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“If any other politician anywhere in the world got stuck on a zip wire it would be a disaster,” said British Prime Minister David Cameron. “For Boris, it’s a triumph. He defies all forms of gravity.” If there seems a hint of nervous ..

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On the July 11 edition of Fox News’ Special Report , anchor Bret Baier welcomed Pat Buchanan to his “all-star panel” with Fox News contributors Juan Williams and Charles Krauthammer. Buchanan’s appearance with Krauthammer comes with an acrimonious history — Krauthammer has long been one of Buchanan’s harshest critics, having charged that he holds a “fascist world view”; appeals to prejudice and bigotry; “fan[s] hatred for Jews”; and has been “getting away” with his repugnant views. Buchanan famously left MSNBC in the midst of controversy surrounding his book  Suicide Of A Superpower and his lengthy history of racially insensitive, anti-Semitic, and homophobic remarks.

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From: Ari Berman Ari Berman The GOP’s elaborate conspiracy theories bolster new voter suppression laws.

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From: Ben Adler Ben Adler One of the top contenders to be Mitt Romney’s running mate would remind voters of George W.

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From: Eric Alterman Eric Alterman Eric talks Rupert Murdoch and David Horowitz, and Reed wonders when the media will wake up and smell the coffee?

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From: Eric Alterman Eric Alterman  Eric on winter concerts and Reed on why the Iowa caucuses are bad for journalism.

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How double-consciousness comes to life in the beloved kid’s movie.

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China’s conditions for a treaty included a renewal of carbon-cutting pledges by rich nations, along with hundreds of billions of dollars in climate financing for poorer countries.

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The  Sydney Moring Herald  reports  that federal police in Australia are investigating claims by a former legislator that in the late 1990′s a senior  executive with a Murdoch-owned newspaper offered to “take care” of the politician and create friendly, “special relationship” with him if he voted against a pending piece of legislation that would impact Murdoch’s business interests. According to the  Herald , which has seen the nine-page statement given to investigators by former senator Bill O’Chee, when a bill proposing the creation of digital television in Australia was nearing a vote, an unnamed News executive and lobbyist invited O’Chee to lunch to try to get him to vote against the bill. (The Herald notes that while serving in parliament, O’Chee “had a long and difficult relationship with the Murdoch press.”)   Referencing O’Chee’s account, the Herald reports [emphasis added]: During the meeting, Mr O’Chee said, the News executive argued that the digital conversion bill needed to be defeated because it would bankrupt regional free broadcasters which could not afford to convert to digital. ”I felt that these arguments were made up because News Corporation had no financial interest in non-pay television broadcasting,” Mr O’Chee’s statement says. ”[I] believed that News Corporation’s real interest was the effect the digital conversion legislation would cause to its Foxtel business venture, because it would reduce the amount of people who would want to subscribe for these services.” The executive then said that while it would be controversial for Mr O’Chee to cross the floor, ”we will take care of you”. If Mr O’Chee was criticized for his decision, News would use its Australian newspapers to look after him, including running his media releases and opinion pieces. ‘ ‘[He] also told me we would have a ‘special relationship’, where I would have editorial support from News Corporation’s newspapers, not only with respect to the digital conversion legislation, but for ‘any other issues’ too. ”I believed that [he] was clearly implying that News Corporation would run news stories or editorial content concerning any issue I wanted if I was to cross the floor and oppose the digital conversion legislation.” In the end, O’Chee voted in favor of the bill and soon found it “impossible” to get anything published in newspapers controlled by Murdoch’s News Corp., even though O’Chee claims he “had been able to do so before the lunch meeting.”  The Wall Street Journal reports “News Corp.’s Australian unit Wednesday denied allegations” made by O’Chee. 

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From: John Nichols John Nichols The Catholic Church has outlined a proposal for taxing financial speculation in order to address income inequality and to steer economic systems “towards achieving the common good.” Is that class warfare?

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