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A sparkly and sparky holiday gift

It’s a lawsuit! See? I haven’t forgotten how deeply satisfying lawsuits can be, but over the past four years…well, you know. Anyhow, as the Times headline suggests, this one is exciting: The ‘Red Slime’ Lawsuit That Could Sink Right-Wing Media … Continue reading

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Bill of Campaign Rights: Campaign advertising

Campaign advertising. Of course, unless we have some control over campaign presentations, no amount of clean money will guarantee a clean campaign. So the second part of this new Bill of Rights will involve the campaigns themselves. I’m now going … Continue reading

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What about Fox News’s license to broadcast?

After posting that previous thing about Fox News, I became curious–not for the first time–about how Fox maintains its broadcasting license given the multitude of ugly problems it spews out every day. (Oh, gee, sorry, I think I’m supposed to … Continue reading

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