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    Take Fox News: For Whatever Ailes You

    MARCH 7, 2013 1:40PM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: fox news, roger ailes, barack obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 914 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    "Madhouse" Speaker John Boehner

    MARCH 1, 2013 3:57PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: president george h. w. bush, newt gingrich, rick scott, democracy, filibuster, israel, iran, neoconservatism, friends of hamas, james inhofe, rand paul, mccarthyism, ted cruz, rush limbaugh, fox news, jonathan chait, entitlement cuts, tax cuts, propaganda, james madison institute, defense, medicaid, chuck hagel, speaker boehner, president obama, sequester, push poll, republican party. tea party, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3016 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Conservative Political Correctness

    JANUARY 8, 2013 5:17PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: republican party, president obama, wall street journal, rupert murdoch, fox news, reality based communities, george w. bush, speech codes, college officials, liberals, totalitarianism, censorship, racial harassment, notre dame, kkk, right wing bubble, epistemic closure, right wing double standards, hypocrisy, traditions of civility, culture, minorities, freedom of speech, multi-culturalism, campaign finance, political correctness, conservative movement, bruce bartlett, george f will, conservatism, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1661 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Could "October Surprise" Be a One-Ton Pumpkin?

    OCTOBER 2, 2012 11:39AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, capitalism, bill gates, topsfield fair, pumpkin record, internet, open sourcing, thomas friedman, microsoft, economic equality, joseph stiglitz, austerity, supply side economics, republicans, democrats, economic crisis, 2012 election, we are all in this together, farmers, great pumpkin, globalization, fox news, rush limbaugh, inflation, redistribution, rent-seeking, oil companies, open salon, blogging, sound barrier

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 3943 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Losing GOP in denial over own failures

    SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 12:36PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: conspiracy theories, bailout, taxes, naill ferguson, cia, intelligence community, new york times, daily caller, navy seals, liberalism, conservatism, tea party, right wing, ideology, denial, right wing noise machine, wall street, economic crisis, george will, rush limbaugh, fox news, ross douthat, afghanistan, iraq, daily intelligence briefings, terrorism, september 11 attacks, osama bin ladin, dick cheney, george w. bush, president obama, mitt romney, democratic party, republican party, neo-conservatism, supply-side economics, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 3400 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    License to Lie

    AUGUST 23, 2012 2:21PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: white working class, welfare queen, ronald reagan, global warming, fiscal policy, deficit hawks, paul krugman, obamacare, fox news, budget deficits, brit hume, walter lippmann, jr., martin luther king, republican national convention, liberalism, conservatism, right wing, political extemism, barry goldwater, 2012 campaign, citizens united, joe soptic, bain capital, super pac, newt gingrich, president obama, " lies and deception, "morning joe, joe scarborough, medicare, welfare, paul ryan, george will, mitt romney, republican party, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 5145 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    The Fox News Way

    AUGUST 19, 2012 10:30AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, fox news, sean hannity, propaganda, right wing, strom thurmond, dixiecrats, southern strategy, trent lott, segregation, republican party, mitch mcconnell, mainstream media, liberal bias, conservatism, liberalism, double standards, rush limbaugh, gay rights, chick-fil-a, bigotry, president obama, democratic party, bill clinton, democracy, authoritarianism, theocracy, big business, states rights, angry left, propaganda, news judgment, joseph pulitzer, conservative movement, plato, noble lie, southern conservatives, ku klux klan, civil rights act of 1964, al gore

    • Editor's Pick
    • 44 Ratings
    • 3071 Views
    • 75 Comments
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    A Letter to Gabby Douglas

    AUGUST 7, 2012 1:30PM

    By L in the Southeast


    Topics: nasty gabby tweets, dissing gabby, fox news, black female hair issues, racial self-hatred

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3698 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Free Speech No Free Pass From Truth or Consequences

