Bloggers at Brave New Films

Meet The Bloggers with Nico Pitney

2008-07-26T02:40:34Z

Meet The Bloggers with Nico Pitney discuss Offshore Oil Drilling

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Meet The Bloggers with Kevin Grandia

2008-07-26T02:40:34Z

Meet The Bloggers with Kevin Grandia discuss John McCain's stance on a Nationalized Oil Program

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Meet The Bloggers with Matt Stoller

2008-07-26T02:40:34Z

Meet The Bloggers with Matt Stoller discuss Iraq's Oil Reserves

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Meet The Bloggers with Matt Stoller

2008-07-26T02:40:34Z

Meet The Bloggers with Matt Stoller discuss dishonest Oil Companies

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TPMtv at Netroots Nation: Bob Barr

2008-07-26T02:41:45Z

Bob Barr

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Obama "can't wear white" to inauguration

2008-07-26T02:41:20Z

At 'Netroots Nation' conference, bloggers forgive Obama over FISA vote

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Watch the Premiere of Our First LIVE show: Meet the Bloggers

2008-07-26T02:25:01Z

You know how we're always attempting to make an impact with our films?

We helped spread the word about hard-hitting documentaries like Outfoxed, Wal-Mart, and Iraq for Sale. Brave New Films, then started making its own short videos like The REAL McCain and our FOX Attacks series, and you saw the chance to reach even more people by spreading them all over the web. Well, with a great deal of excitement (and just a wee bit of nervousness!), we bring you the next way for you to get involved.

Presenting our newest weekly series: Meet the Bloggers.

Beginning July 18, Meet the Bloggers will be a daring new show broadcast LIVE over the internet each Friday at 1PM ET. And the best part is this show is all yours. You will be part of creating the show, telling us what questions we should ask our high-profile guests; what issues we should be talking about; and what actions should be taken. You can also interact with other audience members using a live blog and instant polls.

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Daily Kos Founder Markos Moulitsas on the New Media

2008-07-25T16:26:05Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas discusses blogs, the internet, and the increasing democratization of modern media.

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McCain: Town Hall Meeting 12/29/07

2008-07-02T18:58:05Z

John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
Merrimack, NH 12/29/07

TRANSCRIPTION
JOHN MCCAIN: "Now we've got the cables. We've got talk radio. We've got the bloggers. I hate the bloggers.

"We've got all kinds of sources of information."

LABEL: JM NH 12-29 (JC#45) ACHFK-ClipD

To download a high res version of this clip, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/jund54tgkg

To download the full campaign event, VISIT: https://issuealliance.box.net/shared/yawb00h0k4

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Berube bonus track: On blogging

2008-07-26T02:30:10Z

Video weblogs cause the demise of Western culture (at last!)

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NOW | Voices of Egypt | PBS

2008-06-12T03:30:35Z

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Who Are The Conservative Bloggers Backing??

2008-06-11T21:29:19Z

Watch more at www.theyoungturks.com

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Josh Wolf - Transparency and the Media

2008-06-12T03:30:02Z

Video blogger and journalist Josh Wolf argues for greater transparency in politics and the media.

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"Freedom of the Blog," with Josh Wolf in conversation with Doug Sovern.

Josh Wolf, 25 year old video blogger, freelance journalist, and San Francisco mayoral candidate, served 226 days in prison after refusing to turn over a collection of videos of an anti-G8 anarchist protest to a Federal district court. Wolf, who was awarded the Journalist of the Year award by the Society of Professional Journalists in 2006, is considered by some a journalistic martyr, by others an "alleged journalist". Come hear his thoughts on freedom of the press in an age of technology, what defines a journalist and other issues.- Commonwealth Club of California

Joshua Wolf is an American video blogger and freelance journalist who was jailed by a Federal district court on August 1, 2006 for refusing to turn over a collection of videotapes he recorded during a July 2005 demonstration in San Francisco, California. Wolf served 226 days in prison at the Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin, California, longer than any other journalist in U.S. history has served for protecting source materials. With permission from the prosecution, U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered Wolf's release on April 3, 2007. On July 4, 2007, Wolf announced that he has filed a declaration of intent to run for mayor of San Francisco against incumbent Gavin Newsom.

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Right-Wing Bloggers Launch Campaign against Fox News

2008-07-09T18:41:33Z

The same right-left alliance that recently got CNN, ABC, and NBC to liberate their presidential debate video called on FOX to do the same and rescind the cease and desist orders sent last week to Republican presidential candidates.

I'm not surprised at Fox News' ignorant behavior here; I've seen this all before. What I am a bit surprised by is the fact that I find myself on the same side of this issue as John McCain.

Note: My site, The SuperSpade, was part of the earlier alliance.

Scott Gant Interview (1 of 2): 'We're All Journalists Now'

2008-06-09T21:29:33Z

Interviewed in Washington, D.C. on October 23, 2007.

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Scott Gant Interview (2 of 2): 'We're All Journalists Now'

2008-06-10T03:29:40Z

Interviewed in Washington, D.C. on October 23, 2007.

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Blog comments used in attack ads

2008-01-12T20:22:18Z

Watch what you say, Commenters.

A Republican state legislator from Fairfax County has launched an attack ad on cable TV against his Democratic opponent that features unidentified, unverified quotes from a blog.

Unverifiable. That's always a good way to gain credibility.

The ad by Del. Timothy D. Hugo points to a new form of negative campaigning in which information for an attack ad is sourced to comments posted on the Internet instead of more authoritative sources such as news reports or public records.

