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The Beat (It) Goes On: A Conservative Stampede

Jerry Weissman | Posted 10.15.2008 | Media

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Jerry Weissman

The McCain-Palin ticket has had a severe impact on the writers of the right and sent them running for the hills. Witness the crescendo of the stampede.

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Culture Jamming in Los Angeles to Turn Ohio Blue

Erika Szostak | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home

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Erika Szostak

"People in Ohio are [now] saying to one another, 'We're drowning and I don't care if that person on the shore is black, red, white or blue, as long as he has a strong right arm to throw that life preserver."

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Corrupting Habit

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 08.06.2008 | Media

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Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

Since the fall of 1969, media discourse has been dominated by debates about the news as a spin zone. But we think this argument over bias has obscured a far more fundamental reality.

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Coming this Sunday in NYT: Gore Vidal Questions McCain's POW Claims

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

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Greg Mitchell

In an interview for this Sunday's edition of The New York Times Magazine, sent to E&P in advance, famed novelist/essayist Gore Vidal appears to quest...

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You're Asking for It: Chasing the Logic of the Paparazzi

Dipayan Gupta | Posted 03.27.2008 | Media

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Dipayan Gupta

The dons and doyennes of gossip were all at NYU for "The Britney Show," a panel organized by The Atlantic in honor of its current feature on the media's obsession with the bedraggled pop star.

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