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Finally, a political ad that’s fun to watch

October 10, 2012 Bill Kesler 2012 Election, Campaigns, Children, Humor, Literature/Arts/Film, Politics Leave a comment

A lot of creativity is absent from the current crop of national political ads. According to Studio360’s Kurt Anderson, The real problem with campaign

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The progressive case against NPR and PBS

March 22, 2011 Arthur Lieber Government, Media 2 comments

President Barack Obama is trying to take the scalpel approach to cutting the federal budget rather than the machete or butcher knife that  Michelle

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Dr. Gupta calling and practicing his calling

March 6, 2010 Arthur Lieber Health care, Media 2 comments

A story is usually real until the media gives it a tag line; then things begin to deteriorate. Dr. Gupta’s piece came after the tag lines had been written and the melodramatic music was playing. But it cut through the chafe and showed us what real broadcast journalism and real engagement in a story can be. I only wish more people had seen it.

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