WALLOWING IN WATERGATE THEIR PRESS AND OURS WHAT NEXT ON THE FCC RULES? It is an old saw: no matter how much things change, the more they stay the same. That feeling came through loud and clear last night after wallowing one more time in the miasma of Watergate at 30 on PBS only to [...]
THINKING BACK, LOOKING AHEADWHAT WORDS MEAN MERLE HAGGARD ON THE NEWS It’s been 30 years since Watergate, and it seems almost as long since the aggressive investigative reporting that characterized that era became more of a subject for the History Channel than any news network. PBS airs its nostalgic walk down memory lane tonight. And [...]
BET ON THE BAD STUFF THE US AS A RELIGION DR. GONZO IS BACK Let’s see? What can we bet on? More terrorist attacks? Sounds likely. More resistance in Iraq? Highly probable. More chaos in world affairs? Indubitably. Yes folks, line up at the window and place your wagers because as the dog days of [...]
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