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Tag: Rachel Maddow

The night the media went South

March 1, 2017 Arthur Lieber Media, Republican Brain, Trump, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Last night, I think that I finally got it: why Donald Trump feels that way he does about mainstream media, particularly CNN. Fake news.

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When it comes to Christie, MSNBC rises to the occasion

January 21, 2014 Arthur Lieber Corruption, Infrastructure, Media, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

In April, 2013, Renee Shur wrote a wonderful piece in the Occasional Planet entitled, “Dear MSNBC: Grow up, already.” She truly nailed it with

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Dear MSNBC: Grow up, already

April 5, 2013 Renee Shur 2012 Election, Media 17 comments

Dear Chris M., Rachel, and Lawrence at MSNBC: Sorry old friends. You got me through a lot of hard times. But you’ve lost  me.

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It took too long to start the gun control debate

December 27, 2012 Arthur Lieber Children, Congress, Crime/Violence, Guns, Media, Obama, Violence Leave a comment

Progressives, can you imagine Rachel Maddow shying away from a story high on the liberal agenda. I couldn’t until the evening of Friday, December

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Civil rights: How different is today from 1965?

March 30, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Civil Rights, Congress, Human Rights, Politics, Poverty, States, Voting/Elections, Women, Youth issues Leave a comment

The federal Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965. Ironically, it passed just a year after Republican Senator Barry Goldwater’s launched his southern strategy

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We all live in glass houses but some don’t realize it

March 4, 2010 Chris Mayes Politics 4 comments

The ability to sell a contradiction is sometimes the measure of a man or woman, at least when it comes to success in politics. 

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