Fox In The Henhouse 2 - Why DailyKOS should NOT have Advertising

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Tuesday June 20, 2006 · 9:36 AM PDT

2006/06/20 · 09:36

There have been a lot of diaries about the advertising here on DailyKOS. I think it is time to end advertising on DailyKOS.

Kos has a severe conflict of interest between collecting money from lobbyists and, at the same time, advocating for candidates and policy. This is also true of the MSM, and we can show that Fox News and other MSM are influenced by their advertising dollars to promote particular positions. If we want to claim that there is a "Culture of Corruption" in politics we must also examine ourselves and our institutions to be sure that there is no conflict of interest.

A conflict of interest can occur whenever you receive money to promote a particular point of view. Since Kos is an active party staffer who has worked on multiple campaigns, including Howard Dean's Presidential Campaign, he is not just your standard run of the mill journalist. He is an activist with influence on where this party is going and what policies our government will pursue. Since he accepts money from lobbyists to present their viewpoints on his blog it is a clear conflict of interest. I will present more below the fold. Read More

Fox In The Henhouse - An Ad I Found On DailyKOS - UPDATE

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Monday June 19, 2006 · 11:58 AM PDT

2006/06/19 · 11:58

I have been coming to DailyKOS for a number of months now. I have found the site to be very informative and generally about 2 or 3 days ahead of the rest of the world. As Stephen Colbert would say, "Reality has a well known liberal bias."

Today I was reading a front page piece and I saw an ad saying: "Americans are going Green with Alternative Fuel Autos. Auto Alliance. Driving Innovation." After ignoring the ads on DailyKOS since I have been coming here I thought that I would finally show some love to KOS and click on the ad.

Upon linking to the Alliance website I was disgusted to see the distortions presented by this organization that is advertising on DailyKOS. I offer this Dairy as an expose to show who this organization is representing and why I will not click on any more ads on DailyKOS. Read More

Senators Against The Iraq War - Thank You

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Friday June 16, 2006 · 9:50 AM PDT

2006/06/16 · 09:50

With all the diaries being posted today on the 2,500 deaths in the occupation of Iraq I wanted to take a look back and thank some of those that did stand up and attempted to save lives and avoid unneeded bloodshed. Read More

Culture of Corruption - Illegal Illegals

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Thursday June 08, 2006 · 8:21 AM PDT

2006/06/08 · 08:21

Corrupt and Hypocritical

A major Republican campaign contributor's company is up on charges of hiring illegal immigrants!

After hearing the NPR story about a raid on a homebuilder in Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati that was hiring illegal immigrants I decided to look into this story a little closer. Turns out that the owner of the homebuilder and his wife are major donors to Republicans all across the country.
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The Roots Project - A Success Story - Washington's Reading List

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Wednesday June 07, 2006 · 7:31 AM PDT

2006/06/07 · 07:31

Remember the Roots Project?

The Roots Project records a success!

Guess who is going to be reading "Crashing the Gate"? Rep. Jim Moran of Arlington, VA!

One more person that will read your book KOS. And free publicity too!

I just want to send a congratulations out to everyone that was involved in this project. Many people were involved in buying the books (Thanks to Politics and Prose in DC!) and distributing them to all the offices on the hill.

Check out the "Summer Reading List" compiled by the Washington Examiner.

A closer examination of the list is below the fold.
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Why I'm MIFFED at NPR's Morning Edition re: Winograd vs. Harman!

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Monday June 05, 2006 · 7:35 AM PDT

2006/06/05 · 07:35

I have a message for NPR from this "Progressive". Please report the "news" and quit spinning the news to represent the DLC!

An analysis of the Winograd/Harman piece they ran this morning is below the fold... Read More

Rove vs. Goebbels - A Comparison

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Sunday June 04, 2006 · 6:17 AM PDT

2006/06/04 · 06:17

I originally posted this diary on May 18th couple weeks ago. It dropped right off the page, but a reader suggested I repost it. It seems appropriate to post it while Crossing the Godwin Divide is on the rec list.

This post will examine the Republican strategy a little closer and, in the Sun Tzu method, look at it from the "Know Your Enemy" point of view.

I think that the Republicans' (and Rove in particular) have examined Goebbel's Principles of Propaganda and have been using these to win elections and keep the American public on edge and scared. This post is not designed to give answers on how to challenge the propaganda, but to help educate Kossacks about who and what we are fighting.

I am attempting to evaluate and examine a very successful and well run propaganda machine with another historical successful and well run propaganda machine.
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"We Call It Life" - Until It Brings Death

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Friday June 02, 2006 · 7:57 AM PDT

2006/06/02 · 07:57

A bunch of people have posted on the "We Call It Life" ads by the Competitive Enterprise Institute. I just thought I would bring up a forgotten incident from the past where CO2 would better be described with the phrase "We Call It Death". Read More

Will DailyKOS be my future baby's Godparents?

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Thursday June 01, 2006 · 6:20 AM PDT

2006/06/01 · 06:20

This is a secret still, so don't tell anyone, but my wife and I are going to have a baby. It will be our first! As I have started to experience the wonders of a baby growing inside my wife I have become more concerned about the world into which our future child will be born. DailyKOS is a place that I view as the hope for the future of our country. Will you take the pledge to watch out for our baby's back? Read More

One Species Thrives, You get the Hives!

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Wednesday May 31, 2006 · 9:40 AM PDT

2006/05/31 · 09:40

A study has come out saying that as CO2 levels rise one of the benefactors of our impact from global warming will be poison ivy.

Cross posted at MyDD. Read More

"Know Your Enemy" - An Examination of the Republican Propaganda Machine

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Thursday May 18, 2006 · 8:44 AM PDT

2006/05/18 · 08:44

VetGrl's Diary called "Shut Up And Listen" got me thinking about the Republican message(s) and how we need to go about countering it. This post will examine the Republican strategy a little closer and, in the Sun Tzu method, look at it from the "Know Your Enemy" point of view.

Finally, for those trolls out there, I am not saying that Bush and Hitler are the same or any such thing. I am attempting to evaluate and examine a very successful and well run propaganda machine with another historical successful and well run propaganda machine.
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Army Corps of Engineers to Shore Up Mexican Border Fence

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Tuesday May 16, 2006 · 10:40 AM PDT

2006/05/16 · 10:40

I wanted to write this as an Onion-like take on the immigration speech last night. Any editing help would be greatly appreciated. Just put comments at the bottom and I would love to see this fleshed out. Thanks for reading it. Read More

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