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Obama-Haters Won’t Give Up, File Suits Over Birth Certificate

by David | Dec 4, 2008 | Conspiracy Theories, Politics & New Media

I hesitate to even blog this, but apparently some people have their hands over their ears & are screaming like an F-18 engine on takeoff, desperate to avoid the news or any other hint of reality penetrating their Anti-Reality Extra-Stoopid Force Field…...

Further Thoughts on Obama-Hating Scam

by David | Nov 21, 2008 | Digital Migration, journalism, new media, Politics & New Media

This came in through the comment threads, and is thoughtful enough that it merits more attention: It sounds like both media channels worked as I would expect them too. The mainstream media sticks with the low risk stories that are easy to substantiate and defend while...

Desperate Obama-Haters Give Money to Nigerian Scam

by David | Nov 19, 2008 | Blogging, Digital Migration, new media, Politics & New Media

Nobody directly involved will admit it, but this is looking more and more like one of the more nasty, yet brilliant, scams of the last couple years.  It may have been pulled off by the legendary Nigerian internet scammers, but it’s beginning to look like it...

Blast from the Past: Indecision 2000 and How Video Stories Have Evolved

by David | Nov 8, 2008 | Digital Migration, Online Video, Politics & New Media

Man, check out John Stewart.  Is it me, or does he look just a little bit like the Muppet Beaker? Ah yes. The pardon of Marc Rich. Makes you nostalgic for a time when this was the worst crime that could be laid at the feet of the outgoing president, don’t...

Viral Video Hits: Campaign ’08 Edition

by David | Nov 2, 2008 | new media, Online Video, Politics & New Media

Now that we’re finally approaching the end of a presidential campaign season that started way back in May 2007 … and as an aside, allow me to observe that it used to be that declaring for the presidency the December before the Iowa caucuses/New Hampshire...
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