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5 of the Biggest Hacks in American Media

Alex Pareene, Salon. December 19, 2011.

Excerpted from Alex Pareene and Salon's 2011 Hack List, here are five of the worst, most predictable and least interesting pundits in America.

Democrats Backing NJ Gov. Christie's Anti-Worker Law Facing a Challenge From Progressive Group

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. June 29, 2011.

Stephen Sweeney is a union worker turned Democratic state senator who's now backing Tea Party Governor Christie's attacks on workers, but progressives are fighting back.

Salons: A New Intellectual Culture is Taking Shape Throughout the Country

David Rosen, AlterNet. May 9, 2011.

Amidst the long, drawn-out recovery from the Great Recession, an unprecedented flowering of intellectual life is underway.

Ridiculous "Study" Supposedly Finds Widespread Anti-Semitism on Progressive Websites

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 21, 2009.

As intellectually dishonest as one could get.

Bad News Bears; Obama: Prisoners Have No Rights

Don Hazen, AlterNet. February 22, 2009.

Obama's latest disturbing move makes him seem more like a bullshit artist than the moral voice we heard when he was a candidate.

Palin Complains: My First Amendment Rights Are Threatened by Criticism

Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post. October 31, 2008.

"If anything, Palin has this exactly backwards, since one thing that the First Amendment does actually guarantee is a free press."

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.