Huffington Post:
Back in 2001, conservative media figures were adamant. Democratic Party victories at the ballot boxes during the off-year elections had little national significance.Fox News contributor Dick Morris said at the time, "[I]f you have a Republican president, people are going to vote Democrat, and if you have a Democrat presiden (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
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As I take a seat at the small table facing a packed room at L.A.'s Writer's Guild for a panel on new media, I'm aware of three things. First, that there are two seasoned entertainment business executives seated who feel strongly about their views on the Internet. Second, that we're probably more than likely going to disagre (Read More)
New York Times:
Longtime Newsday police reporter and columnist Leonard Levitt was once barred from headquarters. He sued to regain access, and still visits weekly to gather news for his Web site.
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New York Times:
Mr. Mashek was a reporter and columnist for nearly half a century for U.S. News & World Report, The Boston Globe and other publications.
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New York Times:
The head of a press association complained of governments’ revoking broadcast licenses, fostering hostility toward journalists and giving a free hand to government supporters.
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Huffington Post:
This week's Impact blog posts covered a typically divergent range of topics, and as anyone who's kept up with the American news cycle of late knows, there's often very little time to consider one topic before the next one pops up. Our dedicated Impact bloggers have, however, given us reason to pause and think more criticall (Read More)
Huffington Post:
HACKENSACK, N.J. — A jury convicted a Florida man Friday of murdering his former son-in-law, rejecting the man's defense that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs to commit the crime and make a quick getaway.Edward Ates looked down and shook his head in court as he was found guilty of murder and weapons (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Indeed, spending records from the New York City Campaign Finance Board show that Bloomberg handed over more than two million dollars to Connections Media under the category of "Internet ads." Do the math, and it turns out that out of the whopping $145 that Bloomberg spent to pull each of his voters into the polls on Tuesday (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Arianna Huffington and Drew Westen earlier this week posted persuasive arguments that Barack Obama, as president, should govern the way he campaigned for the job: Fired up, with an unswerving focus on changing the status quo and standing up for the people against the vested interests that thrive on politics as usual. Compar (Read More)
Daily Kos:
One of the great services Rachel Maddow has done over the past several months is to show the powerful--and exceedingly wealthy--interests propping up the supposedly populist tea-parties. While the people participating probably feel ike their in the midst of some great groundswell of populist, grassroots movement, the sad tr (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Phil Noble describes Hope Plus, his upcoming online action network, as "a global eBay for caring." Hope Plus is being developed by Noble's PoliticsOnline, and plans to launch during December to coordinate with the Copenhagen Climate conference.The site is attempting to get involvement from Barack Obama and Bill Gates.So, wh (Read More)
MSNBC:
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Huffington Post:
Right-wing media figures have used the shooting at Fort Hood as an excuse to attack Islam and American Muslims in particular, with Debbie Schlussel, for example, urging readers to think of the alleged shooter "whenever you hear about how Muslims serve their country in the U.S. military." Additionally, commentators have blam (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales said Friday that the online encyclopedia aspires to be a higher-quality source of information but added that mainstream publications could learn from its disclaimers and community features.nrkbeta/FlickrWikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales“Our goal is to make Wikipedia as high-quality as possibl (Read More)