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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "media"

Senate Votes to Reverse FCC Decision Allowing Media Consolidation

Senate Votes to Reverse FCC Decision Allowing Media Consolidation

Josh Silver, Huffington Post. May 16, 2008.
Thursday's Senate vote is good news for everyone who is fed up with a media system, that, in the words of Jon Stewart, is "hurting America."

"Minitruths" and Big Lies

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: MediaCulture. May 15, 2008.
The media speaks "truthiness" to power . . . and fails us all.

Arianna Huffington Storms NYC With New Book, Skewering McCain as a 'Pandering Pawn of the Right'

Arianna Huffington Storms NYC With New Book, Skewering McCain as a 'Pandering Pawn of the Right'

Don Hazen, AlterNet. May 15, 2008.
Huffington blasts corporate media and lampoons McCain. She tells all in an interview with Grit TV's Laura Flanders and AlterNet's Don Hazen.

The Press Is Only Too Happy to Burnish McCain's Reputation

The Press Is Only Too Happy to Burnish McCain's Reputation

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. May 14, 2008.
There literally would be no McCain brand if the press hadn't methodically built it and then enthusiastically promoted it.

Rush Limbaugh Wins as Election's Biggest Manipulator

Rush Limbaugh Wins as Election's Biggest Manipulator

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. May 14, 2008.
The media and Democrats need to stop buying into -- and promoting -- the so-called "Limbaugh effect."

How the Pentagon Media Machine Operated

How the Pentagon Media Machine Operated

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: War on Iraq. May 13, 2008.
New documents shed light on the Pentagon's war propaganda machine.

Washington's Great Inflation Hoax

Washington's Great Inflation Hoax

Kevin Phillips, Huffington Post. May 10, 2008.
The federal government's CPI measurement doesn't capture the pain many Americans are feeling today.

Has Politics Jumped the Shark?

Has Politics Jumped the Shark?

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: MediaCulture. May 9, 2008.
When will the entertainment press (and the electorate) tire of our latest reality show?

Our Media Have Been So Wrong for So Long

Our Media Have Been So Wrong for So Long

Jayne Lyn Stahl, AlterNet. May 9, 2008.
In his new book, E&P editor Greg Mitchell offers a stinging indictment of the media's complicity with Washington's war-marketing machine.

Let's Talk About Sex

Let's Talk About Sex

Bonnie Zylbergold, American Sexuality Magazine. May 8, 2008.
A health educator uses hip-hop to talk to girls about gender and sexuality.

Who's Afraid of Grand Theft Auto?

Who's Afraid of Grand Theft Auto?

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. May 7, 2008.
If the controversial video game were a movie, we'd all be mightily impressed by its dark, ironic vision of a world at war with itself.

Obama's Triumph Over Media Frivolity

Obama's Triumph Over Media Frivolity

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. May 7, 2008.
Obama's Tuesday win represents a victory over a press corps fixated on fluff over substance.

Shifting the Blame in Gender-Motivated Violence

Shifting the Blame in Gender-Motivated Violence

Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network AlterNet: MediaCulture. May 7, 2008.
How the media's use of the passive voice skews coverage of violence against women.

ABC's Mickey Mouse Media

ABC's Mickey Mouse Media

Eric Alterman, The Nation. May 1, 2008.
A serious debate focused about torture, wiretapping, food prices, world hunger... oh, wait. That's the kind of fairy tale they don't do at Disney.

Helping Girls Navigate Sexualization in the Media

Helping Girls Navigate Sexualization in the Media

Joyce McFadden, Huffington Post. May 1, 2008.
Young girls are inundated with sexist media images. How do we help them develop a healthy sense of their own sexuality?

5 Things to Remember When Making a Political Comedy

5 Things to Remember When Making a Political Comedy

Cole Abaius, Film School Rejects. April 30, 2008.
When it's not tragic, politics can be hilarious. Here's a guide to political comedy that is actually funny.

When Bush’s intentional deception comes back to haunt him

When Bush’s intentional deception comes back to haunt him

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. April 30, 2008.
President Bush has lost all credibility on the issue of Afghanistan.

Conservatives Retreat into Fox's Media Bubble

Conservatives Retreat into Fox's Media Bubble

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. April 28, 2008.
A new study shows just how polarized our news consumption has become.

What is Left is the Cliffs Notes of News

What is Left is the Cliffs Notes of News

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. April 28, 2008.
How the media keeps your life uncluttered by complex and substantive information.

Politico Reporter Plays Fast and Loose with Anti-War Organizer's Words

Politico Reporter Plays Fast and Loose with Anti-War Organizer's Words

Matt Stoller, Open Left AlterNet: War on Iraq. April 26, 2008.
This is how conventional wisdom is created.

It's U.S. Supported Colombia's Uribe Who Sounds like the Latin American Dictator

It's U.S. Supported Colombia's Uribe Who Sounds like the Latin American Dictator

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 26, 2008.
With a remarkable interview with Ecuador's Raphael Correa. You won't read anything like it in your local paper.

Wall Street Journal on Brink of Becoming Journalistic Disaster

Wall Street Journal on Brink of Becoming Journalistic Disaster

Dean Starkman, Columbia Journalism Review. April 25, 2008.
WSJ's managing editor resigns, leaving Murdoch one step closer to having a monopoly on New York news.

The Real Elitists Work in Mainstream Media

The Real Elitists Work in Mainstream Media

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. April 24, 2008.
The media elite pretend there are not two Americas but only one: theirs.

The Media Refuses To Keep Government Honest

The Media Refuses To Keep Government Honest

Jill Hussein C., Brilliant at Breakfast AlterNet: PEEK. April 23, 2008.
We don't need Pravda when the independent media volunteers.

A Bad Week for Journalism

A Bad Week for Journalism

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. April 22, 2008.
Why Americans should care that print journalism is going down the drain.