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Authors: Kirsten Powers

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The Silencing (49 page)

Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate
,
30

“My Break with the Democrats,”
23

N

NAACP,
28–29
,
100

Nagle, Rebecca,
181

NARAL Pro-Choice America,
38
,
163

Narayanan, Sruthi,
88

Nation
,
35
,
165

National Association of Hispanic Journalists,
126

National Center for Lesbian Rights,
59

National Institute of Justice Journal
,
176

National Journal
,
46–47
,
135–36

National Organization for Women (NOW),
38
,
147
,
150
,
152
,
155
,
162–63
,
183

National Public Radio (NPR),
30
,
44
,
124
,
170
,
192

National Review
,
159

National Review Online,
146

Native American,
149

NBC,
21
,
33
,
110–12
,
119
,
129
,
133

New Confederacy,
37

New England School of Law,
191–92

New Republic
,
116–18
,
121
,
166
,
194

Newspaper Association of America,
138

Newsweek
,
40
,
44–45
,
124
,
161

New Trier High School,
179

New York City,
xii
,
2–3
,
22
,
92

New Yorker
,
44–45
,
146
,
194

New York
magazine,
77
,
122
,
154
,
160
,
165–66
,
191

New York State Democratic Committee,
xii–xiii

New York Times
,
25
,
29
,
36–37
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41
,
44
,
66
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74
,
100–1
,
110
,
112
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119–20
,
125–26
,
132
,
134–35
,
138–41
,
167
,
175
,
182
,
191–92
,
195

New York Times v. Sullivan
,
15

New York University,
8
,
22
,
25
,
81
,
199

Nightly News
,
33

Nixon, Richard,
xi
,
130–31
,
139

Nolan, Hamilton,
28

Northern Kentucky University,
169

North Korea,
14
,
137
,
172

Not All Like That Christians Project,
53

Ntavelou-Baum, Fani,
88

O

Obama, Barack,
27
,
177

    
comments at 2009 White House Correspondents’ Dinner,
107

    
criticism of,
30
,
33–37
,
46–47

    
Fox News and.
See under
Obama administration

    
media and,
131–41

    
same-sex marriage and,
11
,
51
,
53
,
66

Obama administration

    
former staffers of,
22
,
54
,
59
,
127

    
Fox News and,
44
,
108–13
,
119
,
124
,
130
,
142

    
lack of transparency,
131–37

    
relationship with the media,
30
,
42
,
107–9
,
116
,
126–27
,
130–41
,
145

    
religious tolerance and,
65–67

    
sexual assault statistics and,
193

    
war on whistleblowers,
42–43
,
135–36
,
139–41

Obamacare,
35
,
47
,
57
,
125
,
149
,
151
,
164

Obama’s Wars
,
137

Obama White House,
9
,
22
,
33
,
51
,
177

    
faith-based initiatives and,
65–66

    
Fox News and,
7
,
30
,
44
,
107–16
,
124
,
130
,
137

    
relationship with the media,
107–8
,
131–39

Oberlin College,
85–86

O’Donnell, Rosie,
61

Office for Civil Rights (OCR),
193–94

Ohio State University,
99

Okrent, Daniel,
141

Olbermann, Keith,
31
,
37
,
117
,
156

Olmert, Ehud,
96

O’Neill, Brendan,
167–68

O’Neill, Terry,
150
,
152
,
183

On the Record
,
122

Operation Iraqi Freedom,
158

O’Reilly, Bill,
40
,
118
,
126

Oren, Michael,
96

Oreskes, Michael,
140

Orwell, George,
56
,
168

Orwellian,
12
,
77
,
134

Oslo Freedom Forum,
14

Othello
,
21

Oxford Students for Life,
167

Oxford University,
167–68

P

Palin, Sarah,
45

    
liberal attacks against,
31–32
,
155–56
,
158–60

    
Western Feminism and,
160

Parker, Kathleen,
190

Partnership for Educational Justice,
21

Paulson, Michael,
100

PBS,
44–45
,
129

Peligri, Justin,
86

Pelley, Scott,
129–30

Pelosi, Nancy,
9
,
38
,
150
,
164

Pennsylvania State National Organization for Women,
162

Pennsylvania State University,
99

Perino, Dana,
121

Perry, Rick,
154

Peterson, Karen Carter,
35

Pew Research Center,
61
,
108–9
,
111
,
117–18
,
127

Pfeiffer, Dan,
110

Phi Kappa Psi,
188

Pinker, Steven,
13–14

Plame, Valerie,
45

Planned Parenthood,
162–64

Platek, Steven M.,
175

Playboy
,
158

Podesta, John,
54

Polick-Kirkpatrick, Kaelyn,
180

political independent,
22
,
42
,
112
,
117–18
,
158

Politically Incorrect
,
61

Politico
,
7–8
,
109
,
123
,
132–34
,
142

PolitiFact,
125

Pope Francis,
51–52

Popper, Karl,
13

Posner, Eric,
16

post-traumatic stress disorder,
6

Powell, Colin,
45

Poynter Institute,
188–89

Presidential Inaugural Committee,
66–67

Princeton University,
82
,
94
,
99

pro–abortion rights activists,
74–75
,
155–56
,
163
,
168–70

progressives, progressivism,
7–8
,
11
,
15–16
,
46
,
101
,
103
,
112
,
118
,
123–24
,
127
,
141
,
197

Project for Excellence in Journalism,
108–9

“pro-life” activists,
32
,
38
,
65
,
69
,
120
,
154
,
164
,
168–71

Proposition 8 (“Prop 8”),
6
,
11

Protestants,
xii

Protevi, John,
55

Pruitt, Gary,
138

Psaki, Jen,
40
,
134

Psychology Today
,
157

Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI),
129
,
170

Purdue University,
99

R

racist, racism,
15
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18
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64
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87
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182
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192

    
dissent from liberal worldview cast as,
3–4
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8
,
23–38
,
49
,
55
,
58
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61–62
,
81
,
83
,
97

    
liberals and,
32–33

    
MSNBC and,
126

    
opposition to same-sex marriage and,
49
,
54

    
trigger warnings and,
2
,
85

Raimondo, Meredith,
85–86

Raines, Howell,
125

Rangel, Charlie,
37

rape,
166
,
181
,
197

    
alcohol and,
185–86

    
false accusations of,
41
,
186–92

    
prosecution of,
145
,
193–96

    
“rape apologists,”
5
,
33
,
40
,
180
,
184–86
,
195

    
rape culture,
173
,
179–83

    
Rotherham, England, and,
181–82

    
statistics about,
40
,
94
,
176
,
182–84

Raushenbush, Paul,
54

Ravitch, Diane,
22–23

Reagan, Ronald,
xii
,
132

RealCampbellBrown.com
,
22

Real Time
,
10

Reason.com
,
197

Reason
magazine,
10
,
41

Redbook
,
161

Redford, Robert,
33

Reed, Adolph,
29

Reed, Charles,
97

Reid, Chip,
113

Reid, Harry,
9
,
29
,
150

Religious Freedom Restoration Act,
149

Reno, Janet,
36

Republican National Committee,
26–28

Republicans,
xiii
,
10
,
22
,
34
,
43–44
,
82
,
96
,
145
,
158
,
164
.
See also
GOP

    
accusations of racism against,
9
,
27–28
,
34–38

    
media and,
103
,
108–9
,
116
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123
,
126
,
151
,
154

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