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Clean Coal, Clean Tar: Media Getting Wise to Oxymorons

David Sassoon | Posted 12.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Tar Sands, Clean Coal, Wall Street Journal, Global Warming, Cbc, Columbia Journalism Review, Brian Williams Clean Coal, NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams, Green News
David Sassoon

To hear Brian Williams take a clean shot at dirty coal seemed like a signal heralding a great thaw of a long media Ice Age that has prohibited honest reporting on the fossil fuel industry.

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Talking With The F.B.I.'s Undercover Source In Alaska's VECO Corruption Case

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cbc, Corruption, Ted Stevens, Lott, Begich, Surveillance, Mccain, Don Young, Campaign, President, Sarah Palin, Craig, Nicholas Cage, Perps, Inouye, Mark Begich, Oil Executives, Moose Poop, Alaska, Tasergate, Prewitt, Conviction, Democrat, Congress, Cunningham, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, Investigation, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Person of Interest, Alaskanisms, Barack, Jack Nicholson, Murkowski, Troopergate, Vice President, Court Case, Guilty Plea, Joe Biden 2008, Duke, Obama, Republican, Lisa Murkowski, Stevens, 2008 Campaign, Alaskan Politics, Corrupt Bastards Club, Confidential Source, Frank Murkowski, John McCain, Last Bridge to Nowhere, Hats, Frank Prewitt, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, State Representative, Oil Companies, Delay, Witness, 08 Campaign, Convicted, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Fbi, Veco, State Senator, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Prewitt: "It's going to be a tight race, but Stevens could still win this thing. Stevens has been around so long, and we do have a very partisan situation up here in Alaska."

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Exclusive Interview: Frank Prewitt, Author Of Last Bridge To Nowhere

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cbc, Corruption, Ted Stevens, Begich, Surveillance, Mccain, Don Young, Campaign, President, Sarah Palin, Craig, Nicholas Cage, Perps, Mark Begich, Oil Executives, Moose Poop, Alaska, Conviction, Democrat, Congress, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, Investigation, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Person of Interest, Barack, Jack Nicholson, Murkowski, Troopergate, Vice President, Court Case, Guilty Plea, Joe Biden 2008, Duke, Obama, Republican, Lisa Murkowski, Stevens, 2008 Campaign, Alaskan Politics, Corrupt Bastards Club, Confidential Source, Frank Murkowski, John McCain, Last Bridge to Nowhere, Hats, Frank Prewitt, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, State Representative, Oil Companies, Delay, Witness, 08 Campaign, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Fbi, State Senator, Lott, Inouye, Tasergate, Prewitt, Cunningham, Alaskanisms, Veco, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Prewitt: The book is my experience working as the confidential source who spent nearly four years helping the F.B.I. pry the lid open on the sordid world of political corruption in Alaska and Washington.

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Blue Dogs Are Now Silver Foxes

Major R. Owens | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Food Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, Congress, Cbc, Blue Dogs, Blue Dog Coalition, Barack Obama, Politics News
Major R. Owens

Yes, the knights of change riding into Washington can do it. But only if they are vigilant against the Blue Dogs who hunt in the jungles of the capitol.

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Rival Snaps Up 40-Year-Old "Hockey Night In Canada" Theme

Reuters | Posted 06.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Ctv, Hnic, Hockey Night in Canada, Sports, Hockey Theme, Cbc, Business News

TORONTO (Reuters) - Like an aggressive team snapping up a rival's top player, Canada's CTV television network has acquired rights to the "Hockey Night...

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CULTURE ZOHN: Culture Without Borders

Patricia Zohn | Posted 04.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Cbc, Alejandro Inarritu, National Film Board of Canada, Winter Olympics, Mexico City, Jeff Wall, Silver Cities, Margaret Atwood, British Columbia, Michael Ondaatje, Frieda Kahlo, Whistler Mountain, Frank Gehry, Alfonso Cuaron, Museum of Anthropology, Peter Jennings, Vancouver Art Gallery, Diego Rivera, Toronto Film Festival, Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, Kutlug Ataman, Puerto Escondido, Vancouver, Oaxaca, Entertainment News
Patricia Zohn

2008-04-18-22_dissapear.jpgThere's a definite upside to becoming the poor relation: in seeking out a more affordable alternative, the wealth of our nearest neighbors' will astonish you.

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Congressional Black Caucus Attacks Sovereign Status of Indian Nations

Tim Giago | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

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Tim Giago

The Congressional Black Caucus, in attacking the sovereign status of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is placing in question and in jeopardy, the ...

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Myth: Americans Tuned Out Iraq Fact: The Press Tuned Out Iraq

Eric Boehlert | Posted 04.03.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

In the wake of disturbing new violence in Baghdad, it's important to understand that American news consumers did not walk away from Iraq. The press did.

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Did Clinton Win Ohio on a Lie?

Paul Loeb | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Negative Campaigning, Canada, Hillary Clinton, Huckabee Scandal, 2008 Election, Nafta-Gate, Barack Obama, Dirty Politics, Nafta, Naftagate, Cbc, Ian Brodie, Samantha Power, Austan Goolsbee, Stephen Harper, Ctv, Politics News
Paul Loeb

The nine delegates Clinton netted from Ohio can't be changed, but the salience of of the "NAFTAgate" lie casts into doubt everything she says about the lessons of this victory.

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Black Orphans of the Beltway

Major R. Owens | Posted 01.04.2008 | Politics

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Major R. Owens

The lopsided record shows that during their forty year domination of the House, the big spending by the Democrats was seldom shared with their most loyal minority.

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Canadian Broadcasters Pull Falun Gong Doc After China Complains

New York Times | IAN AUSTEN | Posted 11.09.2007 | Business

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Hours before a heavily promoted documentary about the Falun Gong spiritual sect in China was scheduled to go on the air, the Canadian Broadcasting Cor...

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