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Why America Lacks a Scientific Conversation

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Why America Lacks a Scientific Conversation”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The science is in, and Chris Mooney’s politicization hypothesis is real. Conservatives, especially evangelicals, are less apt to accept scientific evidence than they were 40 years ago. This trend has been driven … Continue reading →

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Liberal Media Ignoring Liberals

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Liberal Media Ignoring Liberals”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailTwo thousand people turned out to protest the Koch brothers in DC: But as ThinkProgress notes, Last Thursday, tea party activists rallied on Capitol Hill to pressure Republican lawmakers to cut government spending. Crowd … Continue reading →

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Study: Most Americans Still Ignorant, Biased About Al Jazeera

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Study: Most Americans Still Ignorant, Biased About Al Jazeera”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailVia Media Bistro, a study that suggests Al Jazeera still has light-years to go in the American mind. The study used relabeled clips of the Arab satellite channel and … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Approving Violence

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Morning Awful: Approving Violence”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail By way of LGF: a CBS poll asking whether violence is “ever justified” got a yes from 16% of respondents. Their breakdown: Republican 28% yes, 64% no Democrat 11% yes, 81% no Indepdent … Continue reading →

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Politicized Media

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Politicized Media”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI don’t know much about Kimberly Butler, but she’s got lots of media people taking her questions about the politicization of media:

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Yes To Puppets

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Yes To Puppets”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI’m with Digby in her analysis of right-wing dominance in the health care debate: This is, btw, why people make those stupid puppets for the big marches. If you aren’t willing to bring on the … Continue reading →

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ABC: Always Broadcast Controversy

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “ABC: Always Broadcast Controversy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSure, no Very Serious Beltway reporter would think to get Arab reaction to a story about public communications aimed at the Arab world. After all, it’s such a chore to chat up the nearest … Continue reading →

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ABC Versus the Prius

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “ABC Versus the Prius”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSo there are ABC affiliates losing ad revenue from Toyota dealers upset with “excessive network coverage” of the Prius being added to the recall? I guess that goes to prove two things: (1) car … Continue reading →

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Lone Teabagger Crowded By Cameras

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Lone Teabagger Crowded By Cameras”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis is infuriating. As I’ve chronicled since August, it doesn’t matter how many people show out to support a progressive cause — even the local paper will ignore the largest of marches. But … Continue reading →

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Your Liberal Media At Work

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Your Liberal Media At Work”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSo I was watching CNN yesterday morning as they interviewed Gary Berntsen, author of Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA’s Key Field Commander. Berntsen laid … Continue reading →

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The Great Unraveling of Media

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The Great Unraveling of Media”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIn 1964, William Buckley led a rebellion of the conservative intelligentsia against the John Birch Society and its hoopleheaded paranoia. In 2009, the same JBS hooplehead paranoia is in charge of the conservative … Continue reading →

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