September 2008
11 posts
Ringing Untrue, Again and Again →
New York Times
Freedom to Speak Campaign
The Freedom to Speak Campaign is a project by Puget Sound Access Television and the ACLU of Washington State, celebrating our most basic civil right. Events will be held at select King County Libraries (in or near Seattle) on September 17 and 18th from 7 to 9pm with speakers ranging from a poet to a supreme court justice. Our very own Porter Bayne will be speaking on the 17th in Auburn, WA! If...
Someone at the New York Times loves us!
We were delighted to see that Virginia Heffernan at the New York Times mentioned us quite favorably at the end of a thoughtful and critical article called “Facebook Politics” about the internet presence of the election spectacle. She had this to say about us:
“Wikis and social networks and open-source miscellany have sprouted like campaign buttons in this election year. What’s...
“All campaigns are populated by operatives “with an active investment in...”
– Calvin Woodward | Campaign Shocks! The Outrage Machine Is On A Roll
New Press/Blog Mentions!
TeenVogue just released a really well-written article about us featuring Bobby and Porter. Thanks Lindsay Talbot for introducing us into the TeenVogue world! I love it when everyone else seems to be able to explain what we do far better than I can. T_T
We also got some GOP lovin’ today (finally!) from GOP.com. Thanks guys & gals! We’re really looking forward to more...
“Facts ought not be debatable. The media have an obligation to point out when a...”
– Paula Begala | The McCain-Palin Lies and the Neil Armstrong Principle
The Rhetoric and the Reality →
A political convention is a license if not to lie then at least to tell the truth creatively. At their quadrennial gatherings over the last two weeks, Democrats and Republicans presented their records and their platforms — and those of their opponents — through typically partisan lenses that blurred or distorted the real picture.Both sides filled the airwaves with dubious claims, exaggerations and...
“We have all become responsible for political truth, like it or not. One of the...”
– Zephyr Teachout | Thoughts on the Palin Email
