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Jon Stewart Almost Quit “The Daily Show” Because Staff Was “Insane”

By Prachi Gupta / Salon

The comedian says staffers tried to block his vision of "The Daily Show," and he asked his agent to help him escape.

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Do the Conservative Media Think of Their Audience as an ATM Machine?

By Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America

Why Critics Shouldn't Be So Quick to Shame Katy Perry

By Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Stephen Colbert Is Actually Leading the Polls to Be Picked as South Carolina's Next US Senator

By Alex Kane / AlterNet

6 Republican Economic Myths Obama and Dems Must Stop Repeating

By Roger Bybee / AlterNet

Colbert Deconstructs 3D Printed Guns

Stewart: Fox Hosts Show Their 'O' Face During White House Scandal Coverage

10 Biggest Rejects Scooped Up By Fox News

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GIF Porn -- The Online Boom in 5 Second Video Clips

Tracy Clark-Flory / Salon

Thom Hartmann: The Memo That Started a Corporate Heist of Our Government

Mark Karlin, Thom Hartmann / Buzzflash at TruthOut

Watch: How The Media Covered Bradley Manning's Trial, Taxes and Poverty This Week

Janine Jackson / FAIR

Conservatives Whine: This Fiscal Debate Is So Unfair!

Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog

What Happens When Journalists Cover Someone Who Later Commits Suicide?

Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

10 Brilliant Quotes by Noam Chomsky on How Media Really Operates in America

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

Future Fox News Superstar Greg Gutfeld Is Ignorant, and Proud of It

Alexander Zaitchik / Media Matters

Bill Moyers: FCC May Give Murdoch a Very Merry Christmas - Two of the Last Big Newspapers in America

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship / BillMoyers.com

Right-Wingers Whine About Oscar Omission for '2016: Obama's America' -- Here's Four Simple Reasons Why It Got Snubbed

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

5 Keys to the Controversy Over NY Post Photographer's Subway Death Photo

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Are We Going to Become Allies With Al Qaeda? When the War on Terror Gets Confusing

Ira Chernus / AlterNet

Dr. Oz Flip-Flops on Supporting Organics as High-Profile Attacks Intensify

Katherine Paul, Ronnie Cummins / AlterNet

5 Dumbest Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories About the United Nations

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Too Much For Sunday Night Football? Conservatives Critique Bob Costas's Gun Control Speech

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Why Does the Media Make Our Generals Into Heroes When the Wars They Commanded Are Failures?

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch

How Close Is Rupert Murdoch to Owning the L.A. Times and the Chicago Tribune?

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Julian Assange on Wikileaks, Bradley Manning and the Emerging Surveillance State

Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!

Petraeus Was a Disaster: Enough with Glorifying Failed Military Generals

William Astore / Tom Dispatch

How I Changed My Mind About the Jeffrey MacDonald Murder Case

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Associated Press Publishes Ridiculous Fake "Evidence" of Iranian Nuke Program

Hamed Aleaziz / Think Progress

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“Central Park Five”: New Film On How Police Abuse, Media Frenzy Led to Jailing of Innocent Teens

Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!

Study: Porn Stars Aren’t “Damaged” by Their Profession

Tracy Clark-Flory / Salon

Tom Ricks and Media Truth-Telling About Fox News

Eric Boehlert / Media Matters

The Right-Wing Media Bubble Cocoons Republicans from Adapting to the New Political Landscape

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

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