Tag: Media
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fcc ok’s clear channel buyout
mitt romney & bain capital’s deal will make largest US radio broadcaster privatefrom ap: The Federal Communications Commission has signed off on the $19.5 billion deal that will take the nation’s largest radio broadcaster private, an agency official said Thursday. San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications Inc. grew into a media giant and punching bag for…
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‘charlie wilson’s war’ imperialist propaganda
second thoughts on ‘charlie wilson’s war’ from chalmers johnson: When imperialist activities produce unmentionable outcomes, such as those well known to anyone paying attention to Afghanistan since about 1990, then ideological thinking kicks in. The horror story is suppressed, or reinterpreted as something benign or ridiculous (a “comedy”), or simply curtailed before the denouement becomes…
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morrissey wants to perform in iran
from press tv: Controversial British singer Steven Patrick Morrissey has announced his intention to perform in Iran alongside a number of local artists. The 48-year-old vocalist is currently in negotiation with Iranian officials to appear at a concert in Iran during his Middle East tour in 2008. Morrissey’s management is awaiting a formal response from…
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before nh primary, ron paul makes the rounds
from raw replay: Jay Leno is joined by Congressman Ron Paul to discuss what a Ron Paul administration would look like. The following video is from NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno, broadcast on January 07, 2008. leno frustrated with fox over paul exclusionfrom gambling911: NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno felt Republican Presidential candidate…
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‘these are TEST returns. they must not be broadcast or published.’
from global research: Originally held in March, New Hampshire’s will be holding its “first-in-the-nation” primaries next week on January 8. The following is the result of TEST returns, released by the Associated Press. They were not intended to be made public. The most popular candidates, according to to the TEST returns are Edwards and Kucinich.…
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december clearinghouse
top economist says america could plunge into recession * ohio guard call-up said to be largest since wwii * how to lose your job on your own time * mexico to microchip central american migrants * eli lilly knew prozac had 1200% higher suicide rate than other antidepressants * wtc7: a tale of three broadcasters…
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national archives, national treasure
from washington times: Government institutions hardly every get starring roles in family movies. However, the National Archives found popularity when “National Treasure” was released three years ago. With the sequel “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” in theaters, the archives is jumping on the movie’s premise that documents and history go hand in hand with mystery…
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hollywood to frame iran for lockerbie
from press tv: Hollywood and Israel join hands to blame Iran for masterminding the Lockerbie disaster in a new cinematic adaptation of the event. The film will be based on a book by Juval Aviv, the former Israeli secret agent and a top investigator for Pan American during the Lockerbie inquiry. According to the Scotland…
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‘charlie wilson’s war’ helped give us 9/11
‘war’ isn’t pretty, woman from news & observer: The movie pretty much cops out at the end by glossing over that Wilson’s noble, patriotic actions may have contributed to the 9/11 attacks down the line. This was brought to full attention in Sorkin’s original draft of the script, but the real Herring reportedly threatened legal…
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mpaa rejects torture ‘taxi’ documentary poster
from thinkprogess: Alex Gibney’s new critically-acclaimed documentary Taxi to the Dark Side follows the path of Afghan taxi driver Dilawar, who was innocent of any terrorist ties but still “tortured to death by interrogators in the U.S. prison at Bagram Air Base.” It also examines the Bush administration’s torture practices at Guantanamo Bay and Abu…
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mitt romney to buy clear channel
from lew rockwell: What would it cost to buy the support of just about every nationally-syndicated neocon talk show host in America? About $19.5 Billion, which is what Mitt Romney’s private equity firm, Bain Capital, and Thomas H. Lee Partners have agreed to pay in a leveraged buyout agreement with Clear Channel Communications, the largest…
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new film ‘look’ made entirely of surveillance footage
from alternet: Look, which has already won major kudos on the film festival circuit and will be in theaters this Friday, is sure to be a thought provoking and controversial film. It purports to be made entirely out of surveillance footage shot without the knowledge the people involved. According to the film’s director Adam Rifkin,…
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the golden suicides
When Theresa Duncan, 40, took her own life on July 10, followed a week later by her boyfriend, Jeremy Blake, 35, their friends were stunned & the press was fascinated: what had destroyed this glamorous couple, stars of New York’s multi-media art world, still madly in love after 12 years? Nancy Jo Sales reveals the…
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viacom hired cia torturer as ‘kite runner’ consultant
from majikthise: A retired CIA agent who lead the team that waterboarded terror suspect Abu Zubaydah went on to work as a security consultant for the film adaptation of The Kite Runner (2007). Lobbyists for Viacom helped the producers of the film retain retired CIA agent and “countererrorism expert”, John Kiriakou, according an Oct 4…
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nbc refunds advertisers as ratings plunge
from reuters: Fourth-ranked broadcaster NBC has quietly begun reimbursing advertisers an average of $500,000 each for failing to reach guaranteed ratings levels, the first time a network has taken such a step in years, media buyers said. Networks usually offer make-goods – free advertising slots – in the event of such shortfalls. But NBC has…