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Blog Entries by Bill Mann from 03/2010

NBC's Vancouver Olympics Coverage Not Too Bad, Eh?

| Posted 03.04.2010 | Sports
Read More: Don Cherry, Cbc, Meredith Vieira, Victoria, Vancouver Olympics, Brian Williams, Telluride, Winter Olympics 2010, Sports News

As much as it pains this long-time newspaper TV critic to do so, I must admit that NBC did a pretty good job up here in Vancouver.

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Right's Lies About Euro Capitalism Exposed in Revealing New Book

| Posted 03.16.2010 | Books
Read More: Europe, Germany, Socialism, New Yorker, Dave Ross, Books News

Europe, which has become the world's largest trading bloc, is often branded by Fox News-type know-nothings as the "sick old man" of western economies. Just the opposite is true, says Steven Hill in his new book.

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Far-Right GOP's Viciousness, Venom Familiar to Some of Us

| Posted 03.24.2010 | Politics
Read More: Bart Stupak, John F. Kennedy, George Bush, Fox News, Karl Rove, Health Care, Barney Frank, Politics News

Being a Republican is in my DNA. I was a registered Republican until 2006. Both my parents were rock-ribbed Republicans when they were alive. But they'd never recognize this current bunch of oleaginous hypocrites and fearmongers.

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Network News Execs Playing With Fire in Tea-Party Coverage Decisions

| Posted 03.30.2010 | Media
Read More: Fox News, Michelle Bachmann, Roger Ailes, Rick Sanchez, Cnn, Media News

CNN and MSNBC, by their excessive and irresponsible coverage, have made a small fringe group of far-right crackpots seem much larger and more politically powerful than it is

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