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SHARE Tuesday, October 17, 2006 Not in Our Media?
Do you ever wonder why our media devote so much time and energy to covering those who produce hate crimes - and so little to covering those who reduce them?
SHARE Friday, May 12, 2006 Twenty Questions for MSNBC...
The third in a unique series of citizen and reader-generated question-and-answer sessions with America's leading media executives, following previous ones with Jonathan Klein, head of CNN/US, and John Moody, senior vice president for FOX News.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, July 3, 2007 OhourNews
Can citizen journalism really change the world? Many skeptics still doubt it can even change the news industry, and still question, despite much evidence, whether ordinary citizens can really function as journalists. But why not?
SHARE Friday, January 4, 2008 They Report, They Decide?
Should Big Media decide for the rest of us who is - and more importantly who is not - a viable candidate for president? It's bad enough that thus far the reporting of this year's quadrennial presidential pursuit has been even more insubstantial than ever, focused on the horse race, the fundraising, the polls, the pundits, the haircuts and assorted other bits of silliness –- anything other than actual issues...
SHARE Thursday, September 21, 2006 A Modest Proposal: Let's Declare War
The United States of America has now been at (undeclared) war longer than the entirety of World War II. The war against Al Qaeda has progressively morphed into the War against Iraq, to the Global War on Terror, all the way to the 'early stages' of the Clash of Civilizations. Yet it appears that the entire enterprise is not only illegal but also unconstitutional at its core.
SHARE Friday, March 9, 2007 The Fall Guy
But before the rest of us join in the jurors' "tremendous amount of sympathy for Mr. Libby," let's remember that the sword Libby has fallen on to protect his higher-ups will likely yet prove to be a blunt one.
SHARE Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Working the Refs
Hillary won this week by working the refs.
By constantly complaining about coverage, and relentlessly focusing on charges that the news media has favored Barack Obama and treated him far more gently than herself, Hillary was finally able to staunch the bleeding and stage a desperately needed, last minute comeback that will keep her in the game
SHARE Saturday, February 2, 2008 The Not-So-Great Debate
Hillary won by not losing – and Obama lost by not winning. Simply appearing presidential-he certainly has grown into at least looking the part - wasn't, and isn't, enough to put him over the top. In order to continue his momentum and vault into the lead, he needed to show that there are large differences between him and Hillary on crucial issues – and other than on Iraq, he failed to do so.