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Giuliani made a name for himself as an intolerant, authoritarian who violated the First Amendment and was successfully sued 27 times.
The notion that the CNN/YouTube debate represents a grass-roots triumph of the Internet age is laughable. The faux populism of the format is an Orwellian leap even for CNN.
A few more debate observations: I was in the spin room at UNLV post debate and noticed a few things. First off, only the
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It's very easy for CNN to report on Warner Brothers and acknowledge their common corporate parent. What will Campbell Brown do when she reports on diplomacy with Iran?
In the postmodern funhouse that imprisons prestige media, the job isn't to cover events, but rather to reveal their theatricality; the trick isn't to find truth, but to disclose "framing."
Today I really wanted to write a blog entry relating to my concerns about the Gross National Product of Namibia. Unfortunately HuffPo has forced me to write this blog entry about the "Diamonds & Pearls" student.
Voters are worried about losing their jobs because our government refuses to hold China accountable for its unfair trade practices.
We are Democrats, we stand on principle for the right and the good. But if three-quarters of voters fail to understand where we are coming from, whose fault is that exactly?
My plan calls for a presidential playoff system, a formula based on the U.S. Tennis Open. Like tennis players, candidates will be seeded, based on the latest polls, money raised or whatever criteria news media judges them.
The phenomenon of 2007 likely won't win the prize in 2008. And he can't count on Black America to lead him to the nomination.