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  • Re: Is The Media Bias? Here is Evidence of Bias

    Media bias is a perceived notion that certain press has and is pushing a viewpoint, instead of reporting news or airing programs in an objective way. That is the way I see it. Such bias often refers to media as a whole, such as a newspaper chain, or a given television or radio network, instead of individual reporters or writers of television ...
    Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 13, 2008

  • Great Review of Some Important Books . . .

    . . . BOOKS which I think all Americans need to read and consider: Making Government Work, by Fritz Hollings Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values, by Phillipe Sands The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals (Hardcover), by Jane Mayer. Terrorism and Democracy ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard1 on July 28, 2008

  • Re: Georgia Newspaper Puts Obama In Crosshairs

    Correction: The article by Alan Sverdlik is still on the Roswell Beacon's website, at http://www.beaconcast.com/articles/20080521_1. However, the controversial photo <u>has<u/> been pulled, and replaced with a stock file photo of Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park. Much better taste, even if it had to be shoved down their throat...
    Posted to Today's Papers by FrZ+ on June 1, 2008

  • HRC on SNL

    Okay, I GET IT: those guys really want Hillary to win the Democratic nomination. That's cool, but did having her on with Rudy G really help her case? And she and Amy Poehler (sp?) fawning over each other like middle schoolers (''I like your jacket,'' ''Well, I like yours!'', ''Do I really laugh like that?''), while touching, was hardly ...
    Posted to XX Factor by Advn2rgirl on March 2, 2008

  • Dem Popular Vote: Wow . . . it's real close!

    7,374,222 7,374,222 So, I was complaining about the lack of data on total vote counts from yesterday's primaries. Using CNN's up to date numbers, I did it myself. Note that not all precincts are in, but generally states have reported 90+ percent (most in the high 90s). So, as of now, where we are in Feb. 5 caucus goer and voter ...
    Posted to Trailhead by northlander on February 6, 2008

  • No choice but to lie

    I'm not from a major caucus state, but I thought people should hear about my experience with the Obama campaign. Shortly before Christmas, I received a call with an automated poll, asking me who I plan on voting for in the election. I was given the choices of Clinton, Obama, or Undecided/Another Candidate. I chose #3, and listened to the thank you ...
    Posted to Trailhead by KFarquar on January 9, 2008