Commentary By Jamison Foser In a January 2009 essay about efforts to convince readers to pay for online news articles,The New York Times‘ David Carr noted one publication that has enjoyed rapid growth in its online paid subscriber base: Cook’s Illustrated. According to Carr, "[T]he company has 260,000 digital subscribers[Read More…]
Opinion
Will Breitbart, O’Keefe, and Giles Come Clean About ACORN Pimp Hoax?
Commentary by Eric Boehlert Last September 12, when the story of undercover ACORN surveillance videos was just breaking, conservative activist Hannah Giles, who starred in the clips as a wannabe prostitute, appeared on Fox News. Host Greg Gutfeld was positively giddy during his Giles interview, as he mocked the ACORN[Read More…]
Limbaugh Criticizes Health Care Reform As ‘A Civil Rights Bill’ And ‘Reparations’ (Video)
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The above video is from the February 22 edition of Premiere Radio Networks’ The Rush Limbaugh Show, courtesy Media Matters.
Americans 50+ Demand Protections From Financial Abuse
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2010. As the Senate continues negotiations for a comprehensive and meaningful financial reform bill, AARP today releases a survey of Americans 50 and older showing overwhelming support for financial reforms and consumer protections among Republicans, Democrats and Independents. “Older Americans, whose retirement nest eggs were decimated by the[Read More…]
Attention All Media: Colin Powell Debunks Claims That America Is Less Safe Under Obama (Video)
Video above is from MediaMatters.org.
Witch Hunt: Right-Wing Media Smears Rashad Hussain As A ‘Terrorist Sympathizer’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Right-wing media figures seized on what ABC News’ Jake Tapper has described as an "apparently erroneous" report of a statement allegedly made by President Obama’s nominee for special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference Rashad Hussain to portray him as a "pro-jihadist," a "radical," and a[Read More…]
When First Amendment Freedoms Conflict, Which Would You Pick?
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director Balancing — or pitting — First Amendment freedoms against each other is tough work. Akin to asking a parent which child is the favorite, seeking to favor one or two of the five freedoms — religion,[Read More…]
‘Mass Casualties’: The Dark Underbelly of Occupation, an Army Medic’s Account
By Dahr Jamail t r u t h o u t | Review "Look around," the drill sergeant said. "In a few years, or even a few months, several of you will be dead. Some of you will be severely wounded or so badly mutilated that your own mother can’t[Read More…]
Gingrich: The ‘Radical Left Is A Secular, Socialist Machine’ That Will Destroy America (Video)
The above video is from Gingrich’s February 20 CPAC address. Source: Media Matters for America. Used with permission.
Breitbart Still Whining About O’Keefe Coverage, and Still Won’t Address the ACORN Pimp Lie
Commentary by Eric Boehlert Apparently Andrew Breitbart is spending his entire CPAC weekend in permanent whine mode (does he have any other?), as he moans and cries about how nasty and untrustworthy the press is. This, of course, coming from the same guy who won’t fess up to helping spread[Read More…]
