12 of the Weirdest Campaign Ads of the YouTube Era
By Joshua Holland / AlterNet
Is free media worth the mockery that comes with these bizarre pitches? Many candidates think so.
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Crashing the Gates: How a Handful of Progressive Activists Brought Liberal Talk-Radio Back to the Nation's Capitol
By Joshua Holland
AlterNet
Not News: National Broadcasters Want To Hide Their Political Ad Profits
By Jay Costa
Maplight.org
The Right-Wing Zombie Lie About Public Workers That Just Won't Die
By Sarah Jaffe
AlterNet
Gasland Director Josh Fox: Obama's Support for Natural Gas Drilling 'A Painful Moment' for Communities Exposed to Fracking
By Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez
Democracy Now!


1.25 Billion Chicken Wings? The Vast Amounts of Crappy Food Americans Consume on Super Bowl Sunday
By Tara Lohan / AlterNet
Son of New York Police Commissioner Accused of Rape, Media Smears Alleged Victim
By Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon
What Liberals are Still Missing About Inequality: Decades of Outsourcing and Union-Busting by the 1%
By Roger Bybee / In These Times
5 Dishonest Ad Campaigns Coming Your Way For Election 2012
By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet
The Dangerous Panic Over Painkillers
By Maia Szalavitz / The Fix
Anti-Wolf Movie 'The Grey' Plays Up Misconceptions About Wolves -- At a Time When Wolves Are More At Risk Than Ever
By Wayne Pacelle / AlterNet

Robert Greenwald and Reporter Michael Hastings Take on the Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War Machine
By Robert Greenwald / AlterNet
'Let’s Stay Together' -- Can Obama’s Charm Offensive Woo Back Disgruntled Progressives?
By Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet
Internet Access for All: 3 Ways the FCC is Trying to Close the Digital Divide
By Jamilah King / ColorLines
Fired from MSNBC for Anti-War Views, Phil Donahue Speaks Out on Republicans and Journalism, While Campaigning for Norman Solomon in California
By Dennis Bernstein / Consortium News
New York Times Public Editor Asks Whether Paper Should Fact-Check Politicians; Gets Resounding "Yes!"
By Clay Shirky / Comment Is Free
Mr. Davidson's Planet: NPR/NYT Guru Adam Davidson's Discredited Economic Principles
By Lynn Parramore / AlterNet

Why Is Incest All Over Prime Time?
By Tracy Clark-Flory / Salon
PolitiFact, Fearing a Right-Wing Backlash, Calls Democrats' 100% True Claim About the GOP Medicare Plan the "Lie of the Year"
By Joshua Holland / AlterNet
5 of the Biggest Hacks in American Media
By Alex Pareene / Salon

The Dark Side of Reforestation Programs: Planting 7,000 Trees a Day in Brutal Conditions
By Brittany Shoot / AlterNet
10 Stupidest Moments of Fox and Friends
By Justin Berrier / Media Matters for America
Has the Israel Lobby Gone Too Far?
By Joshua Holland / AlterNet
8 Stories Buried By the Corporate Media That You Need to Know About
By Rania Khalek / AlterNet

Bigoted Conservative Fringe Group Pressures Advertisers of Program Featuring Law-Abiding Muslims
By Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet
ABC Show, 'Work It,' Finds 'Humor' at Expense of Real Transgender People
By Genny Beemyn and Sue Rankin / AlterNet
CNBC Editor Launches Sloppy, Dishonest Attack on AlterNet in Defense of Wall Street
By Joshua Holland / AlterNet
Conservative Frank Luntz Has Set a Trap for Progressives -- Here's How to Outsmart Him and Boost the Occupy Movement
By George Lakoff / AlterNet
How Anticorporate Sentiment Might Just Have Killed the AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
By Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet
The Stop Online Piracy Act is Class War in Cyberspace, Enriching the 1% at the Expense of the 99%
By Dean Baker / TruthOut.org

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