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CNN Rejects ‘Drop Dobbs’ Ad
Immigrants’ advocates and the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters are so angry that CNN plans to run a four-hour special called “Latinos in America” next week without mentioning the role of CNN anchor Lou Dobbs in fomenting hatred of Latinos that they raised $16,000 to create and run an ad during the show calling [...]
Jack Bauer in Kabul?
‘24′ is hardly a template for counterinsurgency, as it glorifies brutality, particularly toward Muslims who may or may not be terrorists, rather than emphasizes protecting a population from brutality. But Center for a New American Security CEO-in-waiting Nate Fick just told a bizarre anecdote about talking with someone who was considering broadcasting ‘24′ in Kabul. [...]
Nielsen Paradox: DC-Area Folk Watched Inauguration on TV; Liberal West Coast Didn’t
Here’s something counterintuitive: the closer a person lives to Washington, D.C., the more likely it is that he or she watched the inauguration on television.
Nielsen released its numbers for the top 56 media markets in the country today. These metropolitan areas had the highest inauguration viewership yesterday:
McCain Slashes Colorado Advertising
Apparently confirming news stories that the McCain campaign views its chances of winning Colorado as bleak and is reassessing its spending priorities for swing-state advertising, The Denver Post reports the campaign has severely scaled back its ad budget in the Rocky Mountain State.
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