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November 9, 2012

Would You Like Some Humble Pie With That Tea?

Eric Alterman

It wasn’t just the many Republican names and causes listed on ballots across the country that had a bad night. Add to the losers: the conservative media.

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Published on November 09, 2012 08:33

November 1, 2012

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Election

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Due to the media's horserace coverage of the presidential election, most of what the polls capture is merely noise rather than real signals of changes in voter attitudes.

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Published on November 01, 2012 13:34

October 26, 2012

Climate Change Freeze Out

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Climate change has been discussed during the debates in every presidential election since 1984. Until now.

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Published on October 26, 2012 08:07

October 19, 2012

Won’t You Please Come to Ohio…

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To function in a post-truth political environment, the press needs a post-objectivity mindset.

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Published on October 19, 2012 08:18

October 12, 2012

The Other 'F' Word

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It's hard to imagine a concept more anti-democratic than the filibuster.

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Published on October 12, 2012 08:19

October 5, 2012

Debate Disgrace

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Eric on new histories of political thought and Reed on the debate debacle.

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Published on October 05, 2012 08:31

September 27, 2012

Take the Cannoli...

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Are conservatives turning into a doomsday cult?

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Published on September 27, 2012 12:42

September 21, 2012

A Candidate Who Takes Care of His Own

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Romney’s doomed political strategy was born out of the same kind of arrogant, hidebound thinking that now colors every aspect of his party’s political ideology. 

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Published on September 21, 2012 09:40

September 13, 2012

Neoconjobs

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The Obama administration's quiet reponse to a 2010 bombing in Georgia contrasts with the macho foreign policy vision Mitt demonstrated with his response to riots in the Arab world this week.

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Published on September 13, 2012 13:27

September 6, 2012

Post 'Fact-Checking': Fecklessness Squared

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Eric on fact checks, and Reed on BS punditry. 

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Published on September 06, 2012 13:16

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