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Showing posts with label Media Huffington Post. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Media Huffington Post. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Kristi Hedges – Huffington Post: Guess Who's The Next Greg Smith?

Kristi Hedges – Huffington Post: Guess Who's The Next Greg Smith?

3/19/2012


When I read Greg Smith’s blistering op-ed about Goldman Sachs in the New York Times last week, I was floored. My first thought was “How brave!” quickly followed by, “Is he crazy?” Publicly quitting your job with a resignation letter to the world stating that your former company is “ripping people off” with “morally bankrupt” leadership is not a good career move… http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2012/03/19/guess-whos-the-next-greg-smith/

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Though Goldman attempted to undermine his credibility by calling him a “disgruntled, mid-level employee,” numerous accounts corroborate what Smith himself said: he was a star performer on a fast-track who felt compelled to call out an ethical breakdown in one of our vaulted institutions. One of Smith’s colleagues described him as having a “clear moral compass.”

I can’t speak to the accuracy of Smith’s account at Goldman, or why it took him 12 years to figure all this out. And frankly, that’s not why I’m writing about it.

At some point in our careers, many of us will find ourselves in a place where what we’re asked to do at work directly contradicts our own deeply held values. I’m not talking about the small indignities that come from having a boss on a power trip or a job you hate. But rather the piercing jabs at your conscience that make you wonder who you really are.

If you don’t know what I’m talking about, count yourself lucky… http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2012/03/19/guess-whos-the-next-greg-smith/

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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Propaganda.com -- Huffington Post Has A Party And It's Democratic | Fox News

Propaganda.com -- Huffington Post Has A Party And It's Democratic | Fox News:

Published December 31, 2011
| FoxNews.com


Dan Gainor is the Boone Pickens Fellow and the Media Research Center’s Vice President for Business and Culture. He can also be contacted on Facebook and Twitter as dangainor.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/12/31/propagandacom-huffington-post-has-party-and-its-democratic/#ixzz1i7lZDJlI


"The post-Christmas headline reads: “THE MOLOTOV PARTY,” and it’s not talking about a fiery New Year’s Eve bash. Naturally, it refers to the GOP and accompanies a photo of the top candidates, with every single letter of the headline capitalized for emphasis. Within a few hours, it morphs into “THEY ♥ MANDATES,” an attack this time on Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.


Political junkies would recognize that level of anti-Republican vitriol and readily identify the perpetrator – Huffington Post. HuffPo, as it is sometimes called, has evolved from a simple news aggregator into one of the most sophisticated propaganda operations the world has ever seen."

The site was started by political chameleon Arianna Huffington, who used to be conservative before she discovered it was far more lucrative to be liberal. The zeros that entrepreneur Huffington paid bloggers for their content came back to her as $20 million to $30 million or more, along with $4 million a year. That was part of the $315 million sale to AOL that turned Huffington into a media mogul and the most powerful propagandist since a guy named Goebbels.

Internet denizens might say that last comment violated Godwin’s Law, as Third Reich references often do. And it would, except it’s true. Huffington heads up a “news” team whose two aims are to drive traffic and to drive conservatives and the GOP into the ground. The HuffPo team is good at both.

Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/12/31/propagandacom-huffington-post-has-party-and-its-democratic/#ixzz1i7lZDJlI



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Thursday, December 15, 2011

The Huffington Post Style Brief: PHOTOS: Argentina Swears In Chic President

The Huffington Post Style Brief: PHOTOS: Argentina Swears In Chic President

    
Monday, December 12, 2011
It's easy to write about First Lady Fashion, harder to write about female presidents' fashion -- merely because, unfortunately, there are far fewer to write about.

But we got an opportunity to take in some head of state style as Cristina Fernandez was sworn in as president of Argentina this weekend. And boy, did she look chic. 
PHOTOS: Miley Wows In Daring Dress
PHOTOS: Malia & Sasha Meet The Biebs!
WATCH: Franca Sleeps 14 Hours, Didn't Photoshop Karlie & More
PHOTOS: Makeup-Free Mom!
PHOTOS: Debra Goes Plastic?
BLOG POSTS
Marc Skulnick: Customer Service Fail? "Whatevs!"
Granted, it's hard to get into the Christmas spirit when it's 10 C out, but saying "Happy Holidays" seems to be yet another facet of the customer service experience that has gone by the wayside. That, and the very notion of actually serving the customer, it would seem.
Rana Florida: Creative Spaces: New Lives for Abandoned Buildings
Niki Blasina: Dress Up to Get Down This Holiday Party Season!
With these winter holidays come holiday parties, which can only mean one thing: the perfect outfit is needed. Just call me Mr. Miyagi, my young grasshoppers, because I'm here to help. I've carefully curated some of my favourite and fashionable styles to guide you on the path to sartorial bliss.
Graham Hill: Best of TEDTalks 2011, #12: Less Stuff, More Happiness
We are showing people that we can have everything we need, and that our lives and planet will be happier, healthier and more beautiful using less stuff and space.2011-12-09-tedtredtedtedted.jpg
Kirsten Dirksen: WATCH: How to Have a Slow Holiday (or a Buy Nothing Christmas)
Just because we don't buy gifts doesn't mean we don't give them. They just come from our closets, drawers, imaginations...

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Friday, November 18, 2011

The Huffington Post Comedy Brief: WATCH: Adorable Owl Loving Life and other funny news of the day


    
Friday, November 18, 2011
Owls have proven time and time again that they are adorable. We know that cats pretty much dominate the blogosphere in terms of cute videos, but we'll take a d'aww filled owl video over another "kitten vs. blank" any day.
WATCH: Jon Stewart Mocks 'Zombie' GOP Frontrunners
WATCH: Kimmel Spoofs Regis Philbin's Last Day
WATCH: Bill Maher Talks Herman Cain, Rick Perry And Pot
WATCH: John Oliver Spends '7 Minutes In Heaven'
WATCH: Why This Cat's Embarrased For This Kid
BLOG POSTS
Michael Luongo: Middle East Dictators Write to Mayor Bloomberg
Are Middle East dictators and other leaders, including a dead one, giving New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg advice? These letters reveal the secret.
Scott Bateman: Animation: Michele Bachmann (actual audio)
Michele Bachmann has a great idea for fixing our economy -- become more like China!
Susie Sampson: I Tackle Sexual Harassment and the "Oops"
Now I know people are all riled up about these occupations, or lack thereof these days. However I wanted to be sure I reached out and spoke to the American people about the so-called gaffes of Herman Cain and Rick Perry.
Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: Rams, Touching Rams, Reaching Out, Touching Ewes
Dudes, I seriously just almost got into a fight with a herd of bighorn sheep. Seriously. It was freaking awesome.
James Napoli: GOP Dumps Presidential Candidates, Launches So You Think You Can Govern? Reality Show
In this way, the producers of So You Think You Can Govern? assert, they will be presenting a more accurate representation of the down-home criteria most American voters already use when selecting a president.


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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Huffington Post Media Brief: Bill O'Reilly vs. Tavis Smiley/Cornel West, Keith Olbermann's New Addition, Bill Maher's Violent Murdoch Thoughts

    
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Bill O'Reilly welcomed radio host Tavis Smiley and Prof. Cornel West onto his Tuesday show. The resulting dust-up was nothing short of a cable news classic.

Smiley and West have become a bona fide double act, regularly making the cable news rounds. O'Reilly brought them on to discuss the Occupy Wall Street movement and poverty in America. He set up the conversation by saying that the two were overlooking key statistics in their battle against poverty that showed the problem to be as much one of "personal responsibility" as economic injustice.
Massive Scam Leads To Murdoch Exec Resignation
Olbermann's Network Taps Big Hitter For New Show
Bill Maher's Violent Murdoch Thoughts
Krugman Refuses To Speak At Occupy Wall Street
Beck Doubles Down On Rant: 'These People Are Dangerous'
BLOG POSTS
Arianna Huffington: Bonjour, Paris: HuffPost and Le MondeAnnounce Le Huffington Post!
I'm in Paris this week to announce the upcoming launch of Le Huffington Post, in partnership with Le Monde and French media powerhouse Les Nouvelles Editions Indépendantes (LNEI).
Maurice Chammah: What Really Happened Sunday Night in Cairo?
What happened on Sunday in Egypt? Over the coming days, international media will clean up its coverage and separate fact from fiction, while the viewers feel like they're getting the real story.
Mark Simpson: Fag Up!
Here's a red-blooded idea. Whenever you hear "man" or "he" or "guy" or "bro" strapped onto the front of some word in a desperate attempt to try and butch it up and banish the inner sissy, just replace it with "fag."
Josh Golin: The Best Reason Not to Skip the Footloose Remake
At the end of September, Paramount began advertising Footloose on the in-school TV network Channel One News. That means for 5.5 million students, watching Footloose commercials is a compulsory part of the school day.
Barry Sussman: Kenneth Dahlberg's Role in Watergate
Obituaries of Kenneth Dahlberg, who died at age 94 on Oct. 4th, pointed out that he unwittingly played a key role in the unraveling of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal coverup. That's an understatement.


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