people understand what's happening in the world today.

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Worst Debate Ever? Demographics Anyone?

Joe Lauria | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Iran, Television, Abc, Debate, Entertainment, George Stephanopoulos, Charlie Gibson, Democracy, Iraq, News, Pennsylvania Debate, Paddy Chayefsky, ABC Debate, Media News
Joe Lauria

ABC's market research apparently showed that keeping questions to the level of flag pins and what your pastor thinks would draw and keep an audience tuned in. Hence, the worst debate ever.

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Bittergate's Wobbly Legs: Signs of Media Evolution?

John K. Wilson | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home

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John K. Wilson

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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Experienced Reporters Unwanted

Leslie Griffith | Posted 04.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Reporting, Reporters, Media, News, Political Journalism, Journalism, Local Journalism, Media News
Leslie Griffith

Your local news has the money to buy a helicopter and install expensive high definition, but not the money to hire experienced investigative reporters to help protect your community?

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Hillary Clinton and the Opaque Politics of Porkbarrel Spending

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 04.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Citizens Against Government Waste, John McCain, Earmarks, Porkbarrel Spending, Porkbarrel, Off the Bus, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Earmarking, Pork, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Barack Obama Fundraising, Barack Obama Tax Returns, Democratic Candidates Spending, Hillary Clinton Tax Returns, Democratic Candidates Tax Returns, Hillary Clinton Finances, Democrats Transparency, John McCain Tax Returns, Barack Obama Finances, Breaking, News, Hillary Clinton Fundraising, Home News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

But Hillary Clinton not only engages in earmarking, but she voted against a proposed bill to make earmarks public and has refused to make her earmarks public.

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