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Jane Hamsher (born July 25, 1959) is an American film producer, author, and liberal blogger. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies. An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created She produced the major motion picture Natural Born Killers and founded the popular progressive blog Firedoglake. Natural Born Killers is a 1994 Crime film Satire directed by Oliver Stone about Serial killers and their coverage by the She has also contributed to The Huffington Post. The Huffington Post (often referred to on the Internet as HuffPo) is a liberal News Website and aggregated Weblog

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Education and film career

Hamsher, born in Massachusetts but raised in Seattle, Washington, graduated from the USC School of Cinema-Television with a master's degree in film production. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The USC School of Cinematic Arts, until 2006 named the School of Cinema-Television (CNTV is a Film school within the University of Southern California At USC, she became friends with Don Murphy, and the two were able to secure an option, with a loan from Hamsher's mother, on Natural Born Killers. Don Murphy Killers screenwriter Quentin Tarantino was still an unknown at the time. Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an Academy Award - BAFTA Award - and Palme d'Or -winning Emmy - and Hamsher had an uncredited cameo in the film as a female demon.

In 1997, Hamsher wrote Killer Instinct, a tell-all book about her experiences making the film. Killers director Oliver Stone, in the Los Angeles Times, called the book "hurtful and insulting" and advised Hamsher to "keep (her) mouth shut and eyes open. William Oliver Stone (born 15 September) is an American Film director and Screenwriter. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed " In the book, Hamsher details a fraud lawsuit against the filmmakers brought by a friend of Tarantino. The attorney who filed the fraud case, Thomas Ferlauto, unsuccessfully sued Hamsher for defamation. [1]

Hamsher and Murphy also produced Apt Pupil, Permanent Midnight, and From Hell. Apt Pupil is a 1998 Film, directed by Bryan Singer and starring Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro. Permanent Midnight is a 1998 movie directed by David Veloz starring Ben Stiller. From Hell is a 2001 film based on the Graphic novel of the same name by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell.

Firedoglake

In December 2004, Hamsher started Firedoglake on Blogger.com's Blogspot service, and quickly gained a reputation for sharp commentary and unabashed partisanship. Blogger is a Blog publishing system. It was created by Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google in 2003 Firedoglake won a 2005 Koufax Award for Best Series for its detailed coverage of the Plame affair, while in close contention for Best New Blog and Best Group Blog. The phrase Plame Affair (also known as the CIA leak scandal, the CIA leak case, the CIA leak grand jury investigation, and Plamegate) refers [2]

Hamsher graduated to her own hosting in late 2005, expanding into a group blog, with contributors ReddHedd Christy Hardin Smith, TRex, Pachacutec, and Siun. Hamsher and Smith have both made media appearances as a result of the blog. FDL is now published using WordPress and allows limited commenting capabilities, without the features found on more robust community sites such as Daily Kos. WordPress is an Open source blog publishing application. WordPress is the official successor of b2\cafelog, developed by Michel Valdrighi Daily Kos (koʊs is an American political Blog, publishing news and opinion from a liberal or progressive point of view Volunteer moderators or an automatic spam filter may block comments. Almost all threads run to hundreds of comments.

The new format also allowed her to start the FDL Sunday Book Salon, which discusses recent books, usually non-fiction political books, with a standing invitation for the author. On September 4, 2006 the topic was Conservatives Without Conscience, attended by author John W. Dean as well as blogger Glenn Greenwald and Ambassador Joe Wilson. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Conservatives Without Conscience is a book written by John Dean, who served as White House Counsel under U John Wesley Dean III (born October 14, 1938) was White House Counsel to U Glenn Greenwald (born 1967 in New York City) is a former American Attorney and current political and legal Blogger, and columnist at Salon Magazine For information about the American political scandal pertaining to Joseph C [3]

Hamsher expresses her own views strongly in her blog entries, raising comments in support and comments opposed to such "free speech. " For example, infuriated by caricatures on the cover of Women Who Make the World Worse, in her entry of January 12, 2006, entitled "Why Kate O'Beirne Is a Dangerous Bitch," referring to the book's conservative author, Hamsher concludes: "The bitch is dead meat. Kate O'Beirne is the Washington editor of National Review. Her column "Bread and Circuses" covers Congress, Politics, "[4] She also encouraged readers of Firedoglake to rate O'Beirne's book low at Amazon.com, wishing "that enough single star reviews are written to knock the overall rating down to an overall single star". Amazoncom Inc ( is an American electronic commerce ( E-commerce) company in Seattle Washington. [4] Some of her readers did attempt to post what they say are legitimate negative reviews of the book on Amazon. com and found that they were not able to get them included on that site, speculating on the possible "censorship" effect of the commercial interests of that online bookseller (See "Comments"). [4]

