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Maddow explains the conservative media model: ‘Everybody else is out to get you’
Conservative media outlets encourage their audiences to keep viewing only their content by demonizing other news sources, according to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow. “If I am trying to get across a point of view, I have to persuade and not assert,” she said in April at The Castro Theater in…
McCain: ‘Hard to react’ to GOP audience booing gay soldier
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says that Republican candidates should have rebuked members of the audience that booed a gay service member during Fox News’ September presidential debate but it is sometimes “hard to react” while on stage. “The fact is that we should honor every man and woman who is…
Obama to CBC awards crowd: ‘Stop complaining’
President Barack Obama held a speech Saturday evening at the Congressional Black Caucus annual awards banquet, asking the audience to urge Capital Hill to pass his jobs bill. “We have to do more to put people to work right now,” Obama said. “We’ve got to make sure that everyone in…
Obama to CBC awards crowd: ‘Stop complaining’
President Barack Obama held a speech Saturday evening at the Congressional Black Caucus annual awards banquet, asking the audience to urge Capital Hill to pass his jobs bill. “We have to do more to put people to work right now,” Obama said. “We’ve got to make sure that everyone in…
Gary Johnson condemns booing of gay soldier at GOP debate
Former New Mexico governor and Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson on Friday condemned audience members who booed a homosexual U.S. soldier during the Fox News GOP presidential debate. “If I have one regret from last evening, it’s that I didn’t stand up and say, you know, you’re booing a U.S.…
GOP debate audience boos gay soldier
A question from a gay soldier was met with boos during Thursday night’s Fox News Republican presidential debate. “In 2010 when I was deployed to Iraq, I had to lie about who I was because I’m a gay soldier and I didn’t want to lose my job,” Stephen Hill, a…
Obama: Passing my jobs bill is good for the world
Speaking before a friendly audience at the Clinton Global Initiative, President Barack Obama took a broader view on the jobs bill he’s been pushing Congress to pass. Not only is it good for Americans, he said, but it’s also in the best interest of the world. “The single most important…
O’Donnell demolishes O’Reilly’s tax ‘lies’
In response to Bill O’Reilly indicating he may quit his job if his taxes are raised, Lawrence O’Donnell emphasized how the Fox personality banked on “his audience’s gullibility” to believe his “lying.” On The Last Word Monday evening, the progressive opinion host corrected O’Reilly’s claim that President Obama would raise…
O’Donnell demolishes O’Reilly’s tax ‘lies’
In response to Bill O’Reilly indicating he may quit his job if his taxes are raised, Lawrence O’Donnell emphasized how the Fox personality banked on “his audience’s gullibility” to believe his “lying.” On The Last Word Monday evening, the progressive opinion host corrected O’Reilly’s claim that President Obama would raise…
True period shows really don’t get audiences
Via Ta-Nehisi, an interview with Matthew Weiner about the new spate of TV shows set in the 60s, clearly influenced by the popularity of Mad Men. A lot of critics are saying that The Playboy Club and Pan Am are trying to rip off Mad Men. Do you think that's…
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