Tag: Media
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the truth behind ‘lions for lambs’
(Editor’s Note: The Washington Post and some other publications are predictably panning Robert Redford’s “Lions for Lambs” because it poses tough moral questions about the neoconservative agenda. In this guest review, historian Lisa Pease finds the movie compelling for those same reasons…) from lisa pease: “Lions for Lambs,” directed by Robert Redford and starring Redford,…
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williams ‘jokes’ that media has already chosen hillary
from raw story: Brian Williams, host of NBC’s Nightly News, appeared on Saturday Night Live last night as guest host. In a sketch poking fun at the most recent Democratic debate, the reputed newsman made a shocking admission: “Incidentally, this arrangement was all determined by the drawing of lots except for Senator Clinton, who we’re…
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bush session with reporters was strictly off-the-record
from jason rhyne: Fourteen White House reporters were given a rare hour of access to President Bush on Monday, but the issues they discussed won’t be making any headlines – the session was all off-the-record. The informal meeting, as reported by the Los Angeles Times, took place as part of a new White House plan…
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gi joe now works for the blue helmets
from sydney morning herald: America’s battered international image has claimed a new casualty – the tough-talking comic book patriot GI Joe. The muscular character was created as a comic strip for US military publications during World War II and has been fighting America’s foes ever since. But in a new film version, due to go…
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ron paul on the tonight show with jay leno
from free market news: The reviews are in on GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul’s appearance on the Tonight Show. Posters at LewRockwell.com and DailyPaul.com write that the show was a success for Ron Paul. He was relaxed, humorous and apparently in his element. Jay Leno was prepped, courteous and ipnterested. From a campaign standpoint, Ron…
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9/11 hecklers take down bill maher… in real time
from brad blog: Bill Maher… had to throw out the first of the 9/11 hecklers himself. Things went downhill from there… Members of the “9/11 Truth Movement” have been a bit angry with Maher since he suggested they needed to be medicated in a “New Rules” segment in September. That video is here. Tonight, Maher…
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fcc plan would ease limits on media owners
from nytimes: The head of the Federal Communications Commission has circulated an ambitious plan to relax the decades-old media ownership rules, including repealing a rule that forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city. Kevin J. Martin, chairman of the commission, wants to repeal the…
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cnbc learns not to ‘mess with’ ron paul
from raw story: CNBC Washington correspondent John Harwood asked former Representative Joe Scarborough on Tuesday to tell him what Rep. Ron Paul is really like, because he’s been amazed to discover lately that “if you mess with Ron Paul on television or online, you are going to feel the wrath of some serious followers.” Harwood…
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robochoppers, robobugs, radiohead & rudy
boeing robo-chopper for darpa’s super-spyeyefrom uk register: Arms’n’airliners behemoth Boeing has announced that its autonomous robotic stealth chopper, the A160T, will be the initial carrying platform for a new US airborne surveillance payload. The radical new spy system will not be so much an aerial camera as an all-seeing insect-style compound bugeye able to simultaneously…
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hollywood launches new offensive in the war of terror
from sky news: Saudi Arabian-based terrorist drama The Kingdom, starring Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner, arrives in London tonight. It brings with it a new wave of films that both examine and criticise America’s hunt for its enemies. Initially, the repercussions of the September 11 attacks largely were left to documentary makers, but now the…
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bill clinton: ‘torture like on 24 is ok’
from steve watson: Former president Bill Clinton has told NBC’s Meet The Press that America needs more intelligence agents who make their own rules and engage in whatever actions are necessary like Jack Bauer from the fictional TV show 24. “I think what our policy ought to be is to be uncompromisingly opposed to terror–I…
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FCC Fines Comcast For Airing Fake News
from raw story: Cable giant Comcast violated the law by broadcasting video news releases without identifying them as sponsored programming, the Federal Communications Commission announced today. The ruling came in response to a complaint from Free Press and the Center for Media and Democracy, a media watchdog group focusing on VNRs. “In this Notice of…
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news on the march
colorado checkpoint takes blood & saliva samplesfrom denver post: The Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office was apologizing Monday after a weekend effort to help a research group led to complaints about what appeared to be a DUI checkpoint – but wasn’t. Sheriff’s officials who participated in the stops now acknowledge that the nonprofit organization requesting voluntary…
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tasers and censors and god, oh my!
56yr old wheelchair-bound woman dies after being tasered 10 times from local6: A Clay County woman’s family said it’s seeking justice after their loved one died shortly after being shocked 10 times with Taser guns during a confrontation with police. The family of 56-year-old Emily Delafield said it would take the Green Cove Springs Police…
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maher: 9/11 truthers need professional help, not publicity
from raw story: Bill Maher takes a jab at the 9/11 Truth movement in a recent “New Rules” segment.” Crazy people who still think the government brought down the Twin Towers in a controlled explosion have to stop pretending that I’m the one who’s being naive… How big a lunatic do you have to be…