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3 December, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘The Daily Show’

Hot off the wires….

By Denis Campbell • Nov 1st, 2008 • Category: Business Issues
Republican Convention McCain Delegate Declares for Obama!
Fred Bramante, a member of McCain’s New Hampshire Leadership Committee and a 2008 Alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention today announced his support for Senator Obama’s Campaign for Change.
Bramante, a Co-Chair of Gov. Mike Huckabee’s presidential campaign and former Republican gubernatorial candidate, is a past Chairman and current [...]


“McCain Has Become A Walking Disaster”

By Charley James • Sep 26th, 2008 • Category: Features
 
by Charley James
“As a candidate, John (McCain) has become a walking disaster,” the distraught voice calling from a Washington suburb told me late Thursday night. “As much as I once believed in him, now I’m really worried he’ll be a disaster as president. Maybe even worse than Bush, if that’s possible.”
The voice belongs to an [...]


Jon Stewart Rips Television News

By Denis Campbell • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: Innovators
Yesterday at the University of Denver, Jon Stewart ripped the 24-hour cable news beast for the current campaign craziness. We’ve often chastised the media here for the 600 word newsfeed rip, place two opposing quotes, add an expert opinion and presto! News.
Jon has a history of trying to get news outlets to do their job [...]


The Race Card

By Denis Campbell • Aug 6th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story
With 90-days to go, Swiftboating Season has begun in earnest as charges and counter-charges by each candidate’s camp of injecting race into the election turned the current US Presidential race into that of a popularity contest for high school class president. No. I must apologise. That characterisation demeans the thousands of young students who prepare [...]


Happily Ever (For A Few Years) After

By Denis Campbell • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Media
May and June used to be big wedding months. English Football star Wayne Rooney and his girlfriend spent $5 million dollars on an Italian wedding. But in the narcissism capital of America, Hollywood errr… Beverly Hills, CA 90210 (a city that prides itself on pouty Botox fattened lips, Viagra and silicon/saline implants), it is not [...]