Did you guys know you were that influential? And if you are, does that mean margaritas and disparaging remarks about Ryan Seacrest will make their way into attack ads? We can only hope so.

Raising Kaine, named after Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) but not connected to him, is a site where Democratic activists talk about Virginia politics. The site allows anyone to post an entry or comment on one, even anonymously, after registering.

Anyone? You mean, in America, anyone can comment on any given subject? Why, that's positively...democratic!! But, hey, just a durn minute, who says they can use us for their own political gain?

Lowell Feld, one of the founders of Raising Kaine, is calling on television stations to pull Hugo's ad, saying it misleads voters into thinking that Raising Kaine opposes Simmons.
Feld added that Hugo's ad signals "a dangerous precedent" that could affect all organizations that allow people to contribute anonymously to their Web sites.
"If someone is allowed to post on a blog, does that mean the organization is responsible and a political candidate can then source an ad to them?" Feld asked.

Wait, didn't I just say that? That's okay, you tell 'em, Lowell.

Here's the bottom line:

[S]everal people who study political advertising said Hugo's ad appears to violate a well-known standard in political campaigns that a charge against an opponent should be easy to verify.
"In political advertising, you always have to have a source, and that source has to be credible," said Sean T. O'Brien, executive director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.

Agreed. This guy Hugo is really grasping at straws.

Karen S. Johnson-Cartee, a political science professor at the University of Alabama who has written several books on negative television ads, said [...] "To me, it is like quoting graffiti off the underside of an underpass and using it in a political ad."

I take exception to that last part. I can personally attest to the fact that none of our commenters ever used spray paint.

They've nearly always limited their medium of choice to either lipstick or crayon. And for that we are grateful.

Riz Khan- Blogs in Egypt: Wael Abbas- 05 September 07

2008-06-17T03:31:43Z

We speak with Wael Abbas, a blogger who pushes the limits.

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FOX News Takes Their Propaganda to Wikipedia

2008-07-26T03:08:31Z

Not content to only spread their lies through their cable channel, radio shows, and website, FOX News has been rewriting history on Wikipedia. Hacker Virgil Griffith created a tool that can trace the IP addresses of people making edits to Wikipedia entries. Turns out that someone from FOX News’ IP made this change on Al Franken’s Wikipedia page regarding FOX’s lawsuit against Franken for using the term “Fair and Balanced” for the title of his book, “Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right”. The entry went from:

The lawsuit focused a great deal of media attention upon Franken's book and greatly enhanced its sales. Reflecting later on the lawsuit during an interview on the [[National Public Radio]] program ''[[Fresh Air]]'' on [[September 3]], [[2003]], Franken said that Fox's case against him was "literally laughed out of court" and that "wholly (holy) without merit" is a good characterization of Fox News itself.

To this:

The lawsuit focused a great deal of media attention upon Franken's book and greatly enhanced its sales. Reflecting later on the lawsuit during an interview on the liberal [[National Public Radio]] program ''[[Fresh Air]]'' on [[September 3]], [[2003]], Franken said that Fox's case against him was the best thing to happen to his book sales.

You can check out the changes FOX has made to Wikipedia here.

Stephen Colbert compares Nazi video to YearlyKos video

2008-01-19T22:34:19Z

Stephen does a side by side comparison Nazi footage with the Kos Convention footage. Which is which?

Our own Cliff Schecter (and Baby Schecter) make a cameo!

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James "Jimmy" Hoffa Speaks To Yearly Kos Attendees

2008-06-12T15:34:37Z

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FOX ATTACKS: Bloggers

2008-07-15T13:08:58Z

WE’VE GOT A NEW ONE! That’s right, we’ve just launched our brand new video, Fox Attacks: Bloggers!

In case you didn’t know, Faux News has had a crazy hate-on for us left wing bloggers (and our readers) for a long time — the recent hysterical assaults by Bill “Negligee Situation” O’Reilly on DailyKos are just the latest examples. Faux seeks to frighten its viewers (who are disproportionately elderly and, most likely, not tech savvy) into thinking that progressive bloggers and netroots activist sites like MoveOn are nothing more than havens for extremists, hatemongerers, liars, and genocidal maniacs.

Faux Noise doesn’t know who they’re messing with.

If they want to pick this fight with the progressive blogosphere, they’re going to get it.

Check out Fox Attacks: Bloggers, forward it to all your friends, relations and enemies, then go here to volunteer to be a Faux Noise monitor. O’Loofah Boy is pretty proud of himself that he got a handful of his viewers to pressure JetBlue into hiding their sponsorship of YearlyKos. Let’s see how he feels when a few hundred thousand of us start calling his sponsors...

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FOX ATTACKS BLOGGERS

2008-03-22T21:54:30Z

foxattacks.com FOX has declared war on the blogosphere and it's time to fight back!

Bill O'Reilly Attacks Yearly Kos!...No Falafels Were Injured As Far As We Know

2008-07-09T12:28:36Z

He is so ridiculously over the top, that it is classical comic O'Reilly.

This winner of the Peabody, or Polk, or whatever award his journo-trash, infotainment program won AFTER HE LEFT, shows once again what a joke American "journalism" has become. How is an idiot of this caliber even allowed to open his orifice on television without a direct translation from stupid to English?

Listening Post - 13 Apr 07 - Part 2

2008-06-06T15:32:56Z

Media coverage of Iran and the British soldiers' stories, one bloggers fight for his journalistic principles and online bombing campaigns

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