Blog — Melanie Sloan

July 12, 2011

AUDIO: Melanie and Thom Hartmann discuss the News Corp. hacking controversy

By CREW Staff

Melanie Sloan and Thom Hartmann Today, Melanie appeared on the Thom Hartmann radio program, to discuss the News Corp. hacking controversy, Rupert Murdoch's influence and the effect FOX News has on politics in the United States.

…we should also be very concerned about whether politicians here in the United States, like in Britain, have been afraid to criticize Murdoch because of what he might have on them or what he might do. And I do think we see politicians having a fear. You don't see politicians in America very frequently taking on FOX, taking on Rupert Murdoch, they are remarkably quiet even in the face of terrible thing, un-true things, FOX broadcasts.

Cleta Mitchell Wrong Again

In her largely fictitious “Setting the record straight on voter ID laws,” Republican partisan Cleta Mitchell goes to great lengths to twist the truth in the vain hope of highlighting a problem that doesn’t exist: mass voter fraud. Read More ›

July 11, 2011 | States, voter fraud, Cleta Mitchell, Melanie Sloan

A Victory for CREW

It’s only a few short days before Senator John Ensign (R-NV) finally resigns from the United States Senate. Unbelievably, it’s been two years since the world first learned about his sordid affair and then the illegal attempts he made to cover up that affair. Read More ›

April 26, 2011 | Ethics, Senate Ethics Committee, Senate, States, Nevada, Melanie Sloan, Senate Members, John Ensign