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Preview-Worst Political Ads In America Awards
Filed Under (Political Ads, Media, Minneapolis, *Top Stories, Minnesota) by mmcintee on May-21-2008

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Tonight (May 21) Growth & Justice, an economic think tank, will hand out the awards for the worst political advertising in America. We’ll bring you the winners of the non-partisan lampooning after they’re announced. The UpTake’s Mike McIntee gets a preview of some of the videos that are in the running from Growth & Justice President Dane Smith.

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Media Reform Needed After Pentagon TV Scandal
Filed Under (Media, Minneapolis, *Top Stories, Minnesota) by mmcintee on April-29-2008

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The UpTake’s Mike McIntee interviews FreePress.net co-founder Josh Silver about how the Pentagon managed to dupe the media into doing what amounted to pre-scripted interviews with military experts about the invasion of Iraq.

These are the type of issues that will be discussed at the National Conference for Media Reform which will be held in Minneapolis June 6-8, 2008.

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Sierra Club Powers Clean Energy Politics
Filed Under (Minneapolis, Energy, *Top Stories, Minnesota, Video) by mmcintee on April-18-2008

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Watching the Pennsylvania Democratic Presidential Debate you would think environmental and energy issues are no longer salient - but various interest groups are working hard to make them central to the 2008 Election at every political level. The Sierra Club’s Power 2 Change campaign recently toured various green projects in Minneapolis.

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Sen. Claire MaCaskill speaks at the DFL’s Humprey Dinner
Filed Under (Missouri, superdelegates, US Senate, Minneapolis, *Top Stories, 2008 Presidential Race, Minnesota) by jfbarnett on March-17-2008

Missouri US Senator Claire MaCaskill came to Minnesota to be the keynote speaker at the DFL’s Humphrey Dinner. Here are the highlights of her speech. The full speech will be available in our Mogulus player in the right hand column for a while.

MaCaskill is a supporter of Barack Obama. There has been speculation about Amy Klobuchar supporting Obama too. In Klobuchar’s introduciton of MaCaskill, there are signs of rhetoric similar to that of the Missouri senator, as well as that of the Illinois senator.

Let us know what you see in these remarks.

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