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Brad Friedman is an independent investigative journalist, blogger, broadcaster, trouble-maker, muckraker and all-around swell fellow. He is the founder of The BRAD BLOG, host of the nationally syndicated ‘BradCast’, and co-host of ‘Green News Report’ over your public airwaves.
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Keynoting Saturday’s ‘Media Reform Summit’ in Los Angeles @ Occidental College…

AUDIO: My Appearance on Today’s ‘Friday Media Roundtable’ on San Francisco Public Radio

Mixing it up with, and calling out the mainstream media...

Laura Flanders on GritTV: NYT’s Belated ACORN ‘Pimp’ Hoax Correction ‘Way, Way, WAY Too Late’

Delay suggests 'prejudice, bias' by 'paper of record' in favor of Rightwingers...

[UPDATED] Clay County, KY Election Officials Found Guilty of Election Fraud, Vote Buying

Convicted high-ranking officials include a circuit court judge, county clerk and school superintendent

Each face up to 20 years in broad conspiracy that included manipulation of electronic voting machines...

My Appearance on Russian TV to Discuss ACORN ‘Pimp’ Hoax (U.S. TV Doesn’t Seem Interested)

Republican Terrorism Rising, Reports Maddow

Assassination threat issued; Windows smashed at Democratic Congressional offices in five states, so far

Since report, direct threat apparently acted upon against VA Rep...

No, NYT, O’Keefe Didn’t ‘Pose as a Pimp’ Either

Yet more evidence that O'Keefe did not 'represent himself' as the NYTimes and its Public Editor continue to claim...

NYTIMES RUNS INACCURATE ‘CORRECTION’ FOR ACORN ‘PIMP’ HOAX COVERAGE – IT’S PATHETIC

In addition to being wrong, no apology nor explanation offered

Errors already repeated in separate story for tomorrow's paper...

It’s About the Democracy and the Media, Stupid…

BREAKING: ACORN Announces Intentions to ‘Bring Operations to a Close’

'Mission Accomplished' for anti-democracy GOP scam artists...

Former Bush Speech Writer David Frum: ‘It’s Waterloo All Right: Ours’

UPDATE: Rightwing thinktank fires Frum following column...

NYT PUBLIC EDITOR FINALLY ADMITS ACORN ‘PIMP’ HOAX REPORTING FAILURE: ‘TIMES WAS WRONG, I HAVE BEEN WRONG DEFENDING PAPER’

Clark Hoyt says in Sunday column 'editors considering correction'

Also concedes paper 'should have' covered former MA AG's early-December report finding no criminality in 'heavily edited' sting videos

VIDEOS: Stewart and Colbert Slam Lunatic Beck

Feds Finds Massive Fraud in Bush’s $150 Billion Iraq Reconstruction; Also Looking at Afghanistan

Fake 'Big Government' foes Breitbart, O'Keefe apparently in favor of continuing tax-payer rip-offs...

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