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America Is A Beautiful Mosaic...Literally
CREDO does not endorse candidates - that being said, this is one of the coolest things I've seen on the internet. Remember the Obama 'Yes We Can' video by will.I.am? Imagine thousands of Americans contributing pictures of their civic reengagement...
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It's Still The Economy, Stupid
Paul Krugman makes Monday morning easier, with his column in The Times that never ceases to push issues that deserve discussion. Today, he reminded us that the economy -- which is lurching toward a recession -- might be worth becoming...
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For Crying Out Loud
You'd think that if it's no use crying over spilled milk, it wouldn't be worth milking spilled tears...and yet, the media can not give up talking about the relationship between Senator Clinton's cracking voice and cracking New Hampshire expectations. As...
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Thank You, MSM!
Remember the house RESTORE Act we told you about a few weeks ago? The one which both got rid of retroactive immunity and reaffirmed FISA's role? We were pretty big fans of that bill. Joe Klein, evidently, was not. So...
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Fudging the Facts on Iraqi Returnees
It's become an increasingly common refrain for apologists of our Iraq policy - you want proof that the security situation in Iraq is getting better? Just look at the numbers of Iraqis returning home. On Nov. 7, Brig. Gen. Qassim...
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Ah, Our Fact-Checking Mainstream Media
Josh Marshall notices some mischief from yesterday's New York Post: Rudy Giuliani is trumpeting his leadership in the wake of 9/11 in campaign mailings to voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. While Giuliani's supporters have long boasted about his performance...
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How To Cover The Youth Vote - Made Easy!
Some of the mainstream media's coverage of American youth's involvement in politics has been rather, um, questionable lately. Thankfully, the excellent progressive youth blog Future Majority has come to the rescue with their very own Journalist Cheat Sheet on the...
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Defining Progressivism In Public
Watch this ad which the Center for American Progress has been playing in a few select media markets the last several weeks....
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Imagine A Chuck E. Cheese Game Designed By David Brock
And you might have an idea of what the following pleasant afternoon diversion is like. But we'd play it, just to be sure....
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Teamwork
It seems like we always find ourselves disagreeing with the mainstream media (especially their priorities). Today, however it seems that we are on the same side. Today, newspapers across America hailed Alberto Gonzales's resignation, much as we have been doing...
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Slowpoke: Condom Ads
What does it say about our priorities when they shut down condom ads but let former presidential candidate Bob Dole pitch viagra on day-time TV? It probably says that our media is more interested in seeing us screwed than...
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It's STILL Not News (Even When It's the Other Side)
We have no love for Mitt Romney over here. His "double Guantanamo" defense of torture remains one of the most chilling remarks of the Presidential contest so far (no worries, though, we're sure it will get worse). But just because...
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Oh, Come On...Really?!?!
We know that this has nothing to do with the current administration. We know that this has little to do with what Working Assets is about. But like when Bush's senior domestic advisor got caught shoplifting, this story just says...
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This Modern World: How the News Works
Boy has Sirota's Media-Government Propaganda Machine been at it lately. It seems all they do is spread fear, hate and sadness. Today, Tom Tomorrow provides us with an in depth look into How the News Works. (It's scary cause...
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Slowpoke: News Abducted - Featured Cartoon
Yesterday's pardon of Scooter Libby showed Bush is willing to kidnap justice. Cheney's claim last week that he isn't part of the Executive Branch showed he's willing to kidnap the Constitution. But as Slowpoke, today's featured cartoon, reminds us,...
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Start Off Your Monday
It's summertime. Shouldn't we be on vacation from school? If you're reading this, then you're at a computer...so very likely, you're at a desk...and chances are you're at work. So, it's just another Monday. All the more reason for a...
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TeeVee News: Once Upon a Time - Featured Cartoon
Is that Tinkerbell in the upper right-hand corner? If so, that explains this trip to Neverland, where a crew of "lost boys" in Washington are being led by the one head boy that refuses to grow up. (Apologies to...
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The Biggest Gaffe
Media Matters is a great organization. On Wednesday, following the GOP debate, they ran a piece critical of The Washington Post coverage which called Mike Huckabee's mistake about Reagan's birthday the "gaffe of the night." As Media Matters points out,...
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This Modern World: Very Serious Pundits Discuss the Candidates - Featured Cartoon
If you want to know what self-proclaimed, well-informed, very-important, opinion-driving pundits have to say, you can watch the cable news circus. But if you just want to have a well-deserved, full-throated and completely unapologetic laugh at their expense, read...
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Peter, What Would You Say...You DO Here?
A hilarious two-step exercise in the extended entry to show you how absolutely inane many Washington political "journalists" really are....
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Slowpoke: School Shooter PR - Featured Cartoon
Today's comic is a cynical swipe at the sensationalization of pschotic streaks. Almost as if the media enjoys a good tragedy... Of course, there's nothing sensational about the progress of the escalation in Iraq -- as more innocent Iraqis lose...
