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  • The End of News?
    17 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Michael Massing
    In late September, the Government Accountability Office-a nonpartisan arm of Congress-issued a finding that the Bush administration had engaged in "covert propaganda," and thereby broken the law, by paying Armstrong Williams, a conservative commentator, to promote its educational policies. The GAO also faulted the administration for hiring a public relations firm to distribute video news segments without disclosing the government’s part in producing them.[1] The (…)

  • All the King’s Media
    13 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by William Greider
    Amid the smoke and stench of burning careers, Washington feels a bit like the last days of the ancien régime. As the world’s finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed. Let the perp walks begin. Whether the public feels reassured is another matter.
    George W. Bush’s plight leads me to thoughts of Louis XV and his royal court in the (…)

  • Why Dowd Doesn’t Know What Men Really Want
    13 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Rivers and Barnett
    Today’s commentators say it’s a shame that Maureen Dowd should depend on such flaky research and flimsy evidence when writing about feminism. Dowd’s article, based on weak research, was the most e-mailed story from The New York Times yesterday.
    Editor’s Note: The following is a commentary. The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily the views of Women’s eNews.
    A growing media narrative over the past year says men do not like high-achieving (…)

  • Former US public broadcasting chairman resigns in disgrace
    8 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By David Walsh
    Right-winger Kenneth Tomlinson resigned from the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) November 3, after a report by the agency’s inspector general sharply criticized his performance. Tomlinson has been at the center of efforts to transform public broadcasting into a mouthpiece for the Bush administration.
    Tomlinson, a former director of the Voice of America in the Reagan administration and editor-in-chief or Reader’s Digest, was appointed to the CPB by (…)

  • Aziz denies naming British MP in oil probe
    1 November 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz has denied telling investigators that a maverick British lawmaker personally profited from the United Nations’ oil-for-food program for Iraq.
    By Reuters
    US congressional investigators said this week they had evidence that George Galloway had profited from the defunct UN program created to protect Iraqis from the harsh effects of sanctions against their Government.
    The report said Mr Aziz, under questioning by the subcommittee, said he had (…)

  • Press Silence On Impeachment
    17 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Press Silence On Impeachment Text of Radio BC Audio Commentary October 06, 2005 Listen Now -
    The corporate media in the United States can hardly claim to fill a journalistic role, anymore. The first duty of a real newsperson is to ask questions. But the corporate press can’t bring itself to ask even the most obvious questions, including on issues that are important to a high proportion of the public. When we refer to the corporate media, we’re also talking about the major polling (…)

  • Corporations Seeking Domination of Global Social Interactions Through Fear based Mind Control
    9 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    To all People,
    In order to complete the NeoCon-Corporate take over of the World by the psychologically ill and mentally depraved Military Industrial Complex an attack of a particular nature, type, and geographical structure will be carried out with a simultaneous attack in possible Northern Ireland and Europe to paralyze any social political opposition to military take over and the creation of a world military slave system run by corporations making children into worker slaves with no (…)

  • Press Silence on Impeachment
    7 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Text of Radio BC audio commentary
    October 6 2005
    Press Silence on Impeachment
    Listen Now
    The corporate media in the United States can hardly claim to fill a journalistic role, anymore. The first duty of a real newsperson is to ask questions. But the corporate press can’t bring itself to ask even the most obvious questions, including on issues that are important to a high proportion of the public. When we refer to the corporate media, we’re also talking about the major polling (…)

  • Reuters says U.S. troops obstruct reporting of Iraq
    3 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - The conduct of U.S. troops in Iraq, including increasing detention and accidental shootings of journalists, is preventing full coverage of the war reaching the American public, Reuters said on Wednesday.
    In a letter to Virginia Republican Sen. John Warner, head of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Reuters said U.S. forces were limiting the ability of independent journalists to operate. The letter from Reuters Global Managing Editor David Schlesinger called on (…)

  • Downing Street Memos Verify Death of Journalism Ethics
    20 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Carmen Yarrusso
    The preamble to the Code of Ethics for the Society of Professional Journalists eloquently declares: “...journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues...”
    Yeah, right!
    Mainstream media’s dismal failure to enlighten the public to the dire implications of the Downing Street (…)