THE NAM MUZZLING MEDIA COVERAGE NY MARCH DETAILS I was in Brooklyn last night but my mind was in Vietnam and on Vietnam. It’s funny how formative experiences and passions never leave you and, as a special anniversary approaches, my memory was working overtime as I tried to explain to a table of younger people [...]
The Center for American Progress carries this item: “Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has launched the latest attack in the administration’s war on a free and independent media. The Pentagon is requiring reporters covering the court-martial of U.S. Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar at Fort Bragg, N.C., to ‘sign agreements that limit their ability to perform [...]
Paul Kneevers writes to his local newspaper: “Subject: area income growth numbers show true story is not reported Wisconsin area income growth increase is $5,112,652 or 3.1% Milwaukee area income growth increase is 545,670 or 1.9% Waukesha area income growth increase is $427,961 or2.8% “This clearly ranks the Milwaukee county income growth at a much [...]
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