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Useless news receives unwarranted attention

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Useless news receives unwarranted attention
Absurd stories precede influential issues

Derrick Skaug

The Daily Evergreen

Published: 02/20/2009  Read More »

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Introduction

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I live in Eastern Washington and attend WSU. I am a progressive liberal. This is my first blog post. This blog will have links to my weekly articles for my college paper, The Daily Evergreen. In the summer it will get a bit slower but I may write a few rants or whatever. There will be posts to some things that are more local. I would love feedback so feel free to write on my blog.  Read More »

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Happy Black History Month 365

I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want to rain on anyone's parade, but if I see one more image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the misty, air-brushed, reminiscent background of a Photoshopped Barack Obama image as the "Dream" depiction I will scream.

[Oh there's one.]

“AHHHHHHHHH...”  Read More »

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G.I. Joe: From Plumber to War Correspondent

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Eenshallahtohr?” (Hebrew for plumber), thinks a member of the Israeli Defense Force in Gaza as he stares, puzzled, at Pajama Media war correspondent Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, more popularly known as “Joe the Plumber.”  Read More »

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Fox Left out in the Cold, MSNBC Launces New "Obama-like" ad Campaign

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The website Media Bistro has reported that the following journalists were present at President Elect Obama's latest press conference:
Nedra Pickler of the Associated Press, Lee Cowan of NBC, Jake Tapper ABC, Chip Reid CBS, Karen Bohan of Reuters wire service, John McCormick of the Chicago Tribune, Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times, Candy Crowley of CNN, and Jeff Zeleny of the New York Times.  Read More »

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New York Times Writer Disrespects Recently Deceased Author

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Edward Rothstein recently published this article about recently deceased author Louis "Studs" Terkel. As I have already noted, I am a huge fan of Terkel's writing. I am hardly alone, it seems everyone in the media was in agreement that Terkel was a "national treasure," except Rothstein.  Read More »

Unrigging the Race: Bringing Democracy Back to the American Election

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 "Congradulations, you have survived this year's Election. Please, feel free to select one of the following options: 1) Thank God It's Over! 2) I don't hate that guy as much... 3) Just shoot me. I don't care to vote after that crap. ...Thank You for your time."  Read More »

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Making Environmental Issues a Social Affair

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I was reading the March 2007 Edition of Canoe & Kayak magazine, in particular article about people coming to find the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, a once thought extinct species that had been found among the wetland forests of Arkansas a few years back. The article was about some canoers who decided to take a huge hiking trip to site the bird themselves.  Read More »

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