In the year that Mediaite has been around, it’s certainly been an interesting time for the media world. As Mediaite quickly established itself as one of the go-to sites covering the media industry, legacy media outlets finally began to come to terms with social media — particularly the New York Times and the Washington Post, two of the most storied newspapers in America. In the past year, these news organizations and others began to incorporate social media into their plans – but with varying objectives.

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According to Politico, Scott Rasmussen‘s polling firm Rasmussen Reports has come under increasing fire from liberal bloggers and pundits, many of whom see it as a conservative front and talking point factory. Surprisingly, liberal polling and statistics maven Nate Silver came to Rasmussen’s (qualified) defense:

We’ve often wondered about the relationship between Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, and whether Beck’s dazzling ascent to power and influence would inversely affect Limbaugh, the current king of conservative media presence. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll finally provides some answers and the results, as they say, may surprise you.

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Is Bill O’Reilly a socialist? On the Wednesday night O’Reilly Factor, he surprised many by appearing to come out in support of a moderate form of the public option on healthcare. But was that really what he was saying?
The meaning of his remarks is likely to be hotly debated for the next few days — draw your own conclusions after the jump.