<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - S. Maxx Mahaffey's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:52:15 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 23:09:13 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>A Democrat and Obama loyalist takes on Ed Schultz and the so-called &quot;professional left&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[After an anonymous source leaked to the Washington Post that President Obama had put Social Security on the table in the debt ceiling debate, Adam Green, Brian Sonenstein, and MSNBC Ed Schulz took the unsubstantiated story at face value and sprung into action with threats to with&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/14/7081940-a-democrat-and-obama-loyalist-takes-on-ed-schultz-and-the-so-called-professional-left</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/14/7081940-a-democrat-and-obama-loyalist-takes-on-ed-schultz-and-the-so-called-professional-left</guid><category>politics</category><category>ed-schultz</category><category>obama</category><category>daily-kos</category><category>adam-green</category><category>bold-progressives</category><category>firedog-lake</category><category>brian-sonenstein</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:34:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Are pictures of his wiener more important than images of children and women forced into prostitution? </title>
<description><![CDATA[Two press conferences, interruptions of regular programming, scores of discussions, interviews and punditries, professional journalists behaving like tabloid reporters, unlimited coverage spanning weeks for a scandal involving Twitter pictures of a Congressman's penis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/16/6877323-are-pictures-of-his-wiener-more-important-than-images-of-children-and-women-forced-into-prostitution</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/16/6877323-are-pictures-of-his-wiener-more-important-than-images-of-children-and-women-forced-into-prostitution</guid><category>human-trafficking</category><category>world-news</category><category>sex-trafficking</category><category>sex-slaves</category><category>anthony-weiner</category><category>nick-kristof</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:36:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>News media operates like a body of predators that destroy public figures for financial gain</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nowadays the news media operates more like a body of predators that expose the personal failings of high-profiled celebrities and politicians for financial gain.&nbsp; They would vehemently deny that characterization and would argue that they are doing the public a service to bri&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/07/6808441-news-media-operates-like-a-body-of-predators-that-destroy-public-figures-for-financial-gain</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/07/6808441-news-media-operates-like-a-body-of-predators-that-destroy-public-figures-for-financial-gain</guid><category>politics</category><category>diane-sawyer</category><category>abc-news</category><category>bill-oreilly</category><category>news-media</category><category>national-enquirer</category><category>mahaffey</category><category>anthony-weiner</category><category>andrea-mackris</category><category>andrew-brietbart</category><category>s-maxx-mahaffey</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Jun 2011 02:43:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The press uses the First Amendment for personal destruction</title>
<description><![CDATA[The media spectacle we saw transpire this week concerning suggestive pictures that Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) sent to women he follows on Twitter was just as much about how the press uses their First Amendment right to justify the personal destruction of public people as i&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/07/6806935-the-press-uses-the-first-amendment-for-personal-destruction</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/07/6806935-the-press-uses-the-first-amendment-for-personal-destruction</guid><category>politics</category><category>news-media</category><category>anthony-weiner</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Jun 2011 22:13:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Here the press goes again, another fake GOP presidential candidate</title>
<description><![CDATA[For profit and ratings, the news media permit unscrupulous characters like Donald Trump and Sarah Palin to use their news organization to promote something that is blatantly false but personally advantageous for them.&nbsp;
With sufficient evidence to the contrary that Trump was &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/01/6767447-here-the-press-goes-again-another-fake-gop-presidential-candidate</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/01/6767447-here-the-press-goes-again-another-fake-gop-presidential-candidate</guid><category>politics</category><category>donald-trump</category><category>cnn</category><category>news-media</category><category>dick-armey</category><category>tea-party</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>lawrence-odonnell</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Jun 2011 02:27:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Which major corporation owns your favorite news channel or network?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Every single mainstream and cable news organization in the U.S. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange as part of the business structure of a U.S. Corporation. &nbsp;Your favorite news channel or network could be owned by your favorite appliance manufacturer.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/18/6665360-which-major-corporation-owns-your-favorite-news-channel-or-network</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/18/6665360-which-major-corporation-owns-your-favorite-news-channel-or-network</guid><category>ge</category><category>abc</category><category>time-warner</category><category>cbs</category><category>general-electric</category><category>rupert-murdoch</category><category>news-corp</category><category>cnn</category><category>nbc</category><category>walt-disney</category><category>fox-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>msnbc</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 06:51:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Response to criticism for celebrating death of Osama bin Laden</title>
<description><![CDATA[IN AN INTERVIEW WITH CNN'S PIERS MORGAN, Liberal activist Michael Moore sounded more like someone on the far-right when he loudly proclaimed that those who celebrated and cheered when learning of Bin Laden's death was un-American.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/13/6639799-response-to-criticism-for-celebrating-death-of-osama-bin-laden</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/13/6639799-response-to-criticism-for-celebrating-death-of-osama-bin-laden</guid><category>politics</category><category>osama-bin-laden</category><category>michael-moore</category><category>piers-morgan</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 23:14:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Meghan McCain and her Selective Outrage </title>
<description><![CDATA[Glenn Beck mocked Meghan McCain on his radio show Wednesday for appearing partially nude in an ad for skin cancer. Beck made sounds pretending that he was vomiting while looking at the ad.&nbsp; "Put some extra clothes on," he said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/13/6639735-meghan-mccain-and-her-selective-outrage</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/13/6639735-meghan-mccain-and-her-selective-outrage</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>donald-trump</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>glenn-beck</category><category>cindy-mccain</category><category>meghan-mccain</category><category>michele-obama</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 23:09:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama gets a bump. Where's the news coverage?</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama approval rating hits 60 percent, a two-year high, in the&nbsp;AP-GfK poll*.&nbsp; Fifty-two percent (52%) of Americans give him credit dealing with a stubborn&nbsp;economy, and the numbers get better when it comes to national security.
