Category Archive: Media Criticism

Mar 17

Paul Volcker Slams Goldman Sachs, Shows Up Robert Rubin

>By Avi Zenilman | Thu, 03/15/2012 – 10:31am |[I just wish that these pundits, speculators, economist and whatever, would keep their pessimistic views to themselves...Always the bitter never the sweet! But, I guess we couldn't have that...It wouldn't be helping the GOP derail the economic outlook on America! Gbismarc!]

Former Fed Chair Paul Volcker isn’t …

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Mar 17

How Mitt Romney lost Latinos

>By GLENN THRUSH | 3/14/12 6:38 PM EDT Updated: 3/15/12 12:39 PM EDT| POLITICO |

Republicans had high hopes of eroding President Barack Obama’s dominance among Hispanic voters in 2012 — so great was Latino frustration with Obama’s tough deportation policy and his failure to fulfill the promesa of immigration reform.

Instead, with eight months …

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Mar 16

Anti-Obamacare Forces Introduce Their Latest Effort To Mislead The Public

>By Rick Ungar, Contributor | 3/15/2012 @ 12:14PM| I cover the public health care policy beat.  + Follow on Forbes |

On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its 2012 estimate on the ten year projected cost of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Instantly, the anti-Obamacare crowd took to the airwaves and social media …

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Mar 15

There Are Lies, Damned Lies and Andrew Breitbart

>By Kai Wright | Thursday, March 8 2012, 11:31 AM EST | Re-post from the Colorlines March 15, 2012 |

Update: Who is Derrick Bell? Add your testimony to his legacy and help define him before Fox News smears him.

From his grave, Andrew Breitbart threw one last (hopefully) stink bomb into the public square …

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Mar 15

High gas prices: How much can Obama (or could Gingrich) do?

>By Zachary Roth | The Ticket – Tue, Mar 13, 2012 |

Rising gas prices have put a damper on President Obama’s political fortunes—54 percent of the respondents to a new CBS-New York Times poll said they believe the president can do a lot to control prices at the pump. And nearly two-thirds of the respondents to …

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Mar 14

The Real 2012 Race: President Obama Vs. Candidate Obama (Video)

>by Arianna Huffington | Posted: 03/14/2012 6:30 am |

As the seemingly endless GOP nomination fight grinds on, it’s becoming clearer who President Obama’s most formidable opponent is likely to be: himself.

Sometimes a long, hard-fought primary is good for a party, forcing the candidates to become stronger, better, and more responsive to the electorate. And …

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Mar 14

The Truth About Gas Prices

>By Bill Scher |March 13, 2012 – 11:00pm ET |Our Future| 

One of the critical moments in Barack Obama presidential candidacy happened in May 2008, in the days preceding the Indiana and North Carolina primaries. Gas prices were skyrocketing, en route to an all time record $4.12 per gallon. The presidential candidates were under pressure …

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Mar 13

President Obama vows Afghanistan strategy won’t change despite massacre of civilians

>By Alison Gendar AND Thomas M. Defrank | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | Monday, March 12, 2012, 11:02 PM | President: Mass slaughter won’t push him to withdraw any faster

WASHINGTON — President Obama says the weekend slaying of 16 Afghan civilians by a U.S. Army sergeant is “absolutely tragic and heartbreaking,” but insisted it …

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Mar 13

Ohio Bill Would Require Men Submit Affidavit From Sex Partner Confirming Impotence Before Receiving Viagra

>By Judd Legum | Sourced from ThinkProgress |Posted at March 12, 2012, 6:36 am |[OK, it’s a medical condition that the majority of men will experience sometime in life and if a person (male) can’t satisfy his spouse, girlfriend or whatever by remaining erect, she will seek employment elsewhere and you can take that to …

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Mar 12

Michael Tomasky on the Right’s Delusions About the Derrick Bell Video

>by Michael Tomasky | Mar 9, 2012 4:45 AM EST |

The radical right hopes that a two-decade-old videotape of Barack Obama embracing radical professor Derrick Bell will sink the president. Don’t bet on it.

Are they kidding? Barack Obama hugged Derrick Bell? Wow! This just proves everything, doesn’t it? It’s “the smoking gun,” …

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Mar 12

15 Ways the Bible Is Used by Christians and the GOP to Control and Malign Women

>By Valerie Tarico | March 8, 2012 | AlterNet |[What do you think about this article? Do you Recommend it?]

Fundamentalist religion of all stripes has degradation of women at its core, and fundamentalist Christianity is no exception. Why can’t GOP politicians trumpet their religious credentials without assaulting women?

Because fundamentalist religion of all stripes has degradation of women …

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Mar 12

Fracking Democracy: Why Pennsylvania’s Act 13 May Be the Nation’s Worst Corporate Giveaway

>By Steven Rosenfeld | AlterNet  | March 7, 2012  | [What do you think about this article? Do you Recommend it?]

Pennsylvania’s Republican leaders have given the natural gas industry unprecedented power to overrule local government and drill anywhere.  Editor’s Note: This is the first of two articles about Pennsylvania’s Act 13, perhaps the …

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