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Talking Points Memo editor moves to Raw Story
MEDIA ADVISORY — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Megan Carpentier to lead Raw Story, Raw Replay Raw Story is pleased to announce that Megan Carpentier, an editor with Talking Points Memo and the former politics and news director at Air America Radio, has been selected as the company’s new executive editor. Carpentier…
Uncovered: Fox News deceptively used old CPAC footage to smear Ron Paul
Update: Fox News claims airing deceptive footage was just a ‘mistake’ Fox News’ Senior Vice President of News Michael Clemente told Mediate that the network simply made a “mistake” when it aired old footage of Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) being booed. “We made a mistake with some of the video…
CBS reporter was sexually assaulted in Egypt
NEW YORK – Top CBS foreign correspondent Lara Logan suffered a “brutal” sexual assault at the hands of a mob in Egypt while covering the downfall of president Hosni Mubarak, the network said Tuesday. “She and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration.…
Montreal basks in Arcade Fire Grammy win
MONTREAL – Montreal music industry executives, critics and even Canada’s prime minister on Monday all sang the praises of Arcade Fire, saying its Grammy win was a coup for the city’s burgeoning music scene. The Montreal-based indie group won the best album Grammy on Sunday for their record “The Suburbs,”…
Lens flare in Egypt video inspires Fox to go full-blown ‘apocalypse’
Democracy is coming to Egypt. To Fox News, this might as well be the apocalypse. Joking aside, the “apocalypse” is actually, literally what one Fox News website was fretting over recently, asking whether a video of protesters in Egypt unmasked an ethereal harbinger of mankind’s demise. As a point of…
Assange: WikiLeaks helped spark Tunisia, Egypt revolutions
Secrets outlet WikiLeaks deserves credit for revolutions sweeping across the Middle East, according to founder Julian Assange. In an interview with the Australian news show Dateline, Assange told SBS’ Mark Davis that the “material that we published through a Lebanese, Al Akhbar, newspaper was significantly influential to what happened in…
Atlanta police agreed to back off citizens who videotape
The Atlanta police force will no longer tangle with citizens who videotape their actions in public, according to a recent settlement between citizen activists and the city. “We commend the city for resolving a long-standing problem of police interfering with citizens who monitor police activity,” Gerry Weber and Dan Grossman,…
U2′s anti-apartheid song caused new stir in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG – Irish pop singer Bono caused a stir in South Africa on Sunday after expressing support for the singing of an anti-apartheid struggle song that includes the lyrics “shoot the farmer”. The song has been at the centre of a politically charged controversy in South Africa, where the firebrand…
Readers, bloggers sound off on Huff Post sale
WASHINGTON — When The Huffington Post was sold to AOL last Monday for $315 million, its founder, Arianna Huffington, was feted as a new media pioneer. Not everyone is celebrating, however. Huffington has been facing a backlash over the sale — from readers worried about what it will mean for…
Bill Maher cast doubts on Obama’s Christian identity
The liberal host of a popular cable television talk show recently cast doubts on President Barack Obama’s espoused Christianity during a discussion on the president’s current political leanings. “I think he’s a centrist the way he’s a Christian,” Bill Maher of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher said to a…
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