Probably the most important story recently: the US gov employed a gaggle of military men in a propaganda campaign to appear in news outlets and build public confidence in the iraq war; the mainstream media responds with:
Endorsements
- Hillary loses high-profile supporter, who raised $500k, over her negative tone; he'll take on role in Obama's finance committee.
- Obama gets another superdelegate (4/23)
- Two Nobel winners (economics) endorse Obama
I wrote an essay on DailyKos yesterday about this issue: why are the media only asking about Obama's difficulty getting white working-class voters, and not asking Hillary about her difficulty getting African-American voters? (My essay had a lot of responses, including a handful of African-American voters who stated that they have already switched their registration to "independent", and that everyone they know is steadfast in their refusal to vote--ever--for Hillary. The Politico found a similar essay, and seems to pose questions about Hillary's viability without this population, as well. Clyburn and Butterfield are starting to state this baldly...
Humor: Ridiculing the Ridiculous. And Rightly So.
- Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert take on Hillary's claims to lead in the popular vote
- Seems many people have noticed a similarity between Hillary and the Black Knight from Monty Python's The Holy Grail. Example One, Two, Three, Four.
Growing the Party: Obama rolls out massive voter registration campaign. Journalists don't care.
TV Watch: Rev Wright speaks with Bill Moyers friday night
More reasons why McCain is a baddie.
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