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The New Mexico Independent going forward

By | 11.16.11

I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…

EIB hears more anti-cap-and-trade testimony

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By | 11.10.11

While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…

New Mexico’s largest university low in popularity

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By | 11.10.11

Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.

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Rush Limbaugh: Hero, bête noir, punching bag

By | 03.06.09 | 7:20 am

Media Matters, the media watchdog group, announced Thursday that it had launched Limbaugh Wire, a site devoted to watchdogging the conservative talk radio host.

The move comes after several prominent Republicans dared to cross Limbaugh, then made hasty public…

Drum roll, please! Sean Hannity… Misinformer of the Year

By | 12.17.08 | 4:33 pm

Fox News talking head Sean Hannity has been named 2008 Misinformer of the Year by Media Matters, a left-leaning media watchdog group.

Hannity has been a prolific and influential purveyor of conservative misinformation. But never has he so enthusiastically applied