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Did Public Television Commit Self-Censorship to Appease Billionaire Funder David Koch?
Filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal say plans for their new documentary to air on public television have been quashed after billionaire Republican David Koch complained about the PBS …
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London’s Violent Spectacle: What is to be Gained by Calling it Terror?
There is nothing to be gained by labeling Wednesday's brutal attack in London.
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PBS Killed Wisconsin Uprising Documentary “Citizen Koch” To Appease Koch Brothers
The dispute highlights the increasing role of private money in public television.
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Memo to Bush Administration Leftovers on Fox: Shut Up
In a memo to Fox News, Hartmann let's them know why populating their news station with leftovers from the Bush administration is hypocrisy.
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Release of New “Gatsby” Is Timely Reminder of Persistent Wealth Gap
With all the fanfare around the new movie version of The Great Gatsby, it's a good time to be reminded of the book's depiction of conspicuous consumption.
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An Itty Bitty Pity Party for the Associated Press
Welcome to the future you helped create, writes Will Pitt to the Associated Press.
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The Ladydrawers’ History of Women’s Rights Part V
The Ladydrawers finally found gender equality in patent ownership.
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Hold the Front Page! We Need Free Media, Not an Order of Mates
Today we need a “Fifth Estate,” full of media journalists who see themselves as agents of people not power, says John Pilger.
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Henry A. Giroux | Lockdown, USA: Lessons From the Boston Marathon Manhunt
Henry Giroux: The lockdown is the new common sense tactic of a militarized society.
Jilly Ballistic and the New Aesthetic of Dissent
Even if we are screwed, at least we can laugh at ourselves, and that's the first step to becoming unscrewed, right?