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    The Heartbreaking Upper Big Branch Mine Settlement

    DECEMBER 8, 2011 8:33AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: corporate murder, corporations are people too, regulatory capture, mike elk, senator joe manchin, deregulation, government regulation, environmental regulation, all the devils are here, bethany mclean, inc., mccoy coal group, npr, howard berkes, jr., ken ward, richard trumpka, coal tattoo, charleston gazette, alpha national resources, kevin stricklin, increasingly clean coal, tony oppegard, msha, mine safety and health administration, gary wayne quarles. booth goodwin, gary quarles, don blankenship, massey energy, rex mullins, clay mullins, upper big branch mine settlement, upper big branch mine disaster, coal mining disasters, coal mining, coal, environment, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2499 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    We Need Demand, Not Deregulation

    OCTOBER 13, 2011 8:33AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: republican primary campaign, michele bachmann, rick santorum, rick perry, mitt romney, pnc small business survey, pnc financial services group, “fact check: regulations not a huge jobs killer”, associated press, npr, scott holstein, kim and scott’s gourmet pretzels, deregulation as a cause of job growth, regulation as a cause of economic stagnation, deregulation, regulation, double dip recession, economic recovery, economic meltdown, unemployment, joblessness, economy, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1790 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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1037 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Multitasking: Method of the future or just plain madness?

    APRIL 25, 2011 11:52AM

    By Quinlan Mitchell


    Topics: npr, pancakes, iphone, technology, knitting, x-men

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2428 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The Tea Party’s Mad Hatters are back

    MARCH 25, 2011 8:40AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: supreme court, alaska, nevada, npr, think progress, the daily caller; alaska dispatch, koch cabal, foster friess, koch brothers, liberty central, john ensign, obama, victoria jackson, sharron angle, joe miller, clarence thomas, virginia thomas, tea party

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 4169 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The Vicious, Unfounded Accusations That James O'Keefe Rapes Hamsters

    MARCH 9, 2011 3:44PM

    By John L. Roberson


    Topics: james o'keefe, project veritas, npr, media, gop, republicans, right wing, furries, hamsters, satire, sean hannity, rupert murdoch, fox news, rumors

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 5849 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Nazis, muckrakers, and yellow journalism

    MARCH 1, 2011 4:47PM

    By Felisa Rogers


    Topics: history, journalism, senate, congress, cpb, npr, media, news, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 1385 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    Billion Dollar Babies

    FEBRUARY 18, 2011 10:42AM

    By Bernadine Spitzsnogel


    Topics: presidential elections, citizens united, clarence thomas, ginny thomas, president obama, npr, morning edition, relections, we've got high hopes

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1538 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Best Thing to Do with Yogurt: Panna Cotta

    FEBRUARY 4, 2011 11:54AM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: open call, skc yogurt, homemade yogurt, yogurt maker, dannon, npr, lynne rossetto kasper, panna cotta, yogurt

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 664 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Hands Off the Frog, Pops!

    JANUARY 26, 2011 1:26AM

    By Farleftside


    Topics: pbs, npr, cpb, tea party, kermit the frog, cartoon saturday

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 905 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Cosmic Public Radio presents "God Talk"

    JANUARY 17, 2011 1:09AM

    By Farleftside


    Topics: cartoon saturday, odin, cthuhlu, god, car talk, npr

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2446 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Mastering the Nine-Second Sound Bite

    JANUARY 6, 2011 8:32AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: job-killing taxes, premature exactication, david hallen, markus kemmelmeier, david m. ryfe, tim pawlenty, government unions, energy independence, big government, death panels, nancy pelosi, national public radio, steve inskeep, “the incredible shrinking sound bite, morning edition, npr, frank luntz, soundbytes, soundbites, sound bites, 9-second sound bites, nine-second sound bites, political lexicon, democrats, republicans, politics, the onion, 24-second news cycle, runaway spending, drill baby drill, government takeover

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 3183 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    FOX's Telling Response To Juan Williams

    DECEMBER 27, 2010 2:45PM

    By Richard B. Simon


    Topics: fox, fox news, juan williams, npr, national public radio, news, media, palin, obama, 2012, chris wallace, bill kristol, rupert murdoch, roger ailes, jon stewart

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 10240 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    FOX News top source of voter misinformation, study finds

    DECEMBER 16, 2010 3:46PM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: jimmy zuma, research, democracy, npr, cnn, pbs, msnbc, obama, tarp, bush, stimulus, fox news, media matters, propaganda, clay ramsay, worldpublicopinion.org, university of maryland, citizens united, election, misinformation, voter, misinformation and the 2010 election

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1454 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    PBS is not NPR

    OCTOBER 27, 2010 10:45AM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: juan williams, fox, npr, pbs

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 5177 Views
    • 78 Comments
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    The Coming Tsunami of Heat Waves

    JULY 20, 2010 9:30AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: three decades, two decades, 30 years, thirty years, temperature, more intense, more frequent, invasive species, noah diffenbaugh, tom ashbrook, on point, report, interview, npr, study, stanford, pests, insects, coral reefs, air conditioning, crop failures, heat waves, global warming, climate change, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 7202 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    Facebook as the Truth Machine and an argument for anonymity

    JUNE 28, 2010 5:36PM

    By Fetlock


    Topics: technology, belief/religion, newspapers, anonymity, identity, adam and eve, honesty, truth, david kirkpatrick, npr, mark zuckerberg, facebook, the truth machine, james halperin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 4077 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Pop Quiz: Political Speculation Friday

    APRIL 23, 2010 4:58PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: npr, obama, paris hilton, cookie monster, harold ford, obama one term, texistan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 6222 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Medical Malpractice Revisited on NPR

    NOVEMBER 4, 2009 11:27PM

    By rahul k. parikh


    Topics: politics, health, talk of the nation, npr, tort reform, medical malpractice, salon, rahul k parikh

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 8517 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Tears of a Clown: Tracy Morgan, Real, Awkward on NPR

    OCTOBER 22, 2009 9:19PM

    By DktrShe


    Topics: tears, comedy, humor, radio, tv, snl, 30 rock, npr, terry gross, fresh air, tracy morgan

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