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The Best Environment Money Can Buy

by Diane Farsetta — March 6, 2008 - 1:08pm

Former Republican staffers of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources have formed a new group, Responsible Resources, to impact "the perennial debate over energy production and environmental protection." The group's first ad campaign criticizes "efforts to raise taxes on energy companies," reports The Hill.

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The Hill, February 27, 2008

Freedom's Watch Wants to be the Right's MoveOn

by John Stauber — February 6, 2008 - 9:48am

Bill Berkowitz reports, "a number of right wing groups have been contending for the unofficial designation of the conservative version of MoveOn.org, the liberal grassroots lobbying organization. These days, Freedom's Watch appears to have a leg up on them all. ...

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IPS News, February 5, 2008

Hard Times at Fox News

by Sheldon Rampton — February 2, 2008 - 12:57pm

"My guess is that Fox News guru Roger Ailes has been reaching for the Tums more often than usual early in the New Year," comments Eric Boehlert.

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Media Matters, January 29, 2008

Presidential Election Season Brings New, More Stupid 527 Groups

by Conor Kenny — January 27, 2008 - 6:56pm

The Huffington Post and TPM Muckraker highlight the newest activities of Roger Stone, whose past includes a stint as the "youngest dirty trickster" for Richard Nixon and a recent alleged prank call to

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Huffington Post, January 24, 2008

Swift Boating John McCain

by Sheldon Rampton — January 18, 2008 - 1:30pm

"A shadowy group calling itself Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain has been busy," reports Kevin Connolly, "handing out flyers implying that in Mr. McCain's long spell as a prisoner of war in Hanoi, during which he was tortured, he gave information to America's enemy. The evidence? Well, there isn't any. It's a straightforward attempt to take one of Mr.

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BBC, January 18, 2008

Return of the Swift Boaters

by Sheldon Rampton — January 6, 2008 - 1:03am

At his confirmation hearing for an ambassadorship to Belgium, nominee Sam Fox got grilled by Kerry for the $50,000 contribution he gave to the Sw

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The Nation, January 2, 2008

The White House Appreciates Bloggers Who Regurgitate

by Diane Farsetta — December 6, 2007 - 6:11pm

In an interview with Texas Monthly, former White House counselor Dan Bartlett complains that many reporters are overly critical of President Bush. "White House correspondents have been tagged, unfairly, with not being tough enough on the administration and President Bush in the run-up to the [Iraq] war. ...

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Texas Monthly, January 2008

Wolfowitz Rides Again with Bush/Cheney

by John Stauber — December 6, 2007 - 1:08pm

Bill Berkowitz reports that Paul Wolfowitz "has been offered a position as chairman of the International Security Advisory Board -- formerly known as the Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board -- a prestigious State Department pane

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Media Transparency, December 6, 2007

Pro-Life Groups Scrambling to Get Egg-Rights Amendments onto State Ballots

by Anne Landman — November 26, 2007 - 3:35pm

An anti-abortion group, Colorado for Equal Rights, is gathering signatures to get a constitutional amendment on the 2008 statewide ballot. The amendment, called the "Definition of a Person Act," would confer full legal rights upon fertilized human embryos. Other anti-abortion groups are simultaneously advancing similar measures in other states under different names.

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Rocky Mountain News, November 24, 2007

Roving Reporter

by Sheldon Rampton — November 20, 2007 - 5:35pm

Former Bush administration political advisor Karl Rove has signed on as a columnist for Newsweek magazine, with his first column titled "How to Beat Hillary (Next) November." Charles Kaiser notes the irony in Rove's decision to join the mainstream media: "In public, Rove is one of dozens of conservatives who assiduously bash the press.

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Radar Online, November 19, 2007
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