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Big Phat Liar
Posted by The Smoking Gun on 27 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Pop Culture
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By The Smoking Gun How a federal inmate duped the Los Angeles Times, fabricated FBI reports, and linked Sean “Diddy” Combs to 1994 ambush of Tupac Shakur |
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George Carlin Reads More Blogs Than You Do
Posted by Huffington Post on 03 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Bias, Ownership, Fox News, USGOP, Bush, Blogs, Commentary, Politics, Obama, Hillary, Cheney, Journalism, New Media, Humor, FCC, 08 Election, Democracy, Pop Culture, MSNBC
George Carlin talks to Rachel Sklar about why he loves Bill Maher and Keith Olbermann, what he sees in Fox News, and why he’s surprisingly unjaded about the Obama phenomenon. Also, he swears a lot.
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Strike Over, Hollywood Writers Head Back To Work
Posted by CNN on 13 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Activism, Pop Culture
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By CNN Hollywood writers will be back at their keyboards after voting overwhelmingly to end a 100-day walkout. |
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Yes, The Strike Was Worth It
Posted by LA Times on 11 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Television, Activism, Cable, Pop Culture, Talk Shows
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By Scott Collins, LA Times With settlement of the 14-week Writers Guild apparently imminent, let’s consider who really won — and if it was worth it. |
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Hollywood Focuses On Fast End To Long Strike
Posted by LA Times on 08 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Television, Activism, Cable, Pop Culture, Human Rights
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By Meg James, Matea Gold and Maria Elena Fernandez, LA Times Hollywood could be back on its feet as early as Monday. |
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‘Idol’ Rules Over Election Coverage
Posted by Hollywood Reporter on 07 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Fox News, CBS, NBC Universal, 08 Election, ABC News, Pop Culture, ABC
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By Paul J. Gough, Hollywood Reporter As expected, Fox and “American Idol” steamrolled the competition in Tuesday night’s primetime. |
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Writers’ Strike Could End As Early As This Week
Posted by AP on 05 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Television, Activism, Cable, Pop Culture
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By Lynn Elber, AP An agreement to end the three-month-old Hollywood writers strike could be ready in time to avoid disrupting the Oscars. |
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Fox News Is In For A Very Rough 2008
Posted by Media Matters on 30 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Fox News, USGOP, Bush, Politics, Obama, Action, Journalism, 08 Election, Bill O'Reilly, Pop Culture
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By Eric Boehlert, Media Matters There are a lot of reasons for Fox News guru Roger Ailes’ hovering angst… |
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Writers, Studios Edge Closer
Posted by LA Times on 29 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Television, Activism, Pop Culture
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By Richard Verrier and Claudia Eller, LA Times Outlines of a deal are said to be near, raising hopes on both sides. |
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Bono Responds to the Davos Question
Posted by MediaChannel on 25 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: VIDEO, Economics, Pop Culture, Human Rights
Bono, influential activist and rock god, gives his views on fighting poverty and what we need to do in 2008 to change the world.
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Heath Ledger: News - Or Whatever They Had - On A Deadline
Posted by Huffington Post on 23 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Fox News, CNN, Journalism, Television, 08 Election, Cable, Pop Culture, MSNBC
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By Rachel Sklar, Huffington Post Starting just after around 4:30 pm yesterday, Monday’s snipfest at the Democratic debate was knocked off the air/front pages/most-emailed lists with the sad news of actor Heath Ledger’s death. |
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2008’s News Before It Happens
Posted by Truth Dig on 16 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Bush, Free Speech, Politics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Humor, Rupert Murdoch, 08 Election, U.S. Military, Wall Street Journal, Business, Pop Culture, CIA
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By Andy Borowitz, Truth Dig Award-winning humorist, television personality and film actor gives us a glimpse of what’s to come… |
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Force Majeure Ax Falls At ABC Studios
Posted by Variety.com on 14 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Activism, ABC News, Pop Culture, ABC
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By By Josef Adalian, Variety.com The force majeure ax has swung at ABC Studios, which notified nearly two dozen writers and nonwriting producers it is terminating their overall deals as a result of the strike. |
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Writers’ Strike Boosts YouTube Traffic
Posted by Guardian Unlimited on 11 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, CBS, New Media, Television, Google, YouTube, Cable, Pop Culture, Writer's Strike
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By Mark Sweney, Guardian Unlimited Video-sharing websites such as YouTube have seen increases in popularity as the writers’ strike has led to TV shows being pulled and a glut of re-runs hitting the schedules. |
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With Nods To The Strike, Late-Night Hosts Return
Posted by NY Times on 03 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, CBS, NBC Universal, Television, Activism, Pop Culture, Talk Shows
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By Jacques Steinberg and Bill Carter, NY Times Eight weeks after their writers went on strike and plunged their shows into reruns, Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan O’Brien returned to late-night television. |
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