Sept 16, 2014: Don Hazen & Jan Frel: Alternet: Naomi Klein on the Great Clash Between Capitalism and the Climate
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Dec 14, 2013: 10 Certifiably Insane Rants from the Right-Wing Fringe This Week: War on Santa Edition
July 19, 2013: 4 of America’s Most Abusive Prosecutors
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Feb 7, 2014: Truth Revolt: AlterNet: Christians Have Delusions of Persecution
Amanda Marcotte of the hyper-liberal site AlterNet.org thinks that it is "bizarre" that Christians claim persecution since "being a Christian is a privileged position in American society." Feb 2, 2014: About.com Thyroid Disease: AlterNet Article on Drug Company Marketing Filled With Thyroid Misinformation
I really wanted to like the article in AlterNet's Personal Health section, by Martha Rosenberg, titled "How Big Pharma Brainwashes Americans Into Believing They're Sick. Dec 30, 2013: Detroit Metro Times: AlterNet’s Top 10 Right-Wing Jaw-Droppers of the Year
America’s right wing is a national embarrassment. On any given day, you can find its leaders spouting racism, pretending poverty doesn’t exist, mocking the idea that climate change is a serious problem, or attempting to restrict the fundamental rights of women. July 24, 2013: National Review: Alternet vs. Free Speech
Yesterday, someone called Sean McElwee had enough of a sense of humor to post in the “civil liberties” section of the website Alternet an ode to the censorship of free speech. McElwee’s “case for censoring hate speech” comes down to the novel idea that certain groups must be protected from verbally attacks on the Internet lest they come feel that they are unwelcome in society and struggle permanently to recover. If individual websites and social media services will not step in, McElwee pleads, then the state must. July 9, 2013: Tom Woods: AlterNet Attacks “Right-Wing” Version of Constitution
I don’t have time to reply to this. I don’t even have time to read it. But having been around the block a few times, I can guarantee you this: in the entire article there will be not one word about the ratifying conventions, where Madison says one needs to go to understand the Constitution’s meaning. June 26, 2013: Prison Planet: Left-leaning Alternet wildly discredits itself by headlining vitamin doomsday propaganda from vaccine pusher Paul Offit
Left-leaning Alternet, a news source that has long enjoyed a reputation of putting out respectable content on issues like civil liberties and social justice, has just committed “integrity suicide” by publishing an article that spreads irrational fear about taking vitamins. |
Sept 6, 2011: Verum Serum: Brad Friedman, Mother Jones and Alternet Falsely Claim Charles Koch Called Obama “Saddam Hussein” (Updated with MJ Response)
So today Brad Friedman of the Brad Blog has been given a slot over at Mother Jones to report on a secret meeting of the Koch brothers
So today Brad Friedman of the Brad Blog has been given a slot over at Mother Jones to report on a secret meeting of the Koch brothers
2002: Narco News: Ethics Problems at Alternet
Alternet, an "alternative" news organization, which according to statements by its own director has received an estimated million dollars for editorial product, has been less forthcoming. Some of Alternet's ethical lapses have entangled Narco News, and so we feel duty bound to clear the air.
Alternet, an "alternative" news organization, which according to statements by its own director has received an estimated million dollars for editorial product, has been less forthcoming. Some of Alternet's ethical lapses have entangled Narco News, and so we feel duty bound to clear the air.
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