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The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Can We Get Some New Talking Heads?

Jeffrey Jena | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media

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I would like to start a list of the talking heads both left and right that we would like to see banned from all news outlets. I am tired of spin morons who offer only party talking points and no original thought or intellectual honesty.

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How MSNBC Can Rule Cable News

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.04.2008 | Media

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If I were to walk the mile from where I live to the studio and take the reins, I would at least threaten to cut out the tongue of any TV host who dares interrupt anyone else.

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"American Psycho" Headed To Broadway?

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 09.24.2008 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK -- Will a singing "American Psycho" serial killer knock 'em dead on Broadway? Producers are betting Bret Easton Ellis' novel and screen adap...

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The Palin Trap: Meta Symbol of American Womanhood is a Dangerous Distraction

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

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Palin as a mom symbol is important to discuss, but there's too much at stake to get lost again in the gender wars, no matter how validating it feels to have our opinions asked.

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Why Don't They Just Issue Swami Turbans at MSNBC?

Marty Kaplan | Posted 08.26.2008 | Media

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So this is what political journalism has come to -- evidence-free, unaccountable, redfaced, shouted, demagogic cocksure mindreading.

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Friday Talking Points [40] -- Obama Shines, McCain Whines

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

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Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...

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Talking Heads "Strategize" About Not Getting Busted On Their Own Bullshit

236.com | 23/6: The News, But Funnier | Posted 06.30.2008 | Media

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As Politico.com points out, many guests on cable news who are described as "political strategists" are actually nothing of the sort. Apparently, netwo...

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An Open Letter to All $#@%&$! Pundits

Jim David | Posted 04.30.2008 | Media

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I know the reason windows in hotels don't open anymore--so people like me won't leap onto the pavement below after watching more CNN, MSNBC and FOX than any normal person should.

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The Chickens Have Come Home To Roost: Primary Coverage Drinking Games

Reny Monk | Posted 04.22.2008 | Home

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"Clinton's Last Stand" "Obama Can't Close the Deal" "Bitter and Angry" Argh. It's a bad TV drinking game. For me, the hackneyed vocabulary of these politicos drains all meaning from the process!

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Dog Ears Music: Volume Twelve

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 03.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Declan O'Rourke, Talking Heads, Songs, Edwin Starr, Music, Danielle Evin, Bob Dylan, Dog Ears, The National, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Phil Ramone, Entertainment News

This week, recommendations for songs by Talking Heads, The National, Edwin Starr, Bob Dylan, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Declan O'Rourke.

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The Last Superdelegate

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.05.2008 | Politics

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The last superdelegate will be relieved when it's all over.

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