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News Corp. Scandal Getting B-A-N-A-N-A-S

BY stephenmarkley · Tuesday, July 19, 2011 6:55am Comments

It’s somewhat bizarre that were it not for the possibility that psychotic ideologues in Congress could spark the next Great Recession merely by failing to vote to raise the debt ceiling, the News Corp. super-scandal would be the biggest story on the planet (just take a look at the above Trib graphic for an idea… Continue reading ‘News Corp. Scandal Getting B-A-N-A-N-A-S’


Attacks Fail to Make NPR Any Less Awesome

BY stephenmarkley · Thursday, April 7, 2011 6:16am Comments

The pile-on on NPR makes perfect sense as it is one of the slim and dwindling examples of fantastic, fascinating journalism that is also wildly successful and popular. The recent controversies over a guy on the business side calling Tea Partiers racist (the video subsequently found to have been conveniently edited) or taxpayer funding do… Continue reading ‘Attacks Fail to Make NPR Any Less Awesome’