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Democrats Clear Impasse Blocking Health Care Vote
Capping months of months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a votePosted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
Why Keep Geithner?
A year ago it was revealed to the American people that our banking system was a legalized Ponzi scheme in which ...Posted by Ben Ross -
A Deal Finally Ends Honduras' Coup Crisis
Related Photos Violence Erupts During Honduras Protests More Related •Clinton Helps Push Honduran Foes to ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
What's So Scary About Michael Pollan? Why Corporate Agriculture Tried to Censor His University Speech | Health and Wellness
"Agribusiness gets plenty of opportunities to preach its point of view at agriculture schools such as Cal Poly, ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Conservatives Maintain Edge as Top Ideological Group
Conservatives continue to outnumber moderates and liberals in the American populace in 2009, confirming a finding ...via Drudge Report -
Season of false starts for news organizations
A balloon racing across the Colorado sky without a 6-year-old boy inside. A major lobbyist not changing its ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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Many Still Believe That Saddam Hussein Was Behind 9/11, and Now We Have Some Idea Why
Of 49 people included in the study who believed in such a connection, only one shed the certainty when presented ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
WND's Jerome Corsi Claims Fort Hood Shooter Advised Obama [UPDATE]
(Blog Post) Well, if you were wondering what paranoiac smear artist would be the first to step out and attempt to name ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
Conservatives Rework Rhetoric After Loss in NY Special
Jim Kelly walked into the lounge of the Hotel Saranac, his red tie undone and flapping against his shirt. He ...via Memeorandum -
Helen Thomas: What has changed in the digital press corps ? My Register Experience
(Blog Post) In preparing the post, “Deadline Every Login,” I also received a reply from my former colleague and role model ...Posted by Michael Bugeja
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Obama watched documentary last night? FOX botched this one… | csmonitor.com
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Whaddaya Mean Obama Hasn't Done Anything?
A blow-by-blow breakdown of the young president's first year reveals that today's frustration stems not from a lack ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
Our Free Market Makes Economic Collapse Inevitable
The headlines are trumpeting recovery — some are even proclaiming an end to the recession in the United States ...via NewsRack -
Islamic countries push a global 'blasphemy' law
Remember the Danish "Muhammad cartoons" that set off riots by offended Muslims more than three years ago? The ... -
The Media Death Spiral
(Blog Post) I think we're witnessing the end of the newspaper business, full stop, not the end of the newspaper business as we ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The White House’s war with Fox News
In 2008, half the people who watched the Fox News Channel were over sixty-three, which is the oldest demographic in ...
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Fort Hood: A First Test for Twitter Lists
Journalism and curation—it’s becoming increasingly difficult to determine where the one ends and the other ...via Ryan Sholin -
Edit This Page: Is it the end of Wikipedia?
Wikipedia owes its existence to the nerdy culture of the first online discussion systems, such as Usenet; the ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Deadline Every Login: What has and hasn’t changed in newsrooms ? My Register Experience
(Blog Post) When I worked at United Press International in the 1970s, we’d often remark how we wished we had the schedule of ...Posted by Michael Bugeja -
Curating, not moderating, the flow of content and participation
User generated content is, for many media companies and other organisations, more of a problem than a solution. ...via Dan Gillmor
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Rightist on BBC Panel Draws Protests and Viewers
The appearance of Nick Griffin, leader of the far right British National Party, on the BBC’s flagship politics ...Posted by Chris Finnie -
Calling 'Em Out: The White House Takes on the Press
Nine of those so-called czars, it turned out, were subject to Senate confirmation, making them decidedly unlike the ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Conservatives Maintain Edge as Top Ideological Group
Conservatives continue to outnumber moderates and liberals in the American populace in 2009, confirming a finding ...via Memeorandum -
A Volley Between Fox News and Obama Administration
A presidential spokeswoman said, “We don’t need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news ...via Dan Kennedy -
'Fairness' in talk radio
(Video) CNN's Carol Costello looks at the idea of a "Fairness Doctrine," being pushed by some Democrats, for political talk ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Neutralizing the opposition
The Foxified debate over whether the White House is being mean to a certain network is morphing into a broader ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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Peeling Off Conservatives' AstroTurf Mask
(Blog Post) As these "AstroTurf" organizations sprouted up, progressive operatives and bloggers scrambled to link them to big ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
Going Out of Business?
A new health care ad from a conservative group claims that "Medicare will be bankrupt in eight years." That gives a ...via FactCheck -
Truth-O-Meter: Statements on Health Care
PolitiFact fact-checks statements about health care by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists and interest ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Heather Graham Teaches Us About Polls
The liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org Political Action has released another health care ad featuring a Hollywood ...via FactCheck
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'Daily Show' Destroys CNN For Fact-Checking 'SNL' But Not Their Guests
(Video) Jon Stewart began his show last night by skewering CNN for fact-checking a "Saturday Night Live" skit in which Fred ...via OneRiot -
The White House’s war with Fox News
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Whaddaya Mean Obama Hasn't Done Anything?
A blow-by-blow breakdown of the young president's first year reveals that today's frustration stems not from a lack ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
Why Fox News Is Un-American
That Rupert Murdoch may tilt the news rightward more for commercial than ideological reasons is beside the point. ...via Nicholas Kristof -
Why Declaring War on Fox News Could Be a Mistake for Obama
... if Team Obama ignores Fox, it just gives the network's talent the chance to further caricature him as a ...via Technorati
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Against Transparency
How could anyone be against transparency? Its virtues and its utilities seem so crushingly obvious. But I have ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Obama Vs. Rupert Murdoch: Fox News' Blatant Transition into GOP TV
Rupert Murdoch's cable cabal is now, first and foremost, a political entity. Fox News has transformed itself into ...Posted by Jack Dinkmeyer -
In recent polls, GOP limited to Southern comfort
For months, Barack Obama’s national approval rating has been hovering in the low to mid-50s. The level is ...Posted by Glenn LaBauve -
Curating, not moderating, the flow of content and participation
User generated content is, for many media companies and other organisations, more of a problem than a solution. ...via Jay Rosen
