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By • on January 27, 2012

This month, two state senators – Jim Kastama of Puyallup and Margaret Haugen of Camano Island – committed to supporting the marriage equality

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Rush Is Right, Sort Of

By • on January 27, 2012

Rush Limbaugh sees a sinister

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Stupida Ad Infinitum

By • on January 25, 2012

Oklahoma (natch) state senator Ralph Shortey has introduced a bill that would ban the use of aborted fetuses in food products. Seriously. Sen.

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We Could Each Be Dr. King

By • on January 15, 2012

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been 83 this year. He has been dead for longer than he was alive. As his living memory fades, replaced by a feel-good

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Winds of Change in Olympia

By • on January 11, 2012

For over a decade, Tim Eyman has offered the same disingenuous answer to critics who complain that he has wrought havoc with the state budget and not offered

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Local Media Follies 2011!

By • on January 11, 2012

It’s a holiday season tradition! Here, for the 16th year, is our list of overhyped and underreported local stories of 2011, developed with my colleague

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Fire the Chief: No Business as Usual at SPD

By • on January 6, 2012

It’s a new year. And Mayor Mike McGinn and the Seattle Police Department need to start acting like it. By now you’ve heard about the long-awaited

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Santorum and Abramoff

Back in the day, I spent a couple of years with Dan Savage as my editor and immediate boss at The Stranger, so when I say that I blame Dan for many things, know that it’s personal. And one of those

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Media Follies 2011 are here!

Kitchen Note: Our 16th year of compiling the most overhyped and underreported stories of the year kicks off with Maria Tomchick’s fine lead

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Wanted: suggestions for Media Follies!

Every year since 1996, ETS! has run our annual list of the year’s most overhyped and underreported stories, both national/international and local (here’s the list from 2010).

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