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Watching the Debates Online Outside the US

October 10, 2008 – 11:30 am

Don’t live in the US? Then you are probably out of luck. Most video sites ban viewers from outside the US. For TV shows this is annoying but understandable due to “licensing constraints.” However, political debates are not property and those don’t fall under the licensing constraint umbrella. Here in [...]

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Who is the Real Obama

October 8, 2008 – 7:19 pm

As Jon Stewart pointed out on The Daily Show, the question we should be asking is— Who is Palin? We’ve had lots interviews, debates, a book, etc etc that help us know Obama. We have next to nothing about Palin. The McCain campaign has kept Palin hidden behind a curtain. We’ve [...]

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Palin Debate Flowchart

October 6, 2008 – 7:03 pm

If you watched the Vice President debate you may have noticed that Palin didn’t really come off as convincing. Well, there is a reason for that. While both Palin and Biden are working from a script only one was able to supplement that with actual content and it wasn’t Palin. I don’t [...]

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Gotacha Journalism

September 30, 2008 – 8:44 pm

McCain seems to be pushing the phrase “gotcha journalism” to fight against journalists these days. Both McCain and Palin used the phrase several times in a recent interview with Katie Couric. “I understand this day and age of ‘gotcha’ journalism,” McCain says.
It makes me wonder, if McCain was honest would he have to [...]

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