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Musing in Obama's America | December 1st 2009 by Susan M Kovalinsky
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Law Professor Thinks Main Street And Wall Street Should Live Unde…
(The) COMMON PEOPLES SOURCE for NEWS | December 1st 2009 by The Old Man
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera and Sue Herera virtually attack White on his suggestion that homeowners whose homes are under water should view the home as a bad investment and walk away --- just as Wall Street does. read more
Working the Media at the White House
Bessette Pitney Text | December 1st 2009 by John J. Pitney, Jr.
In chapter 12, we discuss the ways in which political figures try to shape media coverage. The Politico finds that the Obama White House has helped ensure favorable treatment of its Afghanistan policymaking:But a detailed examination of news coverag read more
Junk Journalism at The Palm Beach Post
Lynn's Little Bit of Trivia -- Lake Worth | November 30th 2009 by Lynn Anderson
PAPER PROMOTES LIES AND DISTORTIONS ABOUT HOMETOWN DEMOCRACY AMENDMENT 4 -- AGAINOn 11-22-09, the Palm Beach Post published an anti-Amendment 4 editorial that could have been written by lobbyists or publicity flacks for the Florida Chamber of Commerc read more
The Last Decade In 7 Minutes
Videolicious.tv Daily Video Blog | November 30th 2009 by David Erickson
NEWSWEEK rewinds the first 10 years of the new century, reminding you of the best, worst, and unforgettable moments. Found at YouTube from NewsweekVideo. Similar Posts: Books FINALLY Returned To Library, 50 Years Late W. Trailer – Relive The read more
Where There is Journalism, There is Hope
Below the Fold | November 29th 2009
(Note: The following is the final chapter from my forthcoming book, “The Last Newspaper.” It’s printed here with permission from, well, myself...) “The one thing most likely to make the public value newspapers is newspapers valuing the pu read more
The CRU climate leak – ouch.
Science and Language | November 29th 2009
The Times is saying that the “raw” climate data was dumped back in the 1980s. Ouch. I assume that the really raw records still exist; the old stuff is still in logbooks in libraries. Presumably, temperature measurements are archived read more
SPEAKING OF JOBS! The REAL figure was 543,926 new job losses!
Investment-blog.net: Emerging Markets - Stock Tips - Discuss… | November 28th 2009 by Jan Paul
This today from John Mauldin. Apparently, since 4th quarter and 1st quarter historically show the greatest job losses of the year, the weekly claims announcements are “seasonally adjusted” UPward. The real figures are worse than what the read more
Couple Crashes White House State Dinner Party
Videolicious.tv Daily Video Blog | November 28th 2009 by David Erickson
Seriously?!? You can do that?? Found at YouTube from AssociatedPress. Similar Posts: Gunfight At Ohio Bar Cheetah Sets Speed Record Security Cam: Gunman Prays With Clerk Kitten Vs. Cop Raw Video: New Look At Oklahoma City Bombing read more
The State Dinner
Liberal Values | November 28th 2009 by Ron Chusid
I’m happy to see that I’m not the only one to think that the media has been paying way too much attention to the party crashers at the White House dinner. The mainstream media’s over-coverage of this at least wasn’t as bad as read more
The Curious Drop Two: site design and content?
The Sir Robert Bond Papers | November 28th 2009 by Ed Hollett
Some people left interesting comments on why some local news websites have experienced apparent traffic drops over the past 12 months or so. Another comment came on Friday as an aside in a conversation. Maybe it was tied – as the suggestion read more
The curious drop
The Sir Robert Bond Papers | November 27th 2009 by Ed Hollett
Take a break from all the kerfuffle in the universe and take a look at some interesting statistics on two local media websites that anyone can find using Google trends. These are 2008 daily unique visitor figures for vocm.com and thetelegram.com. & read more
AGW, Al Gore’s Wrong, Michael Mann’s Arrogant
Blog @ Morewhat.com | November 25th 2009
Michael Mann: The Bernie Madoff of science read more
Lou Dobbs: A Shamnesty Convert?
Blog @ Morewhat.com | November 25th 2009
off the reservation? read more
Senator Mitch McConnell on CNNs State of the Union
Blog @ Morewhat.com | November 25th 2009
Dems can force you to accept their 'reform' if you let them. read more
E&P On The Media Coverage of Acorn
Liberal Values | November 25th 2009 by Ron Chusid
The right wing noise machine has fabricated a mythology around Acorn which has little to do with the actual organization. Editor and Publisher has reviewed both the truth about the stories about Acorn and how the news was covered. The report points o read more
Media Matters Debunks Glenn Beck Conspiracy About Global Warming…
Liberal Values | November 24th 2009 by Ron Chusid
A few days ago I noted how conservative bloggers were distorting material in stolen emails to support their conspiracy theory that global warming is a hoax. If there is a conspiracy theory going around in the right wing, Glenn Beck is bound to pick i read more
Persuasive Writing: A Dead Art?
zine writer | November 24th 2009 by Nannette Croce
Last week at a party I had the opportunity to speak with a professor from the University of Penn who noted the difficulties in teaching persuasive writing in and era when shouting––literally and figuratively––passes for debate and logical rea read more
Sarah Palin Avoiding CBS
Liberal Values | November 23rd 2009 by Ron Chusid
Hotline reports that Sarah Palin sure hold a grudge, even if not deserved, against CBS. You would think that someone trying to sell a book (and potentially pick up future votes) would be interested in as much media coverage as possible, but Palin is read more
Washington Post Reports On Support For Legalization of Marijuana
Liberal Values | November 23rd 2009 by Ron Chusid
The Washington Post is running a story entitled Support for legalizing marijuana grows rapidly around U.S: The same day they rejected a gay marriage ballot measure, residents of Maine voted overwhelmingly to allow the sale of medical marijuana over read more
Old Money Battles New, Google v. Rupert Murdoch/Microsoft
Hutch Report | November 23rd 2009
As most Americans are just fighting hard to hold onto their jobs and savings, the richest people in the world are already well on their way toward dividing up the available money on this Earth for themselves. On one side of this fight are old money p read more
Fox News Enjoys Success While CNN and MSNBC Struggle
Right Wing Thinking | November 22nd 2009 by Ed Raby
You know I love it when liberals hear someone say they watch Fox News, and they will say "Fox News is the the most one sided news coverage out there." Well obviously the American people don't believe so. In fact Fox News tends to show both sides a lo read more
Liberals launch counter attack during Palin’s winter blitzkreig
TheScroogeReport | November 21st 2009 by Alex M.
Not since Victory at Sea have we seen such dramatic war coverage as we have during the Sarah Palin offensive (Going Rogue book tour). The nonsense volleyed at Palin is not only coming from haters, but served up by those allegedly “reportingR read more
It’s Official, Reid Bought Landrieu’s Vote on HarryCare
Blog @ Morewhat.com | November 21st 2009
As if reform was about doing the right thing. read more
Domestic Security, Terrorism, and Hasan
Why We Worry | November 20th 2009 by Clint
Addressing a recent post on Small Wars Journal: The massacre at Fort Hood is a reminder that the War on Terror is not fought just in south Afghanistan or Mosul. It is a global war also fought in an office building inside a military base in Texas. Man read more
Rock, Paper, Scissors Champion Crowned
Videolicious.tv Daily Video Blog | November 20th 2009 by David Erickson
A Michigan man clinched the title after five hours of play and nine matches. Found at MSNBC. Similar Posts: Jimi Hendrix On Fire – Ephemeral Matchstick Art Oops! Rampaging, Run-Away Spool Wreaks Havoc Legotastic! Awesome Stop-Motion Lego Anim read more
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