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If the New York Post covered the News Corp scandal

Alex Pareene
President Barack Obama discusses the continuing budget talks, Tuesday, July 19, 2011, in the the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Justin Elliott
An injured woman is assisted from a damaged building in Oslo, Friday July 22, 2011, after an explosion rocked the capital. Terrorism ravaged long-peaceful Norway on Friday when a bomb ripped open buildings including the prime minister's office and a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at a nearby island youth camp. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Morten Holm) NORWAY OUT (AP)

The rush to blame Muslims

Glenn Greenwald
President Barack Obama returns to the White House in Washington, Friday, April 15, 2011, after a trip to Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Charles Dharapak)

Joan Walsh
President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, July 22, 2011 on the break down of debt ceiling talks. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (AP)

Andrew Leonard
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Susan Walsh)

Andrew Leonard
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn) takes down a witness defending DOMA during a Senate hearing this week

Natasha Lennard
The Arizona Department of Transportation explains what a haboob is

Alex Pareene
CORRECTS YEAR An official attempts to clear away spectators from buildings in the centre of Oslo, Friday July 22, 2011, following an explosion that tore open several buildings including the prime minister's office, shattering windows and covering the street with documents.(AP Photo/Fartein Rudjord) NORWAY OUT: (AP)

The media's blind spots on Oslo

Glenn Greenwald
Former president George H. W. Bush and President Barack Obama

When a president goes to war with his own party

Steve Kornacki
Mid adult Hispanic male wearing lab coat shrugging, isolated on white background (Derek Latta)

Andrew Leonard

Natasha Lennard
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, center, flanked by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, left, and House Speaker John Boehner, right

Eric Cantor, the shonda!

Michael Takiff
Bill O'Reilly and Rep. Michele Bachmann

Jonathan Easley
The "barbarians" outside Bachmann's clinic

Natasha Lennard
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio waits to speak during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2011, as the budget talks continued. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Susan Walsh)

Andrew Leonard
Juan Williams

Alex Pareene
Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami hold a banner during an anti-American rally through the streets of Karachi May 6, 2011

Tom Engelhardt
FILE - In this June 17, 2011 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks in New Orleans. Facing a Thursday deadline to report quarterly fundraising, Republican presidential hopefuls make final-hour pitches for contributions that will be an early measurement of their campaign's strength _ or potential weakness. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is expected to report the largest haul. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) (Patrick Semansky)

Let's not kid ourselves about Muslim-baiting

Steve Kornacki
Tim Pawlenty and Rep. Michele Bachmann

Pawlenty goes after Bachmann, takes it back

Alex Pareene
Americans For Tax Reform member Grover Norquist speaks to an audience at the 38th annual Conservative Political Action Conference meeting at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, February 11, 2011. The CPAC is a project of the American Conservative Union Foundation. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (© Larry Downing / Reuters)

Andrew Leonard

Eileen Sullivan
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the Republican Study Committee chairman, far left, leaves the Capitol with fellow House GOP members after passage of the conservative deficit reduction plan known as "Cut, Cap and Balance" that prevailed 234-190, in Washington, Tuesday, July 19, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

2 out of 3 voters may choose a new Congress member

Natasha Lennard
Michele Bachmann

Bachmann hit HBO show for "normalizing polygamy"

Justin Elliott
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