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The Latest Snowden Revelation is Another Clear Example of Reporters Misleading the Public
The level of deception in the reporting on Edward Snowden’s stolen National Security Agency...
The Daily Banter Mail Bag: Comcast Purchase of Time Warner Cable, Careers in Media and Hot Dates
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1. Restrictions on monopolies may have eased but how can...
The Day We Handed Over Our Metadata In the Name of Fighting Metadata Collection
Occupy Wall Street was a failure because its millennial leaderless co-leadership refused to employ...
13 Observations About Greenwald’s New Website, ‘The Intercept’
Glenn Greenwald’s new website, The Intercept, launched early Monday. In case you’re...
The All New GOP Lie About Obamacare, the CBO and Jobs
After last week’s hilarious GOP disinformation campaign about the Congressional Budget...
The Daily Banter Mail Bag: Creationism vs Science, Getting Tired of Politics and Philip Seymour Hoffman
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1) I watched the Bill Nye/Ken Ham evolution vs. creation...
Digital Journalism is Destroying Accuracy for the Sake of Being Fast and First
This week marks two new low points in journalism. As we’ve reported over the last couple of...
There Is No Debate Between Science and Creationism; Science is the Only ‘Side’
I’d like to preface by saying I admire Bill Nye. He’s one of those rare personalities...
The 13 Weirdest Things From The Guardian’s Forthcoming Snowden Book
Next week, The Guardian is publishing a book titled The Snowden Files: The Inside Story Of The...
10 More Questions Bill O’Reilly Might’ve Asked the President
This might sound strange coming from me, but I actually like it when President Obama agrees to be...
The Daily Banter Mail Bag: Avoiding Media Bias, the Super Bowl and our State of the Union Guests
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1) In our current age of media that (in many cases) has...
A Reality Check on Executive Orders and the ‘Dictator Obama’ Myth
As we discussed yesterday, the congressional Republicans and the conservative entertainment complex...
State of the Union 2014: Populist Obama Grabs the Reins
Back in late 2008 when President Obama was transitioning into the White House, I wondered out loud...
NSA Agent’s Identity Exposed in Poorly-Redacted Snowden Document
It’s finally happened. The name of an NSA agent has been accidentally leaked to the public...
The Snowden Revelation That Might Start a War
For the first time since June, a Snowden revelation could have serious life and death consequences...
The Daily Banter Mail Bag: The GOP’s State of the Union Sidekicks, the Dinesh D’Souza Indictment and Our Nightmare Dates
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1) Did you see that Louie Gohmert is inviting Hannity to...
Anti-NSA Activists Discover a (Not So) New Weapon Against the Government: States’ Rights
You might’ve noticed that since the election of President Obama, there’s been a re...
Who’s the Dumbest Man in Congress? I Think We Have a Winner.
Let’s be perfectly clear about this from the beginning. Congress is not “exempt”...
Yes, Fox News, A Lot of People Hate the President Simply Because He’s Black
President Obama was exactly right. Some people don’t like him because he’s African...