    JULY 31, 2012 10:22AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, religious right, republican party, chick-fil-a, free speech, gay marriage, dan cathy, mayor tom menino, public opinion, fairness doctrine, mike huckabee, christian right, focus on the family, founding fathers, first amendment, constitution, fact versus opinion, democracy, consent of the governed, popular sovereignty, fox news, msnbc, ann coulter, communism, treason, marketplace of ideas, boston globe, bigotry, president obama, paranoia, science, gender discrimination, gun control, hunger, justice clarence thomas, liberalism, conservatism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 7234 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    Obama wants to "punish success?" Give me a break

    JULY 27, 2012 10:01AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: health care, gun control, abortion, plutocrats, free market, public sector unions, richard hofstadter, nlrb, epa, affordable care act, colonial america, gordon wood, conservative media, national reivew, fox news, keynesian stimulus, fiscal policy, exotic derivatives, libor, predatory corporate raiders, capitalism, corporate contributions, citizens united, supreme court, voter disenfranchisement, labor, manufacturing, oligarchy, george romney, tax returns, democracy, think progress, paranoid style, conspiracy theory, big government, income tax, punish success, president obama, elizabeth warren, scott brown, mitt romney, welfare queens, republican party, ronald reagan, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 701 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    When Callow Conservatives Mature

    JULY 6, 2012 4:57PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: lynx gaede, lamb gaede, prussian blue, marijuana, terre haute indiana, bakersfield california, kalispell montana, mark harrington, april harrington, david lane, alan berg, fragment of the future, neo nazis, white supremacists, fox news, liberals, conservatives, cpac, jonathan krohn

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 6758 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Scalia embodies power corrupt right wing

    JUNE 27, 2012 1:00PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, antonin scalia, supreme court, citizens united, constitution, arizona immigration law, right wing, conservatism, walter lippmann, catholic church, absolutism, autacracy, dream act, president obama, birth control, salon, fox news, talk radio, roberts court, clarence thomas, bush v. gore, roe v. wade, james fallows, dana milbank, vatican ii, voter id, chris hayes, twilight of the elites, meritocracy, ed schultz, msnbc, oligarchy, plutocracy, democracy, political power, rule of law

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 1322 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Charles Koch + Roger Ailes = Ohio University?

    MAY 21, 2012 1:49PM

    By Robert Greenwald


    Topics: open call, politics news, brave new foundation, roger ailes, robert greenwald, ohio university, media matters, koch brothers exposed, koch brothers, charles koch, education, fox news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 9796 Views
    • 87 Comments
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    The Fictional Obama

    FEBRUARY 10, 2012 9:02PM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: politics, 2012 election, 2012 primary, abortion, civil liberties, defense, financial reform, fox news, gay rights, goldman sachs, gun control, media, military, obama, religion, republicans, taxes, terrorism, wall street

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 5897 Views
    • 132 Comments
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    Bishops' rift with Obama about politics, not religion

    FEBRUARY 8, 2012 1:40PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, catholic church, president obama, conservatism, right wing, birth control, secularism, fox news, theocracy, democracy, religious freedom

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1036 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Muppet Communists

    DECEMBER 7, 2011 1:05AM

    By Farleftside


    Topics: cartoon saturday, communists, fox news, muppets

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 715 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Doin' The Political Math

    JULY 11, 2011 8:24AM

    By Farleftside


    Topics: cartoon saturday, politics, elections, karl rove, demographics, fox news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1302 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Rupert Murdoch runs from his shadow

    JULY 7, 2011 5:30PM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: jimmy zuma, media matters, fox news, abbey road, 7/7, scotland yard, phone hacking, illegal, scandal, newscorp, rupert murdoch, the news of the world

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 698 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    What Could Possibly Replace Glenn Beck?

    JULY 6, 2011 9:40AM

    By Farleftside


    Topics: roger ailes, cartoon saturday, fox news, glenn beck

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1792 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    NBC Nightly News: Capturing the Diaper-Wearing Demographic

    JUNE 21, 2011 8:08AM

    By Frank Michels


    Topics: nbc news, fox news, npr, viagra commercials, adult diapers, old people, humor, brian williams

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