Extra! November/December 2008

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Top Troubling Tropes of Campaign '08
The media-created narratives that derail election coverage
By Peter Hart

Busted Bubble
The press fell down on the job on housing prices
By Veronica Cassidy

Huffington Post Mutes Women's Voices
New media, same gender imbalance
By Jessica Wakeman

Making Islamophobia Mainstream
How Muslim-bashers broadcast their bigotry
By Steve Rendall and Isabel Macdonald

‘Secret Muslims,’ Open Bigotry
Islamophobia in the 2008 presidential campaign
By Isabel Macdonald and Steve Rendall

As Usual, NYT Ignores Iraqi Opinion
Anecdotes trump polls on withdrawal
By Dahr Jamail

‘Voter Fraud’ Claims Unchecked by Media
Restrictive laws spread based on scant evidence
By Roger Bybee

The Food Crisis and the Fear of Scarcity
Media binders blind us to real food solutions
By Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé

Outsourcing Journalism
Localism threatened by offshore reporters and editors
By Megan Tady

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