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Angelina and Brad Give Birth to $11 Million Twins

Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. July 22, 2008.
Brangelina is in the business of making us look. Does evolutionary psychology explain why it's impossible to look away?

From the blogs

Hate-Speech Connoisseur Michael Savage Goes After Autism; Gets Pulled From Mississippi Airwaves

by Steven D., Booman Tribune

"I'll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is."

MoveOn.org, ColorOfChange.org and NAS to Protest FOX's Racism in NYC

by AlterNet Staff, AlterNet

ColorOfChange.org and MoveOn.org Members To Deliver More Than 600,000 petition signatures to FOX headquarters in Manhattan.

New York Times Spares McCain Embarrassment By Rejecting Op-Ed

by Jason Linkins, Huffington Post

NYT didn't publish McCain's op-ed, but since "he wants the attention, let's give it to him."

National Review Tries to 'Feminize' Obama

by Roy Edroso, Alicublog

Right can't seem to get their narratives straight/

Note to Elite Pundits: You Don't Speak for 'Ordinary Folks'

by Digby, Hullabaloo

These gasbags will never tire of the narrative.

FaceBook In Reality

by John Sellers, Agit-Pop

A social networking lampoon.

New York Times Blames Obama for not Eliminating Racism in America

by Zenbowl, Daily Kos

The stats are manipulated and the foundation of the argument is faulty; not to mention the man isn't even in office yet.

Maureen Dowd Whines: 'Obama's So Hard to Mock and Marginalize'

by Jill Hussein C.

We've been stuck with a regular Joe for the past eight years, remember?

Delusions Abound as Fox Anchor Decries MSNBC's Supposedly "Biased" Reporting

by Digby, Hullabaloo

The cable wars heat up, and the pot calls the kettle black.

If CNN Reported the Basic Facts, McCain's Craziness Would Be Obvious to All

by Joshua Holland, AlterNet

John McCain couldn't restart the Cold War if he tried ... and apparently he will try.

John McCain's Disaster Economics

Frank Rich, The New York Times. July 22, 2008.
If voters got a fair presentation of John McCain's economic plan, the idea of him winning the White House would cause mass panic.

The Internet Is No Substitute for the Dying Newspaper Industry

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. July 22, 2008.
The decline of newspapers is about the rise of the corporate state, the loss of civic and responsibility to inform the public.

McCain Has No Clue on Tech Issues

Jonathan Stein, MotherJones.com. July 21, 2008.
Obama has positions on broadband access and using the Internet as a tool to increase government accountability. McCain? Big nothing.

'Centrists' Are Running the Asylum

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. July 18, 2008.
Washington's pundits and politicians have waged an ongoing propaganda campaign to pass off crazy, fringe politics as reasonable and mainstream.

Media Coverage of Obama and McCain: "Nuts" or a "Disgrace"?

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. July 17, 2008.
The Beltway press has become dysfunctional, failing to see news when it happens and hyping non-stories that require no real reporting.

Deceptive Questioning in Washington Post's McCain-Friendly Poll on Iraq

FAIR. July 15, 2008.
The corporate media keeps giving McCain cover on his unpopular Iraq position.

The Myth of the Elective C-Section

Miriam Pérez, RH Reality Check. July 15, 2008.
The media give the impression women opt for c-sections for the sake of convenience. In fact, the procedure is often pushed by doctors.

The Bad Frame: Why Are the New Yorker, Salon and Other Liberal Media Doing the Right's Dirty Work?

Don Hazen, AlterNet. July 14, 2008.
This week's New Yorker cover image of the Obamas is shocking in the racism and gross stereotyping that is built into its supposed satire.

Love Bites: An Interview With Toby Barlow

Tony DuShane, Mother Jones. July 12, 2008.
The author of the future cult novel Sharp Teeth talks about his tale of werewolves in Los Angeles.

