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Harry Targ : Sleeping Through the News
Talking heads. Image from Today’s Word on Journalism.Sleeping through the news:‘I suppose there is nothing we can do…’ By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / January 3, 2012 While I sleep through some of the news shows hosted by … Continue reading
Crazy for God : Frank Schaeffer on the Rachel Maddow Show
[There was a remarkable segment on last night’s Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC (Nov. 17, 2009). Former evangelical leader Frank Schaeffer described for Maddow and her audience some genuinely frightening activity that is occurring on the fringes of the religious … Continue reading
Journalism at its Best : Rachel Maddow Takes on Tom Ridge
Rachel Maddow leaves Tom Ridge begging for Homeland Security In what essentially amounted to a seminar on left-leaning critiques of the Bush administration, Maddow asked pointed questions on the gamut of security issues… By Joe Coscarelli / September 2, 2009 … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Cable Television, Homeland Security, Journalists, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow
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FOX and MSNBC : Waging Ideological Warfare on the Boob Toob
Class struggle lives on cable TVBy Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / October 2, 2008 See ‘A Surge on One Channel, a Tight Race on Another,’ by Jim Rutenberg; and a comment by The Rag Blog’s Thorne Dreyer, Below. … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Cable News, Fox News, Keith Olbermann, Marketing, Media Bias, MSNBC, Partisan Politics, Racism, Right Wing Media, Television
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Bachmann to Talk Radio : Obama’s Views are ‘Against America’
“I’m very concerned that he may have anti-American views… “The people that Barack Obama has been associating with are anti-American, by and large…”U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota. Bachmann Doubles Down:‘Barack Obama’s Views Are Against America’By Matt Corley / … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Matthews, Michele Bachman, MSNBC, Obama Smear Campaign, Right Wing, Right Wing Media, Talk Radio
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Keith Olbermann : Special Comment: Divide and Conquer, Again?
Keith Olbermann offered a “Special Comment” tonight on his show Countdown, criticizing the McCain campaign and other Republicans, like Michele Bachmann, for their use of divisive politics during the campaign. The full text follows. ‘A Special Comment tonight about the … Continue reading
Rachel Maddow’s Star Continues to Rise; Hosts New Show on MSNBC
Air America star Rachel Maddow gets own show on MSNBC.Openly gay Rhodes scholar brings smarts and humor to cable newsBy Howard Kurtz / August 20, 2008 Rachel Maddow has been sounding off about politics on MSNBC so often she might … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Cable News, Gay, MSNBC, People, Progressive Media, Women
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Keith Olbermann Special Comment : ‘Mr. President, You are Wrong.’
Keith Olbermann, Special Comment, Countdown, April 16, 2009 U.S. future depends on torture accountability We cannot let mistakes of the past haunt our future. By Keith Olbermann / April 16, 2009 [The following was delivered as a “Special Comment” by … Continue reading →