Tag / MSNBC
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The Resistance?
The “resistance,” a movement ignited by the election of Trump, is for the most part Democratic, although it attracts varying degrees of Republican solidarity on certain issues. Although one might expect such a movement to resist Trump from the left, far too often it appears that the “resistance” is content to either assist in the…
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An Interview with Norm Ornstein
On Oct. 30, the Washington University Political Review sat down with Norm Ornstein, a national commentator, political scientist, and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. We asked Dr. Ornstein about his recently published book, the state of Washington, the situation facing the American press corps, the Republican Party’s present and future, and more. What…
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Age Never Matters
Commentators have a habit of describing a certain generation of people as sharing common characteristics by placing them in the same generational set. For example, people in their 20s and younger are known as millennials. The commentators called people born between 1946 and 1964 “baby boomers,” and people of a later generation “Generation X.” Critics…
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Media Polarization and Finding the Truth in Our Politics
Can we put on something less biased?” grumbled my grandfather as the evening news began to play on the TV. At first I did not understand what he meant. The MSNBC Nightly News had always seemed universal to me, its theme song and anchors’ voices ingrained in my idea of America for as long as…
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Bias With a Basis: Stewart vs Beck
Neutral, unbiased, nonpartisan news is dead. It’s just not a good business model anymore. MSNBC and Fox News have proven this by kicking CNN around in the ratings more and more each year. However, this isn’t really a new problem. Media has taken sides and chosen favorites since the beginning of U.S. history; one of…
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False Rumors of the Democratic Demise
Depending on where you get your news, this upcoming Congressional election is, well, up in the air. CNN Headline News, after showing a number of highly relevant YouTube videos, will likely give a BREAKING NEWS update about how the election looks like a potential disaster. Glenn Beck of Fox News will probably pull out his…
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Media Misfires
Media bashing, a traditional staple of politicians, has become an especially hot trend lately. In fact, it has become so popular that even major media outlets are starting to partake. The latest trend is to point out cases of overreaction, bemoaning the over-inflation of events that are not actually significant. When Michael Jackson died, the…
