Posts Tagged ‘Huffington Post’

Fox’s Six Tricks: How to Spot the Next Sherrod

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

By Mark Green, Huffington Post
Host, ‘Both Sides Now w/ Huffington & Matalin’,Columnist, the New York Observer

*Posted: August 4, 2010 09:21 A.M. — I know this isn’t exactly news but … neither is Fox. If the FTC could theoretically apply deceptive advertising laws to television content, there would be an hourly disclaimer on Murdoch’s network, “Video ads brought to you by the RNC” (e.g., Palin, Gingrich, Huckabee are employees). For professional reasons, I watch a lot of Fox News. And it’s not easy to fully convey its nightly mendacity.

Read entire column here.



* Playing catchup but catching up is happening.

Must Read Blogs

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Artur Davis Dissed His Base and Paid the Price
While Congressman Artur Davis’s stunning loss in his quest to win the Alabama Democratic Gubernatorial nomination was a sad turn for one black man, it was a great moment for black voters. It revealed a heightened level of political sophistication among black primary voters who rejected Davis’s “I-don’t-need-to-spend-time-on-them-’cause-I-know-they’ll-be-with-me” approach to campaigning. – By Michael Fauntroy, Huntington Post.
Full blog here.
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More About Former WORD Editor/Producer Fighting the Power in Morocco

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Aida Alami’s Huffington Post piece was discussed on the home page of the Columbia University journalism school. A J-school contact said she was passing the article/information on to CJR.

Morocco’s Leading Independent Magazine Is Shut Down – Former WORD Editor/Producer Writes in Huffington Post Article

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

“Last week, something extremely shocking happened: the Moroccan authorities took control of our newsroom and offices while we were working on that week’s edition. They sealed the place and changed the locks. The next day, my editor informed us that the magazine had been pretty much sentenced to death and executed by the government. The reason it was closed: judicial liquidation but it is, in reality, a political decision to shut down this icon of the free press in Morocco.” — Article by Aida Alami, Freelance Writer Living in Morrocco.

Read the rest of her article here.

Former WORD Writer Pens Piece for Huffington Post

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Click here for Aida Alami’s Is There Life After New York.

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