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Arianna Huffington : John McCain, Paris Hilton, and the Politics of Nothing
Illustration by André Carrilho / New Yorker.‘it’s not exactly a surprise that the Republican election machine would resort to trying to make the entire election into an issueless sideshow’By Arianna Huffington / August 6, 2008 With just ninety days left … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, Marketing, McCain, Media, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Paris Hilton, Political Strategy, Presidential Campaign
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MEDIA : The Mythical Obama Bias
Trust me, John McCain doesn’t know what bad press looks like by Eric Boehlert / August 5, 2008 Did you know the big bad media are beating up on John McCain? For weeks, the campaign’s media debate centered on whether … Continue reading
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Tagged Hillary, Mainstream Media, McCain, McCain Mistakes, Media, Media Bias, Obama, Presidential Campaign
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Who’s Really Running Iraq?
Home Truths You’ll Never Read in the PressBy Patrick Cockburn / August 3, 2008 American politicians and journalists have repeatedly made the same mistake in Iraq over the past five years. This is to assume that the US is far … Continue reading
BOOKS : Markos Moulitsas’ ‘Taking on the System’
“Rules for Radicals” Meets the 21st Centuryby Paul Hogarth / July 31‚ 2008 Markos Moulitsas’ new book, Taking On the System, is not really about political blogs. One would expect the founder of Daily Kos to write about the netroots … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogosphere, Books, Digital Media, Internet, Media, Political Campaigns, Politics, Writers
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MUSIC : Toby Keith’s Ode to Lynching
‘Hang them high in the street / For all the people to see’By Max Blumenthal / July 29, 2008 Despite his background as a comedian, Stephen Colbert is known by many of the authors who have appeared on his show … Continue reading
Presidential Campaign : "Liberal Media Bias" Debunked
Cable talking heads accuse broadcast networks of liberal bias — but a think tank finds that ABC, NBC and CBS were tougher on Barack Obama than on John McCain in recent weeks.By James Rainey / July 27, 2008 Haters of … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Corporate Media, Journalism, Liberal Media, Mainstream Media, McCain, Media, Media Bias, Obama, Presidential Campaign
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4,000 U.S. Deaths, and Just a Handful of Public Images
Zoriah Miller, the freelance photographer who took this image and others of marines killed in a June 26 suicide attack and posted them on his Web site, was subsequently forbidden to work in Marine Corps-controlled areas of Iraq. Maj. Gen. … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Civil Liberties, Iraq War, Journalism, Media, Photography, U.S. Military
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Racism At FOX News : Rapper Nas Delivers the Goods
Hip-hop artist Nas joins members of MoveOn.org and ColorofChange.org to deliver a speech to supporters protesting FOX News coverage of Barack Obama in front of News Corp. headquarters, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 in New York. Photo by Mary Altaffer / … Continue reading
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Tagged Fox News, Journalism, Media, Media Bias, Musicians, Racism, Rappers, Right Wing Media, Social Action
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O’Reilly Attacks Gore For Attending Netroots Nation
Drahn Design.‘The same as if he stepped into the Klan gathering’ On Saturday, July 19, former Vice President Al Gore made a surprise appearance at the Netroots Nation convention in Austin, Texas. In his speech, Gore praised the gathering of … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Gore, Fox News, Internet, Journalism, KKK, Media, Nazi Germany, Netroots Nation, Right Wing, Right Wing Media
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Google launches Wikipedia rival
Google has launched a rival site to Wikipedia, called Knol. The big difference between the two is how Knol is handling authorship. The Google Blog says: The key principle behind Knol is authorship. Every knol will have an author (or … Continue reading
Snickers : ‘Get Some Nuts’
New ad encourages drive-by shootings of unmanly men See video below. Via Towleroad comes a new spot for Snickers which appears to endorse violence against the effeminate, or at least against speed-walkers. In the spot, a yellow-shorts-sporting butt-shaking speed-walker is … Continue reading
McCain : Is Foot-In-Mouth Disease Age-Related?
John McCain crying on Dubya’s shoulder after latest gaffe?McCain gaffes pile up; critics pile onBy Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei / July 22, 2008 Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said “Iraq” on Monday when he apparently meant “Afghanistan”, adding to a … Continue reading
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Tagged McCain, McCain Mistakes, Media, Presidential Campaign, Video
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