John Cusack: Bypassing the Corporate Media

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. July 12, 2008.
Cusack's anti-war polemic, War, Inc., continues to defy expectations, despite the traditional media's dismissive reception.

FISA Bill's Real Target: What Remains of Our Open Society

Chris Hedges, LA Times. July 12, 2008.
The new FISA law uses terrorism as a pretext to permit wholesale spying and would seriously cripple our free press.

Inside the Bush White House's Nonstop Propaganda War

Mark Dery, AlterNet. July 10, 2008.
Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan exposes the culture of deception that sold an unnecessary war to the public.

Iraq and Oil: Will the Corporate Media Ever Make the Connection?

Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. July 9, 2008.
Now that the New York Times has made the shocking discovery that the Iraq War may be related to oil, how will corporate media address the issue?

Sleeping Around Craigslist

Anna Reed, Lily Penza, East Bay Express. July 9, 2008.
Two middle-aged women discover that casual sex can be anything but casual.

Online Activists Keep the Pressure on Obama

Ari Melber, TheNation.com. July 9, 2008.
If Obama is lucky, he will continue to benefit from these energized, sophisticated activists who support his candidacy while they press his hand.

NY Times: Rush Limbaugh's Newest Lapdog

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. July 8, 2008.
The Times assumes Limbaugh controls the GOP, yet he backed Mitt Romney to the hilt.

Will Wikileaks Revolutionize Journalism?

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. July 7, 2008.
While journalists should view Wikileaks with some skepticism, it cannot be ignored. Welcome to the brave new world of investigative reporting.

U.S. Journalist Photographs Grisly Aftermath of Attack in Iraq, Gets Booted by Military

Dahr Jamail, IPS News. July 5, 2008.
An embedded U.S. journalist said the military tried to censor him after he posted photos from Fallujah.

It's About Time for Online Voting

Allison H. Fine, Personal Democracy Forum. July 3, 2008.
Historians will undoubtedly consider our current era of voting machines the technological equivalent of the 8-track tape machine.

My Last Column

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. July 2, 2008.
After 9 long years, it's time to move on. One final thought: don't ever stop ruthlessly criticizing everything that exists.

The Strange Journey of Larry Johnson

David Weigel, The American Prospect. July 1, 2008.
The former CIA officer has morphed from defender of Valerie Plame to crazed purveyor of a debunked Michelle Obama rumor. What happened?

Fighting Against Radio's Hate-Spreading Shock Jocks

AlterNet Books. July 1, 2008.
Right-wing radio shock jocks are filling the airwaves with racist and sexist hate speech. Our new book takes the issue head on. With video.

There's Something Missing from Mommy Lit

Deesha Philyaw, Bitch Magazine. June 28, 2008.
Bookstores are brimming with motherhood memoirs. But why are so few of them penned by women of color?

George Carlin: A Funny Man in an Unfunny World

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. June 26, 2008.
Carlin gave voice to dissident perspectives that have been almost entirely blocked from mainstream media.

Real Journalists Don't Make $5 Million a Year

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. June 26, 2008.
Unlike the media's Brokaws and Blitzers, real journalists don't have cozy relationships with the powerful. Real journalists are feared.

Is Personal Blogging Fast-Fading?

Rob Peters, The Tyee. June 26, 2008.
The golden age of the digital diarist may be over. Have we realized blogging isn't as fun as it sounds? Or that we're not so interesting after all?

Media Tell Us About Iraq War-Oil Connection Five Years After the Fact

Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. June 25, 2008.
If Iraq's main product had been video games, the media might have been quicker to ask tough questions about the war's effects on our kids' lives.

Can the Media Deal With Michelle Obama?

Megan Garber, Columbia Journalism Review. June 21, 2008.
The media is pushing hard on the boundaries between being a life partner and being a political partner.

Nerdy Girls Have Attained Sexy Status

Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. June 21, 2008.
A growing breed of young women are claiming the nerd label for themselves, challenging the notion of what a geek should look like.

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