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Rand Paul Plays Ted Nugent Like a Fender Stratocaster
Paul may or may not turn out to be a skilled presidential candidate, but he works the media better than any other contender.
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Daily Meme: Death by Metadata
Backed by billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, Edward Snowden confidant and NSA antagonist Glenn Greenwald launched his superblog The Intercept today with a bang: new revelations about the National Security Agency’s (NSA) role in targeted drone strikes. The quick take? They’re going after SIM cards instead of people, which has led to the killing of […]
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Is Chris Christie Being Treated Unfairly?
Every little thing anybody associated with him is being scrutinized. But that’s the price of playing in the big leagues.
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Left Grovels to Right, Achieves Nothing
Why would President Obama give a Super Bowl-day interview to Bill O’Reilly?
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Campaigns and the Human Condition
“Mitt” reminds us that seeing a candidate’s “true” self is impossible, no matter who he is.
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Once Again, Conservative Media Treat Their Audience Like Idiots
Is any conspiracy theory too ridiculous to be foisted on Fox viewers and conservative talk radio listeners? Apparently not.
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Roger Ailes and the Politics of Resentment
What Fox News has wrought.
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Choosing the Right Filter for Presidential Image Making
Larry Speakes and the invention of truthiness.
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The Answers to Two Big Questions about the Christie Bridge Scandal
1. How can people be that dumb? 2. Why is this such a big media story?
