Sat, 1 December 2012
1. Alan Rosenblatt on how Weibo, China's version of Twitter, is opening up China
2. Corporate/social responsibility in media: Fox News' anti-American, false reporting of the "war on Christmas"
3. Activist of the Week: Josh Stearns of Free Press on holding the FCC accountable and preventing Rupert Murdoch from monopolizing media
4. How it should be: How we should keep money out of elections and how the media should point out conflicts of interests, like Simpson & Bowles getting $40,000 a speech
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Sat, 1 December 2012
1.Shuster roundup of week's political news & events - including shots fired on Benghazi, and UN Amabssador Susan Rice
2. Allie Braswell, CEO of the Central Florida Urban League, on Florida GOP officials acknowledging politically motivated voter suppression
3. Marans on what he saw at the Black Friday protest at Walmart in Secaucus, NJ
4. Matt Stoller of Salon on Walmart protest effectiveness & progressive strategy in Obama's 2nd term
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Sat, 1 December 2012
1. Charlie Mitchell on latest Congress/Obama regarding Bush tax cuts
2. Charlie Mitchell on lame duck Congress: sequester & other issues. Is Social Security off table in fiscal cliff negotiations as Durbin says?
3. Marans on Grover Norquist - The man behind the infamous "Taxpayer Protection Pledge"?
4. Cliff Schechter on Obama/White House strategy... plus, potential Rand Paul GOP candidacy in 2016.
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