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01.3.2014

What We're Reading This Week - 2/28/14

What We're Reading This Week

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What We're Reading This Week - 2/21/14

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01.3.2014

This Is Why Filibuster Abuse Matters

This Is Why Filibuster Abuse Matters

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01.3.2014

This isn't journalism

This isn't journalism

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Media & Democracy 12.5.2013

The Worst Merger Yet

The more people learn about the frenzied Big Media-Wall Street rush to consolidate our communications ecosystem into a playground for monopolists-on-the-make, the more they dislike what they see. For example, a recent poll shows two-thirds of us are opposed to competition-busting transactions like AT&T and Time Warner, almost equally divided among Democrats, Republicans, and Independents.

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