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OJ: Convicted Again, Show Nixed

November 21st, 2006 - by: danny

OJ: Convicted Again, Show Nixed

MAY WE HONOR THE SACRIFICE?


Activist and artist Malachi Ritscher burns himself alive in Chicago in front of morning rush hour commuters to protest the war in Iraq. The press has almost completely blacked out this news in mainstream press . He is only one of 10 Americans in history to have done this . Buddhist monks did this during the VietNam war.


Via Mike Locker:

http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/post-no-bills/2006/11/07/malachi-ritschers-apparent-suicide/

RUPE NIXES OJ BOOK AND SPECIAL
WHY WE MAY ATTACK IRAN
MILTON FRIEDMAN’S REAL LEGACY

My My, what is the world coming to? None other than Rupert Murdoch has personally stepped into the controversy over the new OJ Simpson “If I Did Book” and TV special and cancelled it in response to widespread condemnation and defections from many Fox affiliates.

Says the mother of all moguls NOW: “I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project. We are sorry for any pain that this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.”

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,230838,00.html

IF THAT’S BAD, THIS IS WORSE

And this after bad news on the Fox Front as reported by Bill Carter in yesterday’s Times.

“From almost every ratings standpoint, the Fox network is in the midst of a dismal run. The network is last in almost every audience category, even in areas of its traditional strength, like viewers 18 to 34.

Over all, ratings are down about 9 percent from already depressed levels of 2005. And the network’s new programs this season have gone almost completely unnoticed by viewers – not one new Fox series ranks among the top 55 shows in television….

Some criticism pointed out how Fox has struggled in the ratings and suggested that it is turning to the Simpson special as a desperate ploy to beef up its lagging performance at the end of November, a special ratings period known as a sweeps month.

No fear: soon American idol will ride to the rescue

AN EARLIER EPISODE

Some years back after Globalvision produced a film offering the factual basis for Oliver Stone’s JFK, we were approached by Fox to investigate the history of the Kennedy Family and the allegedly crooked role played by Joe Kennedy, once the US Ambassador to the UK.

Once the check arrived, we hired producers and swung into production only to be called urgently to the phone by Fox’s then head of News Gordon Van Sauter who ordered us to “Stand Down: put the project on hold.”

No one would tell us why until a NY newspaper suggested that Murdoch went apoplectic when he learned that Teddy Kennedy was heading the Senate Committee that could rule on Fox’s bid to own both a TV station and newspaper in New York. Rather than antagonize Kennedy, it was reported, the whole show was cancelled before it was even made.

What the big boss wants, the big boss gets. Murdoch got the ruling he wanted. Fox never approached us again for work after that. At least, we ended up with a kill fee.

DANGERS OF WAR WITH IRAN

Tony Karon writes:

My own fear is that … the hysteria being promoted by Israeli politicians — as much a product of their own political infighting as a realistic assessment — we could have a perfect storm brewing behind an attack on Iran. (After all, if support for military action against Iran is presented as a litmus test of loyalty to Israel on Capitol Hill, you know which way it’s going to go — not that Capitol Hill would be consulted over air strikes on Iran…)

Already Bush is saying he’d “understand” if Israel attacks Iran. (Not that it has the capacity to do so without U.S. support). And Israel’s domestic political scene, which now seems to have devolved into a
competition between charlatans and shlemiels, is actually limiting the space for sober statesmanship. We’re entering a very dangerous period…

http://tonykaron.com/2006/11/20/israels-domestic-political-game-raises-the-danger-of-a-us-iran-war/

PRESS RELEASE: THE RIGHT TO KNOW

“New York Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union went to court today to challenge the government’s appeal of an order directing the Defense Department to release 21 photographs depicting abuse of detainees by U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.

“Our government should not be allowed to hide behind a veil of secrecy that conceals its misdeeds,” said Donna Lieberman, NYCLU Executive Director. “The NYCLU is pursuing this fight in order to reveal both the abuse of prisoners and on the government’s campaign to hide that abuse.”

Thane Burnett: Spy leaves egg on U.S. faces

How the al-Qaida superspy manipulated FBI intelligence watchdogs, as well as one of America’s most respected U.S. attorneys, is a chilling bedtime story. Those few people who still believe the West has been told all there is to know about intelligence bungling that led up to 9/11 — a recent poll found 80% of Americans think their administration is not being fully truthful — should trace the blood-timeline of Ali Mohamed with utter alarm.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15687.htm

Mike Whitney: Housing Bubble Smack-down

Give me 5 minutes and I’ll convince you that you should sell your house immediately and invest your life-savings in gold or a Swiss bank-account.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15689.htm

PARANOIA IN HIGH PLACES
Muslim Religious Leaders Removed from Flight

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15824096/

HAS THE WORLD ENDED? MIAMI HERALD SAYS END TRAVEL BAN TO CUBA

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/editorial/16040044.htm

Walter Lippman analyzes this development:

http://www.walterlippmann.com/

The Mail & Guardian reports:

UN condemns human rights abuses in Gaza Strip

The top United Nations human rights official said on Monday Palestinians living in the Gaza strip had suffered “massive” human rights violations. Louise Arbour, the UN high commissioner for human rights, travelled to the town of Beit Hanoun, where Israeli artillery killed 18 members of a single family two weeks ago.

Israel lashes out at UN as GazaPalestinians form human shield

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