Friday's Daily Brief

2010-10-15       The Daily Brief     Arianna Huffington: Choking on Its Contrived Objectivity, the Media Refuse to Take a Stand on Sanity Arianna Huffington: We finally found out the real problem with the mainstream media: They're agnostic on sanity. That's the only conclusion that can be drawn from the refusal of mainstream-media organizations to allow their employees to attend Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity. That's right, in a showdown between nonpartisan sanity and partisan madness, the traditional media have boldly decided to... not take a stand. This media groupthink explains a lot -- including why we find ourselves in a time and place in our country in which a rally to restore sanity is even necessary. Taking a stand for sanity is neither right nor left. It's reasonable. That's why HuffPost is providing buses for people who need a ride to the rally. At the moment, more than 10,000 people have signed up to allow us to drive them sane. Yes, that will be a lot of buses -- but there's a lot of sanity to restore. Click here to read more. Robert Creamer: Wall Street Hopes to Use Republicans to Re-Purchase Congress The same people whose recklessness caused so many everyday working class families to lose their jobs are now stoking the anger caused by their own actions and directing it toward Democrats who have brought them to account. Lorelei Kelly: Crashing the Tea Party Joyride The Tea Party has pointed out how absent we've been in building a common narrative about modern American citizenship. But the American people long for a novel, not a sitcom. It's time for the rest of us to step up. Les Leopold: How to Earn $900,000 an Hour While Unemployment Soars Wall Street moguls are confident that Americans will always believe that that the big boys are really worth their money. But for how long? Will the middle class finally get angry at the plutocrats who stole their dreams? Princess Haya Al Hussein: Putting Food First What is missing in international development is that, except for the occasional rhetorical flourish, most politicians remain out of touch, uncomprehending of life for those living at the brink of starvation. Johann Hari: Obama's Escalating Robot War in Pakistan Is Making a Terror Attack More Likely This robot slaughter drags us into a terrible feedback loop, where the US launches more drone attacks to deal with jihadism, which makes jihadism worse, which prompts more drone attacks, which makes jihadism worse -- and on and on.     HuffPost News Wells Fargo WON'T Halt Foreclosures Despite Evidence That Servicers Didn't Read Paperwork Christine O'Donnell Tells GOPers: 'I've Got Sean Hannity In My Back Pocket' Russia, Venezuela Reach Deal On Country's First Nuclear Power Plant Vince Vaughn Wants To Keep 'Gay' Joke In Movie Harry Reid & Sharron Angle Debate: Nevada Senate Candidates Face Off (VIDEO)   Get HuffPost on your iPhone!   ©2010 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. All rights reserved. 560 Broadway, Suite 308, NY, NY 10012 Add dailybrief@huffingtonpost.com to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. User Agreement Privacy Policy