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Friday Talking Points -- The Ads Just Write Themselves

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.16.2011 | Politics

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Something the media largely missed in the midst of multiple budgetary battles this week was the fact that this is what bipartisanship looks like.

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Mainstream Media Fails Again in Coverage of Jerusalem Bombing

Lina Khalaf | Posted 03.23.2011 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Media Fairness, Jerusalem Bombing, Jerusalem Bus Bombing, Media, Cnn, Media News

The American media's coverage of the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the conflict that ensues because of this occupation is quite infuriating. Why not tell us both sides of the story? Why not provide us with context?

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NPR Is Collateral Damage in Battle to Brand Tea Party

Andrew Breitbart | Posted 03.23.2011 | Media

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James O'Keefe's work shows that exposing media bias is as easy as buying a camera and letting it roll. But you can't make the mainstream media drop that bias. That's why NPR threw so many under the bus.

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Al Jazeera English vs. The Charlie Sheen Channel

Marty Kaplan | Posted 03.23.2011 | Media

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Is carrying Al Jazeera English a better business bet than carrying The Vampire Network or Showtime Abs 'n' Buns? Comcast isn't so sure.

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Why Egypt's Nonviolent Victory Is a Win for Us All

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 04.13.2011 | World

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The movement in Egypt had been planned carefully and had been effective in conveying the need for both sustained pressure on the regime and strict nonviolent discipline.

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Egyptian and American Democracy: Information Please

Frederick Thomas | Posted 04.11.2011 | Media

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In an age when most of America recognizes the need to better understand this interconnected world, our media's greatest shortcoming may be its lack of consistent international reporting.

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Unemployment 'Math': Statistical Lies

Iris Mack | Posted 04.09.2011 | Business

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Parents need to demand that their children learn math. Math literate citizens can will use analytical reasoning to see through the lies of government and the ridiculous insults from the mainstream media.

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Exclusive: Yahoo Delivering 1 Million Video Views for Washington Post's "The Fast Fix" --- Could Chris Cillizza Beat Rachel Maddow?

Andy Plesser | Posted 04.01.2011 | Media

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WASHINGTON, DC -- "The Fast Fix" a daily, 60-second daily video update on Beltway news featuring the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza has exceeded onl...

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Pew Boomer Report: Attitude, Not Analysis on Social Security

Paul Kleyman | Posted 03.27.2011 | Media

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I found myself holding my nose as the Pew authors took the liberty of going beyond what their findings allowed. What a shame that its authors got away with an unfounded slight of an entire generation.

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Friday Talking Points [151] -- Obama's Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.23.2011 | Politics

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To honor the fallen this week, we're going to refrain from our usual heated political rhetoric here for a change. It's only fitting, really, after su...

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Breaking News: The President Has Feelings?

Dyane Jean François | Posted 03.23.2011 | Media

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It seems safe to say that as a political leader Barack Obama probably had an agenda to hit with his speech in Arizona. But what was in his heart? Well, we will never know .

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Axis of Agreement Watch: Joe Klein's "Lucky" Strategy

Josh Mull | Posted 03.23.2011 | Politics

Obama would be wise to ignore Klein and decide not to play chicken with the numbers. Afghanistan will not magically right itself, particularly now as Petraeus can inflame the violence as much as he pleases.

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Arianna Talks To Simon Schama

FT Magazine | Simon Schama | Posted 03.23.2011 | Media

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Arianna Huffington may not single-handedly be changing the nature of journalism in American life, but against the shit-storm of hatred and rage that i...

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Wikileaks and the New Fourth Estate

Ben Tripp | Posted 03.23.2011 | World

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I think I now understand why the commercial media has turned out such a unanimous show of support for government secrecy: the so-called Fourth Estate,...

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Remembering Ingratitude on Thanksgiving

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 03.23.2011 | Politics

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In Iraq and Afghanistan, our troops have relied on local translators, cultural interpreters, and go-betweens. We have not shown these people even half the gratitude that we offered to a dog in the past week.

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A Love Letter to Print

Michael Mattis | Posted 03.23.2011 | Media

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Even though I'm an online guy, newspapers have always held a fascination for me. Even with shorter news cycles and their lack of clickable links, newspapers have some advantages that the digital space sometimes lacks.

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Defying a Superpower

Robert Koehler | Posted 03.23.2011 | Politics

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WikiLeaks has given us another cold bath in reality: "As the vehicle approached Post 7, the Marines on post used hand and arm signals but the vehic...

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Rally to Restore Sanity is Political. So Is Our National Insanity.

Carol Smaldino | Posted 03.23.2011 | Living

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The most inconvenient truths are the internal ones -- the ones that shake us up on the insides, the ones that alert us to a need to shift. To become more awake is to be honest about all that is in us.

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What's Driving American Journalism? Is There a Driver at All?

Robert Weller | Posted 03.23.2011 | Media

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Are there objectivity problems in the media? Is there any such thing as objectivity?

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The Future Is Overwritten

Carol Hartsell | Posted 03.23.2011 | Comedy

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I just read an article about how Independent voters will decide this election. I just read an article about Independents don't really have a stake in this election. I just read a fortune cookie.

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Jon Stewart's 'Million Moderate March'

Amarnath Amarasingam | Posted 03.23.2011 | Media

For a purveyor of fake news, Jon Stewart has been recognized as one of the most trusted newsmen in the country. This may prove all the more true following his announcement of a Rally to Restore Sanity.

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New Tea Party Media Strategy: No Media

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.23.2011 | Politics

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A full-scale interview on one of the prestigious Sunday shows is normally the gold prize for a campaign. There's a reason for this -- it is free. That was then, though, and this is now.

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Demand Full Media Disclosure: What's Your Tax Bracket?

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.23.2011 | Media

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Anyone in the media talking about raising income tax rates on the top two income brackets should disclose their possible conflict of interest. "Full disclosure, I fall into the top tax bracket myself, so I would personally be affected by changing this rate."

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"News Bias" and the Media Battle Over the Meaning of 9/11

Rory O'Connor | Posted 03.23.2011 | Media

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Like the "Global War on Terror" spawned by the attacks, the ongoing struggle to interpret 9/11 now appears to be a war without end.

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NOT My Cup of Tea

Paula Gordon | Posted 03.23.2011 | Politics

Finally! Jane Mayer's identified the engine and the mind of the PR blitz know as the Tea Party. She's blown Charles and David Koch's cover sky high,...

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