Return of the Fabulous
JoAnn Wypijewski : Music
In the end, the vote was silly or sad, but for eighteen weeks on American Idol, Adam Lambert was Everyman and Everygayman, skating the edge of ecstasy and terror.
2009
2008
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Palin's Alaska Rap
Amy Poehler brings the house down with a Sarah Palin-inspired hip hop ode to Alaska and the McCain campaign.
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Can Late Night Comedy Sink McCain?
If Letterman and Saturday Night Live continue to cast McCain as a liar, it could have a devastating impact.
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Mad for Rachel Maddow
The Air America host is this election season's breakout star.
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Should Will Smith Play Obama?
The Colbert Report : Arts, Culture, & Entertainment
Stephen Colbert suggests that playing McCain would be a bigger stretch for the Academy Award nominated movie star.
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Recount: A Nightmare Revisited
Adam Howard : Presidential Election 2000
HBO's Recount will bring back bad memories, which is precisely why you should see it.
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My So-Called Independents
Will TV's new world of branding and product integration destroy small independent productions?
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Adams Ribbed
A John Adams portrait seen through the sympathetic lens of HBO is more than the historical figure ever hoped for.
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Market Media Meltdown
Danny Schechter : U.S. Economy
Financial news outlets, tethered to a mission to pump up confidence and support their advertisers, helped fuel the subprime meltdown.
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Mickey Mouse Media
A serious debate focused about torture, wiretapping, food prices, world hunger... oh, wait. That's the kind of fairy tale they don't do at Disney.
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Writers of the World Unite
Luvh Rakhe : Internet & New Media
Striking members of the Writers Guild of America are bringing the labor movement something it hasn't had for a long time: an audience.
2007
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Permalancers, Unite!
Anya Kamenetz : Labor Organizing & Activism
Freelancers staged a walkout at Viacom this week, instigating one of the most unlikely and successful labor campaigns in recent memory.
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Bonfire of the Disney Princesses
Barbara Ehrenreich : Children & Child Care
Disney's idea of sex doesn't belong in the pre-K playroom. Parents, unite: make a holiday bonfire of all that plastic and tulle: let your girls be girls again.
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Writers Strike, Silence Falls
Barbara Ehrenreich : Film Industry
As the screenwriters strike enters its second week, take a moment to appreciate those without whom late night comics are struck mute, movies are left unmade and on TV, there's nothing but reality.
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The Colbert Rapport
Larry Bogad : Campaigns & Elections
Like other prank campaigns, Stephen Colbert's bid for President promised brilliant satire. It's a shame he's called it quits.
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Burns's War: What Is It Good For?
Eric Alterman : Media Analysis
An increasingly bookless universe has become the wasteland so many have feared. In a perfect world, we'd have more Ken Burnses expressing a multiplicity of views.
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Dirty Sexy Television
Who needs reality TV when you can revel in the decadence, dysfunction and dirty laundry of the fictional super-rich?
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