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With Democrats turning out in droves, and Republicans seemingly on the run, one would think hard-right talk radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh would be near-suicidal.
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    By Robert Schlesinger, Huffington Post
    The NY Times looks at Karl Rove's new role as multi-media bloviator.
     
    With Democrats turning out in droves, and Republicans seemingly on the run, one would think hard-right talk radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh would be near-suicidal.
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    Media Analysis
    By Mark Jurkowitz, PEJ
    From Tim Russert to Time magazine, the news industry last week declared Barack Obama the winner.
    Journalism in Danger
    By Reuters
    France's opposition Socialists have accused the ruling UMP party of trying to intimidate the media in the latest of a series of debates on press freedom since President Nicolas Sarkozy took office a year ago.
     
    Media & War
    By Ben Cohen, Huffington Post
    For Time magazine's World Editor Romesh Ratnesar, two failed wars in Afghanistan and Iraq aren't enough to dissuade him from invading another country.
    Journalism
    By David Bauder, AP
    Two National Public Radio correspondents in central China by chance for a week's worth of feature stories instead found themselves reporting gripping details of the earthquake that killed thousands on Monday.
     
    New Media
    By Eric Auchard, Reuters
    Powerset on Sunday unveiled tools for searching Wikipedia that use conversational phrasing instead of keywords, marking the first step of its challenge to established Web search services such as Google.
    Ownership & Policy
    By Matthew Lasar
    Thirteen major broadcast and newspaper groups have filed lengthy denunciations of a public interest group's appeal to redo the FCC's recent relaxation of its TV station/newspaper cross-ownership ban.
     
    Agenda Setter
    By Juan Cole, Salon
    The Arab network has followed the Democratic race closely. Inside its studios, I discover how Clinton's "obliterate Iran" comment played, and much more.
    Agenda Cutter
    By Dylan Stableford, Folio
    For its June issue, Budget Travel has allowed its readers to generate all of the text and photography—only the ''40 Best Deals'' section was written by staffers.
     
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