Friday, March 11, 2016

RSN: How We Got Trumped by the Media, Donald Trump Backed Out of Scheduled Debate With Bernie Sanders




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John Nichols | How We Got Trumped by the Media 
Donald Trump in the spin room after the February 13, 2016 CBS News Republican presidential debate in Greenville, South Carolina. (photo: Rainier Ehrhardt/AP) 
John Nichols, The Nation 
Nichols writes: "Major media outlets are now so obsessed with Trump's candidacy - and so addicted to the clicks and ratings associated with the spectacle it has created - that they can barely be bothered to cover the other candidates, and thus are neglecting the deeper issues and concerns shaping this electoral season." 
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GOP Debate: Candidates Cut the Insults, Talk Policy Instead 
Karen Tumulty and Philip Rucker, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "There was an unfamiliar buzz on the debate stage here Thursday night: the sound of Republican presidential candidates engaging in a sober discussion of policy, rather than savaging each other." 
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What We Know About the Judges Obama Is Reportedly Vetting for the Supreme Court 
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress 
Millhiser writes: "According to the Washington Post, the White House is considering six candidates for the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia: federal appeals court judges Sri Srinivasan, Jane Kelly, Merrick Garland, Paul Watford, and Patricia Millett, along with district judge Ketanji Brown Jackson." 
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Documents Show Obama Lobbied Strongly Against Transparency Reform 
Mario Trujillo, The Hill 
Trujillo writes: "The Obama administration strongly opposed a bill to overhaul the government's open-records laws and lobbied behind the scenes to prevent it from getting to the president's desk last Congress, according to emails and talking points obtained by the Freedom of the Press Foundation." 
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Donald Trump Backed Out of Scheduled Debate With Bernie Sanders 
Nick Corasaniti, The New York Times 
Corasaniti writes: "Rebuffed yet again in coaxing Hillary Clinton onto Fox News, executives at the network had an outside-the-box idea last month that would have made primary debate history: a face-off between Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and the equally fiery candidate on the Republican side, Donald J. Trump." 
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Muslim Parents in UK Fear Being Deported for Talking to Their Children About Terrorism 
Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye 
Hooper writes: "The UK government's Prevent counter-extremism strategy is stifling freedom of expression and 'choking off' conversations about terrorism and related issues between teachers and students and some Muslim parents and their children, the country's terrorism legislation watchdog has warned." 
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Climate Change Surprise: Biosphere Contributes to Warming 
Story Hinckley, The Christian Science Monitor 
Hinckley writes: "Plants absorb carbon dioxide, but plants and animals also emit greenhouse gases." 
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