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New Hampshire Herald

I was at the supermarket today and after picking up my groceries and prescriptions I stopped to grab a copy of the excellent Hippo Press.  Next to the stack of Hippos I noticed another free paper, this one with a large, grainy tabloid-style picture of Maggie Hassan on the cover with the text EXPOSED! Maggie’s [...]

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Daily National 2/17 breifing

AmericanLP covers all the top headlines in politics on both sides of the aisle in this morning’s news brief. Major headlines yesterday once again pointed to a rebounding economy. New applications for unemployment hit a 4-year low. Also, the DNC released a new ad, which you can view at the 1:15 mark, highlighting the diverging [...]

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Ron Paul’s misguided media anger

Ron Paul is doing a lousy job of handling the spotlight into the racist writings of his old newsletters. By walking off the set of CNN he made a molehill into a mountain. Paul needs to understand that you can’t run for President and then try to control the media by telling them what they [...]

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GP Rep Claims First Lady has a “Large Posterior”

Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner R Wisconsin is getting the biggest press coverage of his life. He’s on the front page of the Drudge Report, Huffington Post and, basically, everywhere else. Did he finally author earth-shattering legislation after 33 years in Congress? Nope. He said the First Lady has a “Large Posterior.” A Democratic operative recently overheard [...]

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How Conservatives Really Control the Media

Sean Hannity calling President Obama on Fox News Channel a “socialist” every night in prime time on the Fox News Chanel is only the visible tip of the conservative propaganda iceberg. The Right’s real power lies in its ability to shape the narrative and define what is fair and out of bounds for the rest [...]

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“The Occupied Wall St. Journal”

Now this is one great development!  I keep my eyes open for alternative media, because one of our greatest threats to our democracy is the lack of good information for our voting population.  Any step toward overcoming the corporate domination of media is a step toward overcoming the corporate stranglehold on our media and our [...]

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If you love journalism this is AWESOME!

I was so excited reading this post by Jay Rosen, I wanted to get up and dance around the room.  I have been puzzling and mulling and aching for some semblance, beyond the wonderful progressive/liberal blogs that I read, of real thoughtful courageous reporting.  At least now someone is talking about it.A few excerpts: Mister [...]

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On Fixing The World, Or, Help George Carlin Stick It To God

Once again The Fates have come our way to provide a story, and once again, we have a contender for the “Ironic Story Of The Year”. It’s got everything you need for serious irony: an irascible comedian who mocked religion at every opportunity, a city that loved him, and the rich coincidence of his having [...]

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“A Counterintelligence and Black Ops Office”

Firedoglake has a speculative piece that also has more than one shocking assertion. Most notable, the Fox “Brain Room.” http://firedoglake.com/2011/07… But unlike virtually everybody else, because I had to design and build the Brain Room, I knew it also housed a counterintelligence and black ops office. So accessing phone records was easy pie.” That’s a [...]

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Report: News of the World Is Shutting Down

Amazing. http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011… The scandal-hit British tabloid News of the World will shut down after Sunday’s issue, its owner, News International, told CNN Thursday. Journalists at News of the World, a tabloid that is the world’s top-selling English-language newspaper, have been accused of hacking into the mobile phone account of missing British teenager Milly Dowler, intercepting [...]

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