Eric Alterman has an outstanding column in The Nation on how the media’s mean girls (of all genders) develop the narratives they use to bring down the presidential candidates they take a dislike to. With examples of what they did to Gore in 2000, and what they’re doing to Obama and Edwards right now.
Two of […]
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Roundup: Swiftly Tilting Planet Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 17th, 2007 at 2:05 am
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Roundup: Return of the Mouse Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 15th, 2007 at 10:54 am
BOOKS: This week marked the release of Armistead Maupin’s new book Michael Tolliver Lives, which picks up the story of Michael “Mouse” Tolliver, the iconic character from Maupin’s Tales of the City series. Mouse is now in his mid-50s, living with HIV but happily married. Maupin says, “I wanted to tell the story of a […]
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