I’ve recently gotten more vocal about my belief that political “debate” in the U.S. has devolved to into something that should be characterized as “toxic”. What I never cosidered was this – Thomas Friedman in the New York Times.
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Journalism, done right, is enormously powerful precisely because it does not seek power. It seeks truth.
Here’s a really nice piece that uses the Sonia Sotomayor nomination as a backdrop to discuss the difference between traditional journalistic reporting versus modern blogger style reporting. There are, of course, blessing and curses with each side – traditional [...]
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My fear is, and has been for a number of years now, that we’re letting marketing guide our choices rather than a genuine understanding of the complex issues our country faces. And both sides are vulnerable. Obviously we’re having a hard time these days, and no one’s been spared.
Lots of good stuff [...]
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Now, for the most part, the likes of Fox News and the R.N.C. haven’t directly incited violence, despite Bill O’Reilly’s declarations that “some” called Dr. Tiller “Tiller the Baby Killer,” that he had “blood on his hands,” and that he was a “guy operating a death mill.” But they have gone out of their way [...]
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Hoodwinked by Obama
by angela on September 8, 2009
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