Ezra Klein of the Washington Post is the subject of a fantastic profile in The New Republic. You may have seen him substituing as a host on various MSNBC shows or as a policy wonk on different news programs. What…
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MSNBC Documentary on Selling the Iraq War Debuts Tonight
by Dan Chmielewski • • 7 Comments
It’s been 10 years since President George W. Bush used the State of the Union address to lie this nation into war with the claim that Iraq had been stockpiling materials and enriched uranium to manufacture Weapons of Mass Destruction…
NRA Blames Society, Videogames for CT School Shooting
by Dan Chmielewski • • 5 Comments
The National Rifle Association finally broke it’s silence about the school shooting in Newtown today with a press conference in which they refused to take questions. The media was instead invited for one on ones next week, which is…
Forget Birthers; Romney “Wifers” Debate Begins
by Dan Chmielewski • • 8 Comments
When the birther movement started, a lot of liberals were like “huh?” And no matter what manner of evidence emerges, birthers still believe that President Obama is a Kenyan born Muslim who worshipped for 20 years at a church run…
RIP: The Fairness Doctrine
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
The FCC yesteday effectively killed the Fairness Doctrine, which had been effectively deregulated since the Reagan Administration, along with about 80 other rules affecting broadcast communication that the Obama Administration considers “out of date.” I believe this is a mistake.…
Rachel Maddow spells out what’s at stake in Wisconsinstan
by Dan Chmielewski • • 2 Comments
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and her team are exceptional journalists. To wit, they have connected the attempts of Gov. Walker in Wisconsin with his pretext of destorying the unions there. In the attached YouTube clip, Maddow reports Unions in Wisconsinstan have…
Rep. Royce Ties Arizona Shooting to Fairness Doctrine (huh?)
by Dan Chmielewski • • 13 Comments
Fallout from the Arizona shooting continues to reverberate from Washington DC to Orange County. Last week, Irvine City Council member and 2010 Democratic congressional candidate Beth Krom weighed in with a letter to the editor in the OC Register calling…
