*ITS OFFICIAL: SADDAM IS #1 *PHIL DONAHUE DUCT TAPED *WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT CABLE TV? Move over Dan Rather, and let another Dan sit behind the desk. I am sure you need a rest after that exhausting round of TV interviews hyping your big interview with that SH, the baddie from Baghdad. We may [...]
*DISSECTING THE RATHER INTERVIEW *THE DUMPING OF DONAHUE *VIRTUAL MARCH FLOODS DC *A NOT SO BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD A SPECIAL FAREWELLPBS Kids Show host Fred Rogers has left the neighborhood, as my friend Marc puts it. His was an honest voice and will be missed by the millions he soothed. DISSECTING THE DAN [...]
*WEAPON OF MASS COMMUNICATION *THE BUSH-HUSSEIN “DEBATE” *PRESS THE PRESS? Here we go again with more than you want but less than you need. Question: are you marching virtually today? This is the day the internet gets its test as a weapon of mass communication as anti-war groups mobilize to bombard the offices of Washington [...]
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