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  View in browser   BY  LISA KASHINSKY FIRST IN PLAYBOOK  —  Maura Healey’s  first television ad of the general election  begins with a medley of her greatest hits as attorney general and ends with her tried-and-tested pitch for governor. “Maura Healey protected homeowners and consumers from predatory lenders.  She stood up to ExxonMobil for lying about climate change and took on Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers for fueling the opioid epidemic,” a male narrator intones. “As governor, she will protect reproductive freedom, cut taxes, improve education and make Massachusetts more affordable.” “Results” hits the airwaves today as part of the $4.5 million advertising campaign  Healey has planned through the November election. While the narrator doesn’t mention Healey’s running mate, Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll, their joint campaign logo appears at the end of the 30-second spot. Healey is going up with her second ad  — she aired her first, “Teamwo...

    11 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News VERY SMALL DONORS ARE RALLYING FOR RSN — Unsurprisingly when we are in trouble the small donors are the first to respond. It’s always a positive sign that we are starting to break through. It’s not much money yet but it’s a start. Who can join in? Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   FOCUS: Arwa Mahdawi | New 'Objective' CNN Appears to Be Making Itself Objectively Rightwing Arwa Mahdawi, Guardian UK Mahdawi writes: "CNN wants to be the new Fox News and it's not even trying to hide it." The cable network’s CEO dramatic hiring and firing of on-air talent seems designed to woo the Fox News crowd C NN has a very odd definition of ‘objectivity’ CNN wants to be the new Fox News and it’s not even trying to hide it. Earlier this year Chris Licht became the new CEO of the cable network and immediately made it clear that he was going to change the network’s direction. ...

  What must we expect of journalism in this crisis? To tell America the unvarnished truth Robert Reich Sep 3 Biden’s core message Thursday night was clear. American democracy is under attack. But Friday’s media coverage of the speech was just more he-said/she-said reaction — as if the media were covering a typical political race instead of a contest between democracy and authoritarianism. The New York Times  quoted Republican House minority leader Kevin McCarthy as claiming Democrats are the ones “dismantling Americans’ democracy.” The  Times  failed to point out that McCarthy’s claim is inaccurate, and that McCarthy himself was one of 139 House Republicans who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election even after the attack on the Capitol. The same article quoted Ronna McDaniel , the chair of the Republican National Committee, as calling Biden “the divider in chief” and accusing him of exhibiting “disgust and hostility towards half the country.”...