FDL Books

On September 6, 2006, Firedoglake announced a book imprint called FDL Books (later to spawn Vaster Books, in collaboration with Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, founder of Daily Kos). Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga (born 11 September 1971) often known by his Username and former military moniker "Kos" ( kōs) is the Daily Kos (koʊs is an American political Blog, publishing news and opinion from a liberal or progressive point of view The first release by Vaster Books is a volume by Firedoglake and Daily Kos contributor Marcy Wheeler, entitled Anatomy of Deceit: How the Bush Administration Used the Media to Sell the Iraq War and Out a Spy. Daily Kos (koʊs is an American political Blog, publishing news and opinion from a liberal or progressive point of view [5][6]

Libby trial coverage

Hamsher and others blogging for Firedoglake live-blogged the Scooter Libby trial, with Hamsher having been given a press pass for FDL to be in the actual courtroom. United States of America v I Lewis Libby also known as "Scooter Libby" (USA v [7] The New York Times reporter Scott Shane observes: "With no audio or video feed permitted, the Firedoglake 'live blog' has offered the fullest, fastest public report available. Many mainstream journalists use it to check on the trial," and noted that "for blogs, the Libby trial marks a courthouse coming of age. "[8] Online donors paid for trial coverage costs, including travel expenses, and rent on a Washington apartment. [8]

Support for Ned Lamont

Hamsher supported Connecticut Democrat Ned Lamont in his successful run for the Democratic nomination, and failed bid for the U. Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Edward Miner "Ned" Lamont Jr (born January 3, 1954 S. Senate, against incumbent senator Joe Lieberman, whose support for the Iraq war and other Bush policies drew the ire of progressive Democrats. Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman (born February 24 1942 is the junior United States Senator from Connecticut. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign Although Hamsher was not on the campaign staff, she was among several bloggers who traveled with Lamont's campaign, and promoted Lamont's candidacy and helped raise money for him through her blog. [9]

Photoshop controversy

Hamsher came under fire from the Lieberman campaign after she posted a photoshopped picture of a blackfaced Lieberman embracing Bill Clinton in her blog and her column on the Huffington Post. Blackface in the narrow sense is a style of theatrical Makeup that originated in the United William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States The Lieberman campaign believed that the photo was racist and offensive. In a statement, Joe Lieberman called the photo "one of the most disgusting and hurtful images that has been used in American history, it's deeply offensive to people of all colors, and it has absolutely no place in the political arena today. " Lieberman further demanded that Lamont prohibit Hamsher from traveling with his campaign and to refuse any money that Hamsher may have raised for him. [9]

Questioned about the photo and his campaign's connections to Hamsher, Lamont responded "I don't know anything about the blogs. I'm not responsible for those. I have no comment on them. " A spokesman for Lamont called the photo "offensive and inappropriate. "[9] Lamont was also questioned about the photo in an interview with George Stephanopolous on ABC's This Week. George Robert Stephanopoulos (born February 10, 1961) is an American broadcaster The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. This Week is one of the five network US Sunday morning political talk shows.

Hamsher took down the photo at the request of the Lamont campaign, and later issued an apology on her blog Firedoglake, but attacked Lieberman for using the graphic to score political points. [10]

Joe Klein Controversy

Hamsher determined that Time Magazine Deputy Managing Editor Priscilla Painton edited[11][12] a controversial November 21, 2007 column[13] by Joe Klein in which Klein published false information[14][15][16][17] regarding legislation that amends the F.I.S.A. law, based upon claims by a Republican operative who was an opponent of the bill (Pete Hoekstra)[18]. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Priscilla Painton is an American journalist She was a Deputy Managing Editor of TIME magazine from 2006 until she joined Simon & Schuster in 2008 Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Joe Klein (born September 7, 1946) is a longtime Washington D The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (" FISA ",) is an Act of Congress which prescribes procedures for the physical and electronic Surveillance Peter "Pete" Hoekstra (born October 30 1953 is an American politician from the U

