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Edwards vs. Coulter

POSTED BY , 26 June 2007 | PERMALINK

Elizabeth Edwards pleaded with Ann Coulter to "stop the personal attacks" on Chris Matthew's Hardball Tuesday night. Calling in, she told Coulter to put the vitriol on hold. "It debases the political dialogue," Edwards said. "It drives people away from the process."

Coulter refused.

This latest showdown between Ann Coulter and the Edwards campaign began Monday morning, when...

TPM Extra! Ouch, Perino gets sliced and diced

POSTED BY , 25 June 2007 | PERMALINK

TPM caught Deputy White House press secretary Dana Perino apparently concluding that the Vice President belongs neither to the legislative nor executive branch..

Sunday on Monday

POSTED BY , 25 June 2007 | PERMALINK

Another great round up from the folks at TPMtv. It is interesting how the topics are all the ones Josh has been bringing up and running with over the last couple of weeks, weeks, especially Giuliani and the Iraq Study Group. I'm psyched for the Immigration vote tomorrow- is this Bush's last chance to implement some kind of domestic legacy? Is he a lame duck?

TPMtv Extra: FOX News Mistakes Bill Jefferson

POSTED BY , 20 June 2007 | PERMALINK

Josh's catching FOX News confusing African American Congressman John Conyers for African American Congressman Bill Jefferson has continued to create a buzz.

 

 

And thanks to PoliticsTV.com for putting us in their top 10

 

 

and I hope you all saw Fox's apology:

Shout out to Joe Klein and the folks at TIME

POSTED BY , 20 June 2007 | PERMALINK

Just wanted to shout out the folks at TIME for Joe Klein's positive mention of Josh in last week's edition, and picking up on our TPMtv report today.

Arabic translators in Iraq

POSTED BY , 20 June 2007 | PERMALINK

Talking Points Memo posted about the shortage of Arabic translators in Iraq.

As someone who learned Arabic and spent some time as an intern at the US Embassy in Bahrain back in 2003 this is an interesting topic for me. Check out this short from Brave New Films. --Marc

Clinton Sopranos Spoof

POSTED BY , 19 June 2007 | PERMALINK

Our friends at TPMtv showed us this HRC spoof of the Sopranos final episode. Not bad..

Sunday on Monday

POSTED BY , 19 June 2007 | PERMALINK

Yesterday Josh continued his TPM Media round up of the Sunday shows. What do you all think? Feedback on Veracifer posts and YouTube have been pretty positive. Let us know on our comments page. --Marc

Welcome Marc

POSTED BY , 19 June 2007 | PERMALINK

Veracifier welcomes Marc Boxser as our new network manager. Sadly Marc is a Brit- he comes to us by way of Charlie Rose, CNN and the non-profit world.. a newsie by trade he also has a strong interest in haberdashery.

The Real Risks of Independent Journalism

POSTED BY , 29 May 2007 | PERMALINK

In the most recent Alive in Baghdad: Uncut, Brian Conley and the team provide a rare behind-the-scenes look at the dangers faced by Alive in Baghdad correspondents and other journalists in Iraq. It is a brief look at the difficulties present in creating regular nuanced content about Iraq, particularly on video.

This is our first special episode of AiB:Uncut that spans footage from several...