This morning, I read a great article at Salon by Lindsay Beyerstein (Majikthise) on why she refused the Edwards campaign blogging job the others accepted. I think her analysis of the issues was dead-on, and she figured it out in advance. I also thought she was perceptive about the issue of off-the-campaign surrogates:
Unfortunately, as the [...]
Olbermann: ‘How dare you, Mr. President’
Half a lifetime ago, I worked in this now-empty space. And for 40 days after the attacks, I worked here again, trying to make sense of what happened, and was yet to happen, as a reporter.
All the time, I knew that the [...]
Ask your representative to support H.R.5052 Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women’s Services Act which requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to:
(1) promulgate rules prohibiting persons from advertising with the intent to deceptively create the impression that such persons provide abortion services; and (2) enforce violations of such rules as unfair methods of competition and [...]
The Center for Media and Democracy has produced a report that documents 98 instances that TV stations used “fake news” - segments that look like journalism but are actually produced to sell a product - by corporations like Pfizer, Intel, General Motors, and Capital One.
Last year, the New York Times (13 March 2005) reported [...]
Enjoying Music
