January 2012
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Jan 27th
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Newt Gingrich does media criticism. (It begins at 1:03 in the clip.) “In the two debates we had here, in Myrtle Beach and in Charleston, where people reacted so strongly to the news media, I think it was something very fundamental that I wish the powers that be in the news media would take seriously. The American people feel that they have elites who have been trying for a half century to...
Jan 22nd
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Jan 12th
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Jan 9th
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Möbius Strip Journalism I do my share of complaining about horse race reporting in politics. Well, more than my share. (Quick definition: horse race journalism is news about politics in which the only question that counts is: who’s gonna win?) But there’s a reason I complain about it. Sometimes the crazy passes by so quickly we don’t notice how fantastic it is that people get...
Jan 6th
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