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Category Archives: Media
The Gathering Storm comes to NC
Here’s what we have to look forward to in the next year if the move to put the Gay People Can’t Marry amendment on the ballot passes. This is a National Organization for Marriage ad. You may notice that the … Continue reading
AlterNet names NCGA ninth craziest legislature
Ordinarily, I’m not big on the Top Ten Lists (I mean really, what else do Money and Forbes do these days?), but this mildly amusing piece on AlterNet jumped out. The NC General Assembly get’s on the list for everything … Continue reading
Posted in Dispatches, General Assembly, Media
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A little gospel
Members of the Legislative Black Caucus singing an impromptu gospel song at this week’s NAACP rally at the North Carolina General Assembly on May 24, 2011
Posted in General Assembly, video
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What’s going on at UNC-TV?
Yes! Weekly is reporting that Eszter Vajda has been fired. No reason given, according to the report. LL has been on this story plenty and has an interesting post at IHT called Alcoa: UNC-TV tries to unring the bell More … Continue reading
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Morning Post: Oh dear we are that gullible
Hello? Pigford anyone? Here’s your Media Matters timeline on the recent stoopid. I mean really. How reactionary can the media get? Yes, a boy in a runaway balloon is a big story. But this recent episode rose to the cabinet … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Morning Post
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J-Slide
A depressingly accurate headline to an essay by author and actual journalist Sydney Schanberg: Internet Only One Factor in Journalism’s Slide Into the Superficial
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Water soon to be not wet
Yes. Lying is now so acceptable that hot is not just cold, it’s the coldest evah. In three separate instances over two weeks, Sean Hannity has baselessly asserted that “this is one of the coldest years on record” to claim … Continue reading
Really lame-O
Another Monday, another lame point/counterpoint in my Metro Daily Newspaper. This week, the debate is over whether Joe Wilson was out of line when he shouted at the president 12 DAYS AGO(!). Glad I didn’t wait for the O wise … Continue reading