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How Our Gutless Media Helped Trigger the Credit Crisis

8 hours 38 min ago
Government and greedy bankers aren't the only ones to blame.
Categories: Network Cultures

Are Pentagon Nerds Developing Packs of Man-Hunting Killer Robots?

8 hours 38 min ago
A dystopian sci-fi fantasy may soon be coming to fruition on a battlefield near you.
Categories: Network Cultures

Former News Radio Staffer Spills the Beans on How Shock Jocks Inspire Hatred and Anger

Mon, 2008-11-17 08:00
Behind the scenes of one of the largest and most successful news/talk radio stations in America.
Categories: Network Cultures

Brilliant Spoof: New York Times Satire Claims All Problems Will Be Solved By July 2009

Thu, 2008-11-13 00:00
New York City woke up to find that committed satirists had delivered a remarkably well-rendered facsimile of the Times.
Categories: Network Cultures

Forget Red vs. Blue -- It's the Educated vs. People Easily Fooled by Propaganda

Wed, 2008-11-12 08:00
Millions of Americans live in a non-reality-based belief system informed by childish cliches - they can barely differentiate between lies and truth.
Categories: Network Cultures

CNN's Election Night 3-D Holograms Channel Princess Leia and Obi-Wan

Mon, 2008-11-10 08:00
The news giant wowed viewers with its holographic projection technology which "beamed" reporters into the studio in true Star Wars fashion.
Categories: Network Cultures

The Desperate Right's Five Biggest Flops of the 2008 Election

Sat, 2008-11-08 08:00
How Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber and other stupid stunts did not win the election for McCain.
Categories: Network Cultures

Watching Them Squirm: Is Fox News Abandoning the Mob It Created?

Fri, 2008-11-07 19:00
A huge schism develops between Fox's post-election attempts at "civility" and its pitchfork-wielding audience.
Categories: Network Cultures

"Be the Change" Aims to Get Out the Music Vote

Fri, 2008-10-31 07:00
Graham Nash and other big name music acts get out the vote with Election Day phone calls to their fans.
Categories: Network Cultures

The New York Times' Biggest Screw-up Since They Sold the War in Iraq

Tue, 2008-10-28 22:00
Deconstructing the NYT fairy tale of the poor innocent small democracy of Georgia attacked by a cruel Cold War Russian monster.
Categories: Network Cultures

Cable News Phenom Maddow Doubles Her Audience in a Matter of Days

Wed, 2008-10-22 07:00
Word is spreading like wildfire about the MSNBC host's hard-hitting new show.
Categories: Network Cultures

Oliver Stone's "W." -- A Catastrophe Worthy of the Worst President

Wed, 2008-10-22 07:00
You can practically feel Oilver Stone sitting behind you, breathing on the back of your neck and willing you to see the brilliance of his vision.
Categories: Network Cultures

As Democratic Landslide Looms, Big Media Try to Peddle More 'Right-Wing Nation' B.S.

Wed, 2008-10-22 07:00
When Democrats win we're told that they need to move to the center. What a joke.
Categories: Network Cultures

Porn's Dirty, Dangerous Secret

Tue, 2008-10-21 07:00
There are a finite number of ways that human bodies can fit together. So pornmakers resort to sexualizing degradation to stay "cutting edge."
Categories: Network Cultures

How a Victim of the Housing Crisis Was Saved from the Brink of Eviction

Mon, 2008-10-20 07:00
Code Pink, American News Project, and community organizers worked together to save a woman's home from the auction block.
Categories: Network Cultures

Obama vs. McCain: Where Would the Election Be without Net Neutrality? -- Media & Technology Voter Guide

Fri, 2008-10-17 19:00
A look at how Obama and McCain compare on everything from net neutrality to the digital TV transition.
Categories: Network Cultures

The Conservative Crack-Up Deepens

Tue, 2008-10-14 20:00
All they've got left is their perennial outrage.
Categories: Network Cultures

News Media Propaganda Helped Push Through Failed Bailout

Tue, 2008-10-14 18:00
The news media played a pivotal role in stampeding the country into a bailout that was unwise and unjust.
Categories: Network Cultures

John McCain Sows the Seeds of Hatred

Tue, 2008-10-14 09:00
John McCain: You're better than that! Stop the hate speech before it's too late.
Categories: Network Cultures

Anti-Abortion Group Tries to Swiftboat Obama

Mon, 2008-10-13 23:00
BornAliveTruth.org plays loose with the facts in an ad targeting Obama.
Categories: Network Cultures