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Tower of Babel?

Caryl Rivers | Posted 01.05.2009 | Media

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Caryl Rivers

We need a press powerful enough to rival other power centers, like government and the corporate state. And we desperately need a new economic structure to save newspapers.

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Joe Biden and the Press: A Case Study in the Absurd

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.05.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

Rather than reward Biden for being open and honest with voters --for being authentic and unscripted -- the press punished him for weeks on end.

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How The New York Times Can Save Itself

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 10.24.2008 | Business

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The New York Times (NYT) is now running on fumes. S&P has downgraded the company's debt to junk, and Moodys is about to do the same. The stock has fal...

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Boston Globe Endorses Obama: "The One To Lead The Way"

Boston Globe | Editorial | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media

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COME JANUARY, a new president will take charge of a nation diminished, an America that is far shakier economically, less secure militarily, and less r...

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Restricting Food By Any Other Name is Still A Diet

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 10.01.2008 | Style

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Charlotte Hilton Andersen

"Dieting is not your normal way of living. You have to limit what you eat and pay attention to your health." Got that?

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With New Ads, Obama Pushes Back Against Ugly McCain Campaign

Beverly Davis | Posted 09.12.2008 | Home

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Beverly Davis

"First of all politics is a tough business," says McCain. "Second of all, I think the tone of this whole campaign would've been very different if Sen. Obama had accepted my request for us to appear at town hall meetings."

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Hillary Clinton Speaks at Convention, the Press Concocts a Story

Eric Boehlert | Posted 08.26.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

The press has portrayed Clinton's planned convention address, as well as the fact that her name is being placed into nomination, as an unprecedented, heavy-handed power grab. It's not.

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Americans Don't Know: There's a Plan on the Table to Resolve the Nuclear Standoff with Iran

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

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Robert Naiman

What those promoting military attacks on Iran don't want Americans to know is that there's an offer on the table that could resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program and allow both sides to claim victory.

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Dreams of My... Grandparents? Obama's Campaign Ad Omits All Mention of His Father

Lester Feder | Posted 06.20.2008 | Home

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Lester Feder

News outlets treaded lightly on the absence of Obama's father from the ad. The Boston Globe wrote that Americans know who Obama is by now. But if that were really true, why the need for this kind of ad?

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NYT Exposes Fraud of "Generous Offer" to Iran

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.17.2008 | Media

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Robert Naiman

Iran is being offered a package of economic incentives to give up what Iranians regard as a fundamental right -- mastery of the technology to enrich uranium.

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Iran Capitulates; Accepts "Triple Standard" on Nuclear Program

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

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Robert Naiman

What the Bush administration has been arguing for is a triple standard: one for nuclear powers, one for non-nuclear powers, and a third that goes: "Iran, so long as it has a government that we don't like."

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Only Boston Knows: Feinstein, Hagel Say International Enrichment in Iran Should Be Explored

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media

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Robert Naiman

Among American newspapers, only the Boston Globe, apparently, thinks its readers might be interested to know that there is a proposal on the table tha...

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Iran Accepted Pickering's Enrichment Proposal: Did Anyone Notice?

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

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Robert Naiman

Iran appears to have shifted to a public diplomacy strategy; instead of simply making proposals to US officials which they expect will be ignored, they are attempting to speak directly to the US public.

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Why Did the Press Ignore Ted Kennedy in 2002?

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.29.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

Just a few years ago, the press cavalierly snubbed Kennedy. A key turning point during that public rush to war was Kennedy's fervent and thoughtful anti-war speech in 2002.

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Beyond "The Big Test": A Brilliant Idea to Improve Schools

Dan Brown | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living

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Dan Brown

If a brilliant idea slapped us in the face for how to help public school students achieve more, would we recognize it? Today, schools' everyday funct...

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The Press Polishes the McCain "Brand"

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.14.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

By discussing McCain in terms of a formal brand, the press suggests that McCain's reputation as a maverick has become so embedded, so ingrained, that it has transcended into a formal trademark.

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Is This the Last Newspaper Stand?

James Boyce | Posted 04.28.2008 | Media

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James Boyce

Every six months, the large city newspapers are reporting circulation declines of 3% to 8% and the cumulative effect of those declines is stark, and foretells the coming end of the newspaper era.

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Jason Linkins

Boston Globe Assails 'Hillary Strangelove' On Iran Comments

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

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This morning, the Boston Globe launched the most aggressive editorial broadside yet against statements made by Hillary Clinton last week on Good Morni...

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Fox Business Host Alexis Glick Compares Yankees-Red Sox To NYT-Boston Globe, Doesn't Realize NYT Owns The Globe

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.14.2008 | Media

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This morning on Fox Business Network's "Money for Breakfast," host Alexis Glick made another embarrassing mistake when discussing a potential partners...

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Editorial: My Fellow Clintonites, It's Time For Obama

Boston Globe | Tripp Jones | Posted 04.05.2008 | Politics

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FOR SUPPORTERS of Senator Hillary Clinton, like me, it's time to get behind her rival, Senator Barack Obama. The exposure of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright...

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Reading The Pictures: Not Pimping, But Something

Michael Shaw | Posted 02.11.2008 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2008-02-11-chelsea_hillary_shaw_fp.jpgThe firestorm around David Shuster's snide remark obscures the fact there is a point in there somewhere.

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Tom Brady Sacked All Night, No One Impregnated

236.com: News You Can Misuse | Posted 02.04.2008 | Home

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Sunday night, the New York Giants became Super Bowl champions with a 17-14 victory over the heavily-favored New England Patriots. The Giants eked out ...

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Super Bowl Reactions: Boston Newspapers, Rating Super Bowl Ads, Giants Victory Parade

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 02.04.2008 | Home

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Google searches are going wild for anything to do with the SuperBowl after the New York Giants upset the almost perfect New England Patriots. Accordin...

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Sam Stein

Is McCain Back? GOP Insiders Say He Was Never Gone

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.16.2007 | Politics

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Sen. John McCain, R-AZ, won the endorsements of both the Boston Globe and the Des Moines Register on Sunday morning; two key newspapers affecting two ...

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Iowa: Clinton's "Readiness" Wins Des Moines Register Endorsement

Beverly Davis | Posted 12.16.2007 | Home

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Beverly Davis

The following piece was produced by HuffPost's OffTheBus. Des Moines, Iowa---The Des Moines Register's Editorial Board handed their plumb endorsem...

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