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By Shoq, on July 26, 2010, at 8:47 am
Enough is Enough
We have endured this pretense that Fox News is a legitimate news organization for too long. It's not. It's the 24 hour propaganda channel of the Republican party, and Washington should marginalize and stigmatize it until it withers and dies. (More on this in a later post).
The first step is for all real
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By Shoq, on July 15, 2010, at 12:25 pm
On July 14th, on an MSNBC Countdown segment about the pending well bore pressure tests of the Macondo well, an oil industry MBA named Bob Cavnar was "confused," saying this was the first he'd heard of an "integrity test," then suggesting that something was "not making any sense," as if some other agenda might
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By Shoq, on April 28, 2010, at 11:55 am
The death of American accountability – John McQuaid
But it’s increasingly clear that our “systems” are simultaneously both too complex and not sophisticated enough to deal with the problems at hand. The disappearance of clear-cut mechanisms of accountability is just the most obvious sign.
I have been railing about the collapse of accountability for years. This
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By Shoq, on April 21, 2010, at 4:03 pm
"Bernie Goldberg Fires Back"
The Daily Show 4/20/2010 — Length: 11:54
Jon "apologizes" for criticizing Bernie Goldberg and Fox News, but it's only because they're a terrible, cynical, disingenuous news organization. Do NOT shut this off half way thru. The real punchline comes after the lengthy setup.
Please retweet this with the green
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By Shoq, on April 17, 2010, at 4:15 pm
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End Game
This issue has been mostly concluded for dozens of news organizations and Keith Olbermann. So who am I to wonder why no one is now interested in this "Ed Snider" person who makes big investments in right wing networks, allowing them to borrow his parent company (Comcast)'s name for their
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By Shoq, on April 8, 2010, at 6:27 pm
Of all the great ideas Jay Rosen has had, I never really understood what made this one anything but self-evident. Fact-checking the news in real, or-near real-time, has been an obvious need for over 20 years, and the technology to do it was old school even before blogging, Twitter and Facebook. It's just that no
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By Shoq, on April 8, 2010, at 10:38 am
In the new issue, Forbes reports that Glenn Beck admits:
"I could give a flying crap about the political process." Making money, on the other hand, is to be taken very seriously, and controversy is its own coinage. "We're an entertainment company," Beck says.
The article is a pretty fun ride, with a few Beck bombshells
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By Shoq, on April 5, 2010, at 6:33 pm
Mediabistro reports "MSNBC Could Keep David Shuster Off the Air Indefinitely."
MSNBC bad boy David Shuster may be on his third strike.
Shuster won't be on the air today for his 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. shows, according to MSNBC insiders. Whether he returns before his contract expires in December is up for debate.
Shuster's last appearance
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By Shoq, on April 5, 2010, at 5:47 pm
A New Facebook Site
Punish David Shuster with his own show!
We agree that David Shuster must be punished for being one of the most dogged and honorable journalists working in cable news. After taking away his Tweeting privileges, the only way to make sure he learns his lesson is GIVE HIM HIS OWN DAMNED SHOW.
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