Ari Melber

Journalist

1980-03-31

American journalist, attorney, and television host. He serves as chief legal correspondent for MSNBC and hosts The Beat with Ari Melber. He was born in 1980.

Quotes by Ari Melber

Anyone with a cursory knowledge of American history knows that unchecked spying undermines democracy and public trust.
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The 'FISA Amendments Act' would gut the oversight system established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which subjected domestic spying to review by a special intelligence court.
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A healthy corporation acts on the interests of its stakeholders and customers.
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The modern GOP has perfected this cyclical deficit outrage ritual. Republicans run up the tab when they control the White House, then scream about deficits when Democrats win - insisting that 'serious reform' means cutting only Democratic budget priorities.
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Of course, no one doubts McCain's personal tenacity, from braving torture to overcoming cancer. Yet plenty of nonpartisan observers doubt his credibility.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid likes to reminisce about being an amateur boxer. But his Senate tenure has often looked like an endless rope-a-dope.
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The Obama campaign has adeptly used YouTube and social networks as a relatively thrifty way to do targeted messaging.
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TV ads are great for broadcasting, but voter turnout is about narrow-casting. And not all messengers are created equal.
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Only a few bloggers have the audience and credibility to effectively break stories, pressure the traditional media, incubate new ideas, or raise real money. These influential bloggers are usually sharp, opinionated, and focused on the world 'offline.' They refuse to view events through the solipsistic blinders of their own websites.
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I remember buying The Fugees' 'The Score' my freshman year and feeling like this whole new world and this whole new conversation was opening up to me.
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