Tag: Media
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judge orders youtube give user histories to viacom
from threat level: Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users’ names and IP addresses, to Viacom, which is suing Google for allowing clips of its copyright videos to appear on YouTube, a judge ruled Wednesday (44kb PDF). The judge also turned Google’s own defense of…
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ksm, cia, nyt & the torture of 9/11
inside a 9/11 mastermind’s interrogationfrom new york times: In a makeshift prison in the north of Poland, Al Qaeda’s engineer of mass murder faced off against his Central Intelligence Agency interrogator. It was 18 months after the 9/11 attacks, and the invasion of Iraq was giving Muslim extremists new motives for havoc. If anyone knew…
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is everything seemingly spinning out of control?
from ap: Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without end rage in Iraq, Afghanistan and against terrorism.Horatio Alger, twist in your grave. The can-do, bootstrap approach embedded in the American psyche is under assault.…
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the canonization of tim russert
nbc’s tim russert dies at 58 after collapsingfrom ap: Tim Russert, a political lifer who made a TV career of his passion with unrelenting questioning of the powerful and influential, died of a heart attack Friday in the midst of a presidential campaign he’d covered with trademark intensity. Praise poured in from the biggest names…
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‘the elitist menace among us’
from raw replay: Stephen Colbert presents an educational video that may be instructive in identifying “the elitist menace among us.” This video is from Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, broadcast June 10, 2008.
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‘vice president’ makes ‘joke’ about ‘inbred’ west virginia
i’ve got a joke for you, too, dick: have you heard the one about the draft-dodging, drunk-driving, friend-shooting, war-profiteering scumfuck? he went to the hague for war crimes! from kurt nimmo: It’s the real Cheney – a vicious “joke” teller, slamming the people of West Virginia as inbred. Dick does not have a sensitive bone…
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may clearinghouse
policestate2008real life ministry of love is being built*26 yrs after gibson, pentagon defines ‘cyberspace’*comcast is hiring an internet snoop for the feds*US: possible gov’t laptop breach?*mega corp lawsuit against youtube threatens internet freedom*air force aims for ‘full control’ of ‘any and all’ computers*air force colonel wants to build a military botnet*dns trouble knocks nsa off…
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‘border security usa’ reality show from big brother
from hollywood reporter: A new ABC unscripted series will take an unprecedented look behind the scenes at the government’s fight against terrorism. The network has ordered 11 hours of “Border Security USA” from executive producer Arnold Shapiro (“Big Brother”). Shot on location throughout the United States, the series will focus on the efforts of border…
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9/11 updates: tribunals, torture, toxic dust & fahrenheit
uk government loses case against supposed ‘9/11 pilot trainer’ demolition to resume at new york skyscraper damaged by 9/11 after deadly fire “the government has made it impossible to defend them” military judge denies motions to delay arraignment of 9/11 suspects US military officers challenge official account of 9/11 case against 9/11 mastermind in jeopardy…
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‘the view’ talks about bush family ties to nazis
from raw replay: Co-hosts of ABC’s The View talked about remarks President George W. Bush made during a speech in Israel. Bush had suggested that Democrats including Barack Obama wanted to “appease” terrorists in the way that some politicians appeased Hitler. Co-host Joy Behar mentioned the fact that it was George W. Bush’s grandfather, Prescott…
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“The Change You Deserve”
from washington post: House Republicans may be heading off a cliff in November, but give them credit for perseverance. Even after the new slogan they floated – “The Change You Deserve” – was discovered to be trademarked ad copy for the antidepressant drug Effexor, GOP leaders decided to go with the rollout anyway. “The Republican…
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xenu tv, disneynature, mexican hitler & jimmy justice
youtube accounts of scientology critics suspendedfrom wikinews: Two well-known critics of Scientology have had their user accounts on the video sharing website YouTube suspended. The YouTube accounts of both Tory Christman and Mark Bunker were suspended this week. In a statement to Wikinews , YouTube explained why accounts are suspended, but did not specifically state…
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al-ciada discredits 9/11 truth & blames iran
from ap: Osama bin Laden’s chief deputy on Tuesday denied a theory that Israel carried out the Sept. 11 attacks and blamed Iran and Shiite Hezbollah for spreading the idea to discredit the Sunni al-Qaida’s strike against the U.S. The comments in a recording posted on an Islamic Web site reflected the increasing criticism by…
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behind tv analysts, pentagon’s hidden hand
from new york times: Hidden behind that appearance of objectivity, though, is a Pentagon information apparatus that has used those analysts in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the administration’s wartime performance, an examination by The New York Times has found. The effort, which began with the buildup to the Iraq war and…
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norad releases mother lode of 9/11 tapes
from danger room: The Web site Government Attic says NORAD and U.S. Northern Command “have released a copy of their audio files, telephone conversations and situation room discussions, from the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.” And governmentattic.org has posted them all to its site, in .zip files linked within a .pdf document . it…