Archive for April, 2008


27
Apr

60 MINUTES: NEWS PROGRAM OR ARM OF THE ISRAEL LOBBY?

60 Minutes Commercial for Israel’s Air Force | Pentagon Suspends Military Media Briefings | Karzai Escapes Taliban Assassins | Protests Against ABC’s Debate “Coverage” | Inequality Increases | More Credit Scams |


27
Apr

Why Doesn’t Mickey Mouse Wear An American Flag Pin?

MORE MEDIA PROPAGANDA ON SYRIA-KOREA CONNECTION
Glenn Greenwald writes on Salon concerning the Bush administration’s claims that the structure which Israeli jets destroyed inside Syria last September was a nuclear reactor Syria was developing with the aid of North Korea. Such skepticism, however, is difficult to find in most (though not all) American press accounts, which […]


27
Apr

INEQUALITY UP; KARZAI ESCAPES; CREDIT SCAMS ABOUND:Do We Need Olympics?

Inequality on the Rise
Income inequality in the U.S. has risen to the pre-1929 levels indicating that the benefits of the recent economic boom accrued mostly to the top 1% of the population. Ahead of Presