It’s Darth Trump! Listen to The Donald’s voice dubbed over Vader’s in a series of scenes from the original Star Wars trilogy (A New Hope,
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Advisory council condemns “misguided” KPLU sale, calls out PLU for “misleading, “flatly incorrect” statements
The University’s assertion that it now cannot afford to allow KPLU to continue using a facility whose construction KPLU listeners and supporters funded is breathtakingly
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Why KPLU must be saved and KUOW reformed
Why KPLU must be saved and KUOW reformed Local meteorologist Cliff Mass weighs in against KUOW’s proposed acquisition of fellow National Public Radio affiliate KPLU,
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Radio Alert: NPI founder Andrew Villeneuve on KUOW today at 12:30 PM
Heads up, NPI supporters! Following his appearance on KIRO FM with Dave Ross this morning, Northwest Progressive Institute founder and Executive Director Andrew Villeneuve will
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Trump’s sorry night on ‘SNL’: An overhyped bummer for us all
“Donald Trump’s highly touted and almost certainly inappropriate hosting gig on NBC’s Saturday Night Live” turned out to be an anemic and halfhearted dud,” writes The Washington Post’s TV critic Hank Stuever.
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Paper book sales soar as people put down their e-readers
Paper book sales soar as people put down their e-readers Who says print media is dead? Arrogant futurists and tech pundits may say that books
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Radio Alert: NPI founder Andrew Villeneuve makes the case against Tim Eyman’s I-1366
Heads up, NPI supporters! Tomorrow and Monday, Northwest Progressive Institute founder and executive director Andrew Villeneuve will be appearing on several radio programs to make
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This is rich: Fox propagandists attack Media Matters as “hate-filled propaganda machine”
On Friday’s episode of the O’Reilly Factor, Fox Noise host Bill O’Reilly brought in his pal Stuart Varney from Fox Business to present a silly
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Right wing militiamen plan to bring guns to mosques around nation in ‘global’ protest of Islam “The perfect storm of Islamophobia cresting around the nation
LaunchWhen it comes to grammar, Democrats crush Republicans
Presidential Debate Grammar Power Rankings: The above infographic ranks the grammar of supporters of nineteen different presidential candidates. “With a light heart and heavy-hitting algorithms, we visited each candidate’s official Facebook page and looked at the comments there to see how well their supporters handle themselves when they communicate their ideas in writing,” explains the team at Grammarly, a company which offers grammar-checking applications.
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Hillary Clinton becomes “Val the bartender” on SNL
Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made her first appearance of the 2016 campaign season on Saturday Night Live’s season
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Network newscasts ignore Sanders, obsess over Clinton emails Media Matters takes ABC, NBC, and CBS to task for their shallow coverage of the 2016 presidential
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Pass the popcorn! The feud between Donald Trump and Fox Noise is back on
Pass the popcorn! The feud between Donald Trump and Fox Noise is back on Donald Trump has announced he is boycotting the Fox Noise Channel
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Ron Reagan rips “Killing Reagan” author Bill O’Reilly as a “snake oil salesman”
Bill O’Reilly is not somebody who as far as I can tell really invests a lot of time or energy in the truth… He’s a
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Timeless advice from Yogi Berra
Always go to other people’s funerals; otherwise they won’t go to yours. — A Yogi-ism attributed to baseball great Yogi Berra (1925-2015)
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Viola Davis makes history at 2015 Primetime Emmys
You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there. So here’s to all the writers, the awesome people that are Ben Sherwood,
LaunchNYT has mostly ignored its own public editor’s call to stress lack of voter fraud in stories about voter ID schemes
NYT has mostly ignored its own public editor’s call to stress lack of voter fraud in stories about voter ID schemes Media Matters holds The
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Verizon to offer free mobile TV, with an eye on millennials
Verizon to offer free mobile TV, with an eye on millennials Verizon Communications, which owns Verizon Wireless and is closing a deal to buy AOL,
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Robert Reich: Political reporters seem to only know how to report four kinds of stories
Political reporters know only four stories: (1) who’s up and who’s down, (2) how much money candidates have raised, (3) which candidates have made what
LaunchWhat everyone watching Republicans debate on Fox Noise should keep in mind
What everyone watching Republicans debate on Fox Noise should keep in mind Media Matters reminds us that appearing reasonable on debate night is part of
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