After Klein had backed away from the central allegations of his article, commenting "I may have made a mistake in my column this week about the FISA legislation passed by the House", Painton was contacted by Hamsher to ask "what the editing process was, and how a piece with so many errors made it into print. " Painton reportedly replied "That assumes there are any errors" and immediately hung up on Hamsher[11] prompting those reporting on the controversy to question Painton and Time Magazine's integrity. [12]

See also Rick Stengel, Glenn Greenwald

Breast cancer diagnosis

Hamsher was diagnosed with breast cancer for the third time in December 2006 at the age of 47. Richard Stengel is an American editor He is Time magazine's 16th Managing editor. Glenn Greenwald (born 1967 in New York City) is a former American Attorney and current political and legal Blogger, and columnist at Salon Magazine Breast cancer is a Cancer that starts in the cells of the Breast in women and men [7] In January 2007 she successfully underwent surgery and then traveled from Santa Monica, California, to Washington, DC, to "live-blog" the Libby trial. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D [19]

Bibliography

Books

References

  1. ^ Lager, Marvin (1999-09-20). Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Ferlauto v. Hamsher (1999) 74 CA4th 1394. Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Retrieved on 2007-01-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
  2. ^ Meredith, Dwight (2006-04-03). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. 2005 Koufax Awards --The Winners. Wampum. Retrieved on 2007-01-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
  3. ^ Hamsher, Jane (2006-09-04). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself FDL Book Salon -- Conservatives Without Conscience, Week 2. Firedoglake. Retrieved on 2007-01-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
  4. ^ a b c Hamsher, Jane (January 12, 2006). Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Why Kate O'Beirne Is a Dangerous Bitch. Firedoglake. Retrieved on 2006-09-05. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris.
  5. ^ Berkeley: Vaster Books (Dist. by Publishers Group West), 2007. ISBN 0-979-17610-7 (10). ISBN 978-0979-17610-4 (13).
  6. ^ See Marcy Wheeler, who posts as "emptywheel," at Daily Kos and Firedoglake, on the Valerie Plame affair. Daily Kos (koʊs is an American political Blog, publishing news and opinion from a liberal or progressive point of view The phrase Plame Affair (also known as the CIA leak scandal, the CIA leak case, the CIA leak grand jury investigation, and Plamegate) refers To finance the publication of this book, she sought to raise $65,000 in donations from the internet; see Hamsher, "Announcing CIA Leak Investigation Book by Marcy Wheeler: We Need Your Help," at Firedoglake.
  7. ^ a b "Three Time Loser-Winner." Firedoglake January 16, 2007, accessed February 16, 2007. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  8. ^ a b Shane, Scott (February 15, 2007). For Liberal Bloggers, Libby Trial Is Fun and Fodder. New York Times.
  9. ^ a b c "Lieberman Assails Lamont Over Supporter's Blog Post," The Washington Post August 3, 2006: A9, accessed February 16, 2006. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  10. ^ Jane Hamsher, "About that graphic," Firedoglake August 2, 2006, accessed February 16, 2007. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  11. ^ a b Time Magazine circles the wagons around Joe Klein - Jane Hamsher, FireDogLake. com, November 27, 2007
  12. ^ a b Demand Answers from Time Magazine - Glenn Greenwald, Salon, November 27, 2007
  13. ^ The Tone-Deaf Democrats - Joe Klein, TIME Magazine, November 21, 2007
  14. ^ Joe Klein: Both factually false and stuck in the 1980s - Glenn Greenwald, Salon, November 21, 2007
  15. ^ Time magazine's FISA fiasco shows how Beltway reporters mislead the country - Glenn Greenwald, Salon, November 25, 2007
  16. ^ Everything that is rancid and corrupt with modern journalism: The Nutshell - Glenn Greenwald, Salon, November 27, 2007
  17. ^ Corrections & Clarifications - Chicago Tribune, November 29, 2007
  18. ^ Klein Kerfuffle, FISA Facts - Pete Hoekstra, National Review, November 29, 2007
  19. ^ Arianna Huffington, "Report from the ICU," The Huffington Post January 7, 2007, accessed February 16, 2007. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Arianna Huffington (born Arianna Stassinopoulos, on July 15, 1950) is an Author, media gadfly, and nationally syndicated The Huffington Post (often referred to on the Internet as HuffPo) is a liberal News Website and aggregated Weblog Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

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