Seventy-three percent (73%) &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/12/6630734-obama-gets-a-bump-wheres-the-news-coverage</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/12/6630734-obama-gets-a-bump-wheres-the-news-coverage</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>cnn</category><category>fox-news</category><category>news-media</category><category>msnbc</category><category>ap-gfk</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 14:47:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>When ignorance is praised and facts are disregarded or skewered       </title>
<description><![CDATA[ [PUBLISHED JUNE 16, 2010] People who lack the intelligence or adequate knowledge to debate or understand complex poltical theories are easily manipulated into internalizing the exaggerated speech of shrewd politicians and pundits who often prey on the badly informed and uninform&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/15/6480112-when-ignorance-is-praised-and-facts-are-disregarded-or-skewered</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/15/6480112-when-ignorance-is-praised-and-facts-are-disregarded-or-skewered</guid><category>lenin</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>martin-luther-king-jr</category><category>republican-party</category><category>vladimir-lenin</category><category>obama</category><category>hitler</category><category>capitalism</category><category>socialism</category><category>marxism</category><category>karl-marx</category><category>tea-party</category><category>north-iowa-tea-party</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:56:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Where do haters go to spew their hatred?</title>
<description><![CDATA[ &ldquo;. . . exploiting the most lurid, shocking, and controversial aspects of humans is like sucking on a crack pipe. They can&rsquo;t get enough of it.&rdquo;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/31/6384826-where-do-haters-go-to-spew-their-hatred</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/31/6384826-where-do-haters-go-to-spew-their-hatred</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:59:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fox News, the most powerful name in news for Republican propaganda</title>
<description><![CDATA[ [June 2010] The 2007 documentary &ldquo;OUTFOXED: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism&rdquo; [WATCH VIDEO] examines how Rupert Murdoch's bias for all things conservative and love for Ronald Reagan, and his hatred of Senator Ted Kennedy and all things liberal created a political o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/22/6320567-fox-news-the-most-powerful-name-in-news-for-republican-propaganda</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/22/6320567-fox-news-the-most-powerful-name-in-news-for-republican-propaganda</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:47:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pelosi To Boehner: You're Not Taking My Gavel </title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/30/4589396-pelosi-to-boehner-youre-not-taking-my-gavel</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/30/4589396-pelosi-to-boehner-youre-not-taking-my-gavel</guid><category>politics</category><category>nancy-pelosi</category><category>politics-news</category><category>speaker-pelosi</category><category>campaign-2010</category><category>boehner-gavel</category><category>john-boehner-speaker</category><category>mcchrystal-barton</category><category>pelosi-2010-elections</category><category>pelosi-barton</category><category>pelosi-boehner</category><category>pelosi-interview</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:03:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>President Obama is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't</title>
<description><![CDATA[ [JUNE 10, 2010] MSNBC&rsquo;s coverage of the oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf has been to cast blame on the Obama Administration, and the onslaught of attacks on him by MSNBC commentators, guests, and pundits are comparable to those of Fox News, who routinely condemns the Pres&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/30/4588899-president-obama-is-damned-if-he-does-and-damned-if-he-doesnt</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/30/4588899-president-obama-is-damned-if-he-does-and-damned-if-he-doesnt</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>matt-lauer</category><category>news-media</category><category>msnbc</category><category>chris-matthews</category><category>joe-scarborough</category><category>john-hofmeister</category><category>chuck-todd</category><category>gretchen-carson</category><category>erin-burnette</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:02:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rachel Maddow is keeping it real and showing journalists how it's done</title>
<description><![CDATA[ At a time when news organizations are laying off reporters and changing how they gather news in order to cut costs, investigative reporting is becoming a thing of the past.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/30/4588828-rachel-maddow-is-keeping-it-real-and-showing-journalists-how-its-done</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/30/4588828-rachel-maddow-is-keeping-it-real-and-showing-journalists-how-its-done</guid><category>rachel</category><category>maddow</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:46:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Examining the character of the news media</title>
<description><![CDATA[ In examining the character of the media, most Americans would agree that for any news organizations to have a financial stake in the outcome of the news or to act as a surrogate for any political party or any political candidate is a greater threat to the foundation of our democ&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S. Maxx Mahaffey]]></source><link>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/30/4588518-examining-the-character-of-the-news-media</link><guid>http://smaxxmahaffey.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/30/4588518-examining-the-character-of-the-news-media</guid><category>politics</category><category>fox</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>cnn</category><category>news-media</category><category>msnbc</category><category>spj</category><category>society-of-professional-journalists</category><category>earl-warren</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:03:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>
