The who, what, and how of holding media accountable, with links to resources for making it happen.
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Part four in a series about what's wrong with our electoral system and the reforms needed to make our votes truly count.
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This is the third in a series. Prior installments are here and here. As the true extent of the selling out of Americans’ best interests on health care becomes clear – and it is nothing short of absolute – many have suggested that the time is now for an alliance of the disaffected. The...
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Saturday afternoon, a supposedly chastened, certainly opportunistic Tiger Woods (have you seen the new Nike commercial?) stood at Augusta National and audibly declared, before golf's largest TV audience, "Suck! Goddammit!"
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Buried in this Reuters story is a quote which, far more succinctly than I explain here, perfectly conveys (1) What scares the shit out of the United States Chamber of Commerce and business in general about the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA); and (2) why passage of EFCA is so crucial.
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Big Media has become increasingly adept at making government and politics - what was once known as "current affairs" - into something different. Not something to be questioned and examined poked and prodded and held to account, but an entertainment.
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