Tag: Media
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‘betrayal of trust’
from moveon: We’ve put together a new ad that calls Bush out for betraying the trust of the people and tells Congress that his plan isn’t going to cut it. Read the facts here. moveon.org fires back at giuliani from raw story: MoveOn.org, the controversial anti-war group that Republicans bashed for its ad targeting Gen.…
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media pans bush speech
from us news & world report: In a televised speech last night, President Bush said his ‘surge’ strategy has produced positive results, which will allow the US to cut the number of troops in Iraq. The Washington Post say on the front page that Bush “coined a new slogan to describe his latest strategy, ‘Return…
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mainstream journalist: i was wrong on 9/11 truth
from paul joseph watson: A mainstream journalist who yesterday urged his readers to give 9/11 truth protesters in Seattle the finger has completely reversed his position, apologized to the protesters and promised to help get the word out on full disclosure of 9/11 truth. In our article yesterday, we chastised Seattle Post-Intelligencer blogger Ron Schott…
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petraeus will betray us
from raw story: In their opening statements Monday, the top Republicans on the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees turned their sights toward a liberal group’s advertisement in the New York Times today. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), vying for the party’s presidential nomination, said he was “aggravated” by the full-page ad purchased by MoveOn.org,…
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selling a war with iran
cheney orders media to sell attack on iranfrom paul joseph watson: Dick Cheney has ordered top Neo-Con media outlets, including Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, to unleash a PR blitz to sell a war with Iran from today, according to Barnett Rubin, the highly respected Afghanistan expert at New York University. The New…
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August 2007 Clearinghouse
‘noble’ is good, not grand brainwashing the hero-worshiping society warren buffett sees silver lining in market chaos bbc drops fictional terror attack to avoid offending muslims suspicious man seen before virginia tech massacre US army to launch new video game book tells of philharmonic’s nazi ties robert fisk: even i question the ‘truth’ about 9/11…
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de palma’s ‘redacted’ stuns venice
from reuters: A new film about the real-life rape and killing of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl by U.S. soldiers who also murdered her family stunned the Venice festival, with shocking images that left some viewers in tears. “Redacted”, by U.S. director Brian De Palma, is one of at least eight American films on the war…
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‘read a book, read a book, read a mutha#@%*in book’
from hiphopdx: Even with changes in programming, BET can’t escape media and public criticism. This time, the target is the animated short devoted to literacy, “Read a Book”. Recently, two of the nation’s largest newspapers, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times covered the video, which has been accused of playing up to…
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history channel’s 9/11 special is straw man hit piece
Documentary set up bias straw man arguments, ignored key evidence, afforded debunkers overwhelming majority of time – so-called “experts” Popular Mechanics are on the same corporate payroll as the History Channel itself, which is owned by Disney, GE and Hearst Publishing from paul joseph watson: Initial reaction to last night’s two hour History Channel Special…
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how great thou, bart
from jim amrhein: I was afraid that, in the movie version of The Simpsons, these elements would be diluted or tempered in pursuit of the wide-reaching mega-appeal summer blockbusters strive for. I needn’t have worried. This dissenting spirit is not only alive and well on the big screen, but applied with such alternately brutish and…
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‘eve of destruction’
from metafilter: Barry McGuire performing the classic folk rock ballad, “Eve of Destruction,” on Hullabaloo in 1965. Sadly, it seems as appropriate today as it did back then.
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azzam the operative has a new video
from ap: An American member of al-Qaida threatened foreign diplomats and embassies across the Islamic world in a new video Sunday, saying they would targeted as “spy dens.” The 1 hour, 17 minute video also featured a computer-animated recreation of a March 2006 suicide attack that killed U.S. diplomat David Foy in Karachi, Pakistan, and…
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mckinney sues atlanta newspaper for libel
from atlanta progressive news: Former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) has sued the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper for libel, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. The lawsuit was filed on July 26, 2007, in State Court of Fulton County, according to a copy of the court filing obtained by Atlanta Progressive News. The lawsuit focuses on what…
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news on the march
no evidence of enemy fire in tillman deathfrom ap: Army medical examiners were suspicious about the close proximity of the three bullet holes in Pat Tillman’s forehead and tried without success to get authorities to investigate whether the former NFL player’s death amounted to a crime, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press… No…
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news on the march
townhall: ron paul will place 2nd in iowafrom usa today: Patrick Ruffini makes the case this morning at the conservative Townhall blog that Republican Rep. Ron Paul will place second at the Iowa GOP’s “straw poll” Aug. 11 in Ames… Hugh Hewitt, also writing this morning at the blog, thinks Ruffini may be over-thinking things.…