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OCTOBER 15, 2010 9:39AM

Obama's meeting with Black Bloggers Is An Embarrassment

Tell anyone who reads MediaTakeout.com that the site was invited to the White House for a policy briefing and discussion as part of its effort to “broaden online engagement” with the black community and it will be at least 5 minutes before you can continue the conversation due to the laug… Read full post »

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OCTOBER 12, 2010 10:30PM

Christine O'Donnell Has the Best Campaign Ad This Season

I'm a political junkie, but even I avoid campaign ads at all costs. In fact, I usually don't bother to look at them until it's time for the Pollie Awards. But because I heard that O'Donnell's latest ad is based on the most viral of viral videos (the Antoine Dodson clip),… Read full post »
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OCTOBER 5, 2010 8:52AM

Why Jon Stewart's Mocking of Rick Sanchez Isn't Funny

It's true that I am a perennial party pooper, a consistent contrarian, a rainer on parades, if you will. There's no reason for me to stop now.

Let me start by saying I've never seen Rick Sanchez's show. In fact, I'd never heard of him until he was fired. I

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 10:25PM

Michael Vick, The Philadelphia Eagles, and Public Opinion

The Eagles gave Michael Vick a chance at a fresh start in the NFL after he was released from prison over a year ago. They did so to a chorus of boos and judgement by many in the media and the public. Still, Vick was given a chance to play behind McNabb and/

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 9:41PM

NY Times Bob Herbert is Wrong: The Media Has Covered Poverty

Usually, I agree with Bob Herbert, he's one of my favorite columnists. I was reading his article entitled "Two Different Worlds," about the gap between the haves and the have-nots. I fully expected to agree with him, and I was...until I got to this part:

The American economy is

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AUGUST 18, 2010 6:15PM

Dr. Laura and the Language Police: Why Are We Upset Again?

By now you've heard that Dr. Laura was heavily criticized for saying nigger 11 times on air. You probably also know that she announced she was ending her long standing radio show and found a convenient excuse to do so. An excuse that will only lead her to more money and glory amo/

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AUGUST 18, 2010 6:09PM

Could Pat Buchanan Be America's Most Adorable Bigot?

1.  I love Pat Buchanan. 2. To hell with you, I love Pat Buchanan.

Look at him. He's sooooo cute in an old man kind of way. I love the giggly manner in which he spreads his bigoted ideas and thinly veiled hate of anything non-Anglo Saxon elite and male.… Read full post »
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AUGUST 15, 2010 7:55PM

Has Cable News Killed Debate?

I ran across this blog post from Sojourners Passport. The post is a little long...but to summarize, the writer essentially says, in reference to blogging and moderating comments, that not all opinions should be weighted the same, people should protect their spaces, and remember they are promoti/

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AUGUST 15, 2010 7:51PM

Thoughts On The (Un)Professional Left

The firestorm Press Secretary Robert Gibbs created when he brutally rebuffed the criticism of the administration levied by what he referred to as the “professional left” begs some questions about what it means to be the left, what it means to be progressive, what it means to be/

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MARCH 16, 2010 1:22PM

Does Everyone (and their mistress) Deserve a Platform?

Yesterday, Rielle Hunter’s GQ magazine interview (complete with sex-ay pictures) began its trip around the web. Opinions ranged from defending Hunter’s decision to outrage that she’d even received a platform to speak. My opinion is firmly placed in the middle—Hunter is a key p… Read full post »

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MARCH 15, 2010 8:27PM

Don't Bring Me No More Bad News: Black Women in the Media

There’s a scene near the end of John Steinbeck’s book “Of Mice and Men” in which Lennie,  a sweet, mentally challenged migrant worker who possesses a strength even he can’t fathom accidentally murders his boss’s wife Candy.  At her request, Lennie begins… Read full post »

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