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CPB's Traitor Baiter

by Laura Miller — October 3, 2005 - 3:22pm

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is now headed by Republican fundraisers Cheryl Halpern and

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TheNation.com, September 27, 2005

Crisis Management Rule #1: Change the Subject

by Diane Farsetta — September 29, 2005 - 11:40am

"A Texas grand jury's decision to indict former Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) may have caught many people in Washington off-guard, but those in DeLay's inner circle had spent the past few days bracing themselves," reports The Hill. "Minutes after the announcement came, DeLay's closest and strongest supporters began mounting a defense.

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The Hill, September 29, 2005

Ill Winds, Blowing No Good

by Diane Farsetta — September 28, 2005 - 10:15am

"Riding a wave of concern over high energy prices triggered by Katrina" - and following a plan drawn up by the House Republican Study Committee at the Heritage Foundation - "congressional Republicans are rushing to ease environmental rules on refineries and looking for ways to open new coastal waters to oil and gas development," as well as Alaska's

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Associated Press, September 28, 2005

Is That "Anti-war Left" or "Anti-gay Right"?

by Sheldon Rampton — August 31, 2005 - 9:35pm

Media Matters caught Sean Hannity on Tuesday blaming the "anti-war left" for protesting at the funeral of a soldier killed in Iraq. In reality, the protesters were members of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) in Topeka, Kansas, which claims that terrorism and other disasters are divine retribution against America for the "sin" of tolerating homosexuality.

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Media Matters for America, August 31, 2005

Compassionate Conservatives Conserve Cooperatively

by Diane Farsetta — August 29, 2005 - 4:49pm

At "the first presidential conference on the environment in 40 years," opening on August 29 in St.

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Associated Press, August 29, 2005

ALEC Applauds While Bush Dreams

by Bob Burton — August 5, 2005 - 1:48am

This week George W. Bush spoke at annual conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council which serves as a meeting point for conservative legislators. Bush praised ALEC because of its "results-oriented nature".

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White House, August 3, 2005

Return of the Payola Pundit

by Sheldon Rampton — July 30, 2005 - 9:39pm

Armstrong Williams, the conservative black pundit who entered into a $240,000 contract with the Bush administration to promote the No Child Left Behind Act, says he has (1) recognized the errors of his ways, and (2) resents the way he was criticized.

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The Hill, July 28, 2005

Making the Supreme Court Nominee Their Business

by Diane Farsetta — July 11, 2005 - 11:41am

"Business advocates are raising millions of dollars, plotting major lobbying campaigns, and quietly working to influence the president as he ponders a replacement for [retiring Supreme Court] Justice Sandra Day O'Connor," reports the Washington Post. Big business groups want favorable future rulings on pensions, taxation and product liability, among other issues.

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Washington Post, July 9, 2005

Campus Crusader

by Sheldon Rampton — June 21, 2005 - 5:08pm

Bill Berkowitz reports on the latest activities of David Horowitz, the former Marxist turned right-wing ranter who is now campaigning for an "Academic Bill of Rights" that could, if passed, require university biology professors to teach "alternatives" to the theory of evolution and would allow students to sue their professors if they feel the professors are not sufficiently respectful of their views.

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Media Transparency, June 16, 2005
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