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Maddow Gets Fed Up

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Rachel Maddow - Aug. 19 (News Analysis) - A frustrated Rachel Maddow called out Republicans for their hypocrisy surrounding President Obama's vacation--and the media for allowing the hypocrisy to go unchecked.

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Bill Maher Rips Obama, Calls Republicans 'A--holes'

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Lauwrence O'Donnell - Jul. 27 (Interview) - Bill Maher took President Obama to task for his handling of the debt ceiling debate during an appearance on Lawrence O'Donnell's Tuesday show.

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Hacker attack cripples al-Qaida on web

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Pete Williams - Jun. 29 (News) - Computer hackers shut down al-Qaida's ability to communicate its messages to the world through the Internet, interrupting the group's flow of videos and communiqués, according to a terrorism expert.

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Cops arrest alleged cannibal after finding human stew

Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Staff writers - May. 17 (News) - Russian authorities arrested a man Tuesday in connection with dismembered body parts that were scattered around Moscow, police said according to reports.

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Second nuclear meltdown likely under way in Japan, official says

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

NBC News - Mar. 13 (Special Report) - Japanese officials were trying frantically to thwart partial meltdowns presumed under way Sunday at two earthquake-stricken nuclear reactors in Japan.

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Hacker group vows 'cyberwar' on US government, business

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

MSNBC - By Michael Isikoff - Mar. 09 (Special Report) - A leader of the computer hackers group known as Anonymous is threatening new attacks on major U.S. corporations and government officials as part of at an escalating “cyberwar” against the citadels of American power.

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2 U.S. airmen shot dead at airport in Germany

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

MSNBC - Mar. 02 (Breaking News) - A gunman fired shots at U.S. military personnel on a bus outside Frankfurt airport on Wednesday, killing two airmen and wounding two others before being taken into custody, the U.S. Air Force said.

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TRMS correspondence with Politifact

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Rachel Maddow Show - By Rachel Maddow - Feb. 25 (Comment) - Subject: Correction requested re: The Rachel Maddow Show Dear Mr. Umhoefer and Mr. Borowski: I'm writing to request that you make a correction to your Truth-O-Meter post of Thursday, February 17th, 2011. http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/feb/18/rachel-maddow/rachel-maddow-says-wisconsin-track-have-budget-sur/ In your effort to challenge a Capital Times editorial you have mistakenly ascribed the argument therein to Rachel Maddow. In so doing, you have half-quoted her in one instance, misquoted her in another, and misrepresented her overall.

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Durbin, Graham on Social Security and the Deficit

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Meet the Press - By David Gregory, Sen. Richard Durbin, Sen. Lindsey Graham - Feb. 20 (Interview) - Sen. Durbin: Social Security does not add one penny to the deficit. Social Security untouched will make every promised payment for more than 25 years. ... The Social Security program, as it's currently put together, does not have any impact on the deficit.

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Wisconsin "Budget Crisis" Engineered by Gov. Walker

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

MSNBC - By Rachel Maddow - Feb. 18 (News Report) - An attempt by the Republican plan to end collective bargaining rights (effectively ending unions) in the state of Wisconsin is nothing more than a Republican plan to end the democratic party once and for all. If they can take the unions down, then there is no democratic force that can compete with republican fundraising efforts in the wake of the Citizens United supreme court decision.

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U.S. can't link accused Army private to Assange

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

MSNBC - By Jim Miklaszewski - Jan. 25 (News Report) - U.S. military officials tell NBC News that investigators have been unable to make any direct connection between a jailed army private suspected with leaking secret documents and Julian Assange, founder of the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.

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NBC/WSJ poll: Obama bouncing back

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

MSNBC - Jan. 20 - According to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, Obama’s approval rating has surged above 50 percent; confidence in the economy also has spiked; and the Democratic Party — but not the GOP — now enjoys a net-positive rating from the American public.

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'The people rose up': Tunisians drive out leader

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

MSNBC - By Michelle Kosinski - Jan. 15 (News Report) - After weeks of violent protests, Tunisia was thrust into a state of emergency on Friday as President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was forced to flee the country. NBC's Michelle Kosinski takes a look at the role social media may have played in fanning the flames of unrest.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

MSNBC - By MSNBC staff writers - Dec. 07 (Breaking News) - British police arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Tuesday on a European warrant issued by Sweden, London's Metropolitan Police said. ...

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WikiLeaks to defy U.S. demands

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

MSNBC - Nov. 28 (Breaking News) - WASHINGTON— The online website WikiLeaks says it will go ahead with the release of hundreds of thousands of classified State Department documents in defiance of U.S. demands not to publish the files. The WikiLeaks website appeared to be inaccessible,

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False promise of ‘objectivity’ proves ‘truth’ superior to ‘fact’

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Countdown - By Keith Olbermann - Nov. 15 (Comment) - Mr. Koppel does not have to wait. The kind of television journalism he eulogizes failed this country because when truth was needed, all we got were facts, most of which were lies, anyway. The journalism failed and those who practiced it failed, and Mr. Koppel failed. I don't know that I'm doing it exactly right here. I'm trying. I have to, because whatever that television news was before, we now have to fix it.

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Halliburton admits skipping test on Gulf well cement

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Msnbc.Com Staff - Oct. 29 (Breaking News) - Commission find BP, partners knew formulation was unstable. Halliburton Co. acknowledged late Thursday that it skipped doing a critical test on the final formulation of cement used to seal the BP oil well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Rachel Maddow: Sharron Angle Ad 'The Most Overtly Racist' Of 2010 (VIDEO)

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Rachel Maddow - Oct. 25 (News Analysis) - Rachel Maddow sharply criticized Senate candidate Sharron Angle on Sunday, saying that the Nevada Republican aired the "most overtly racist ad of this campaign season."...

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Super Typhoon slams Philippines at 155 mph

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - Oct. 18 (News) - A major cyclone made landfall in the country's north on Monday, killing at least three people, leaving a wasteland of fallen trees and power poles, and sending thousands fleeing to safety in near-zero visibility.

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Drill breaks through to trapped Chilean miners

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - Oct. 09 (Breaking News) - Men expected to be pulled to suface starting Wednesday.

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'Ecological catastrophe': Toxic sludge kills 3

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - Oct. 05 (News Report) - The Hungarian government declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after a toxic sludge spill killed at least three people, news agency MTI reported.

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9/11 politicized by Islam controversies

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - Sep. 11 (News) - They will read the names, of course, the names of every victim who died in the Sept. 11 attacks. The bells will ring. And then that moment of unity will give way to division as activists hoist signs and march, some for and some against a planned mosque two blocks from ground zero. More than 2,000 supporters of the mosque project held a vigil Friday night meant to avoid entangling the mosque controversy and the Sept. 11 observance.

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Media Content Is on the Move

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Travis Hoium - Sep. 10 (Opinion) - The media landscape has been changing for years, but in the past few weeks, changes have gone into overdrive. Apple announced an updated Apple TV, Netflix debuted a new iPhone app (which I love), and Google TV appears close to becoming reality. These new products highlight a change in the way we'll devour content as the old DVD and TV model becomes extinct.

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Racial violence changes student — and school

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Jesse Washington - Sep. 05 (News) - Duong Nghe Ly can?t wait to begin his senior year at South Philadelphia High School. A day of violence there last year changed his life, and he wants to learn if his school has been transformed as well. ...

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Rachel Maddow: White House 'Inexplicably Keeps Falling For' Fox News Stunts (VIDEO)

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Racheel Maddow - Jul. 21 (News Analysis) - Rachel Maddow went after Fox News Tuesday night for its role in propagating the Shirley Sherrod story, but she also criticized the White House for continuing to fall for the network's stunts.

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