Friday's Daily Brief: Conservatives Deal With Romney's Loss

Friday, November 9, 2012 Conservatives Play The Blame Game POLITICS Romney 'Shellshocked' By Loss POLITICS WATCH: Obama Tears Up While Addressing Campaign Staff BUSINESS Computers Left Vulnerable To Attacks WORLD Iran Official: U.S. Drone Violated Airspace NEW YORK Gas Rationing Begins In NYC BLOG POSTS Gordon Brown: Taking Bold Steps to Turn Malala's Vision Into Action Making a quality education a reality for every child requires us to tackle difficult challenges head on as there are formidable barriers to overcome. But the good news is that there is no technological or scientific barrier to universal education. Jim Wallis: The Prerequisite of the Common Good The results of the presidential election showed how dramatically a very diverse America is changing; people are longing for a vision of the common good that includes everyone. Robert Reich: Why John Boehner May Have More Leverage Over the Tea Partiers in Congress The election may have been enough of a slap in the face to cause Tea Partiers to rethink their overall strategy of intransigence. And to give Boehner and whatever moderate voices are left in the GOP some leverage over the crazies in their midst. Mohamed A. El-Erian: Really Depressing Numbers Out of Greece We should feel a mix of great sadness and heightened concern upon seeing the latest unemployment numbers out of Greece. Tiffany Shlain: 'Brain Power' Film and TED Book Parallel the Mindful Growth of a Child's Brain and the Internet "Brain Power" explores the connection between the developing human brain of a child and the emerging global brain of the Internet and aims to help us think about the best ways to nurture and strengthen both.

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They Don't Get It

Fred -- It's been a quite a week. In the fallout of a historic election, we're looking at reactions from conservative media figures. Some are completely changing their tune, others are remaining inside their bubble. And that's not to mention the stunning story of Fox's sexism on election night. John Whitehouse Twitter: @existentialfish Jennifer Rubin Comes Clean Jennifer Rubin's Washington Post platform is well-known for just blatantly pushing Mitt Romney spin. Simon Maloy notes that after Romney lost, Rubin presented a completely different version of events that contradicted what she wrote during the campaign. Read those contradictions here: http://action.mediamatters.org/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmm4a.org%2FPXtCwu&utm_campaign=weekly_118_2&n=7&e=281829f68d739d1ebda7df39736cad5a6c6efbfa&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email Inside Fox News On Election Night New York magazine's Gabriel Sherman had an insider report on Fox News' Ohio call, describing Karl Rove's fight to stop the network's from declaring that President Obama won Ohio. Sherman also reported that Fox had Megyn Kelly walk on camera back to the room where the calls were made because the network wanted to "show off" her legs. Read more about election night at Fox News here: http://action.mediamatters.org/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmm4a.org%2FPXAkm7&utm_campaign=weekly_118_2&n=11&e=281829f68d739d1ebda7df39736cad5a6c6efbfa&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email We're Still Waiting On That Landslide, Dick Morris Dick Morris' analysis was a punchline even before the election results were in. And after he got everything wrong on election night, he became the archetype of the Fox News bubble. We've compiled 12 of Morris' worst election predictions, all built on his terrible analysis. Will Fox hold him accountable for these awful predictions, or will they keep him around to say what they want to hear? http://action.mediamatters.org/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmm4a.org%2FPXwkSH&utm_campaign=weekly_118_2&n=14&e=281829f68d739d1ebda7df39736cad5a6c6efbfa&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email Has The Right Wing Reached Peak Fantasy? Even beyond Dick Morris, right-wing figures like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck were certain Mitt Romney was going win. They relied on pundits they respect - Karl Rove, George Will, Michael Barone, and more, all of whom predicted a Romney landslide, before election night burst their bubbles. Eric Boehlert explores how the politics of hate and derangement led to this: http://action.mediamatters.org/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmm4a.org%2FTuh0Yb&utm_campaign=weekly_118_2&n=17&e=281829f68d739d1ebda7df39736cad5a6c6efbfa&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email FEATURED VIDEO Rush Limbaugh had dedicated four years of his life to hoping that President Obama would fail. Now, in the midst of an economic recovery and with President Obama reelected, Limbaugh admitted he was "puzzled" and lamented: "We're outnumbered ... we've lost the country" http://action.mediamatters.org/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmm4a.org%2FVTiZr0&utm_campaign=weekly_118_2&n=20&e=281829f68d739d1ebda7df39736cad5a6c6efbfa&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email KARL ROVE BEGS YOU TO IGNORE KARL ROVE The Wall Street Journal gave American Crossroads founder Karl Rove a platform this election (and initially did not even disclose that role). In his first column after the election, Rove discusses what worked for the Obama campaign. Not surprisingly, it's exactly what Rove said in previous columns would not work. http://action.mediamatters.org/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmm4a.org%2FT9PHEJ&utm_campaign=weekly_118_2&n=23&e=281829f68d739d1ebda7df39736cad5a6c6efbfa&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email WE NEED YOUR HELP As a nonprofit tasked with correcting conservative misinformation in the media, we've got a big job to do - and we can't do it without you. So it shouldn't surprise you that we ask for help now and then. If you can, contribute $5 to fund our work: http://action.mediamatters.org/r?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmm4a.org%2Fchip_in&utm_campaign=weekly_118_2&n=26&e=281829f68d739d1ebda7df39736cad5a6c6efbfa&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email IMAGE OF THE WEEK Karl Rove Protests Fox News Calling The Election For Barack Obama

Thursday's Daily Brief: GOP Picks Up The Pieces Post-Defeat

Thursday, November 8, 2012 Republican Reckoning POLITICS Biden Calls Election 'Clear Sort Of Mandate' On Tax Reform GREEN Nor'easter Slams Sandy-Ravaged Northeast WORLD War's Grim Toll: Among More Than 50,000 Combat Wounded, 1,500 Amputees POLITICS Marijuana Victories Could Be Short-Lived BOOKS Turn The Page On Stress BLOG POSTS Michael Moore: Morning in America Congratulations everyone!! This country has truly changed, and I believe there will be no going back. Hate lost yesterday. That is amazing in and of itself. And all the women who were elected last night! A total rebuke of Neanderthal attitudes. Grover Norquist: How Stand the Correlation of Forces in American Politics? Last night voters confirmed the status quo of the 2010 election which brought a strong, united Republican majority in the House and enough Republican senators to filibuster any particular piece of legislation and a weakened, but re-elected president. Rosario Dawson: The Future Has Voted They've come out of the shadows to fight for their families and themselves. And now, the ones who can have shown that they will vote -- and that makes me explosively optimistic about our shared future. Mark Cuban: Fox News Should Watch Dancing With the Stars When we got to the last week before the election, I noticed a subtle change in the branding of this election by Fox. Outside of Bill O'Reilly and Chris Wallace, Fox was relentless in sending the message that a Romney win was imminent. Andrew Losowsky: Why Do We Always Take Books On Vacation? The hardest part of going on holiday is choosing which books to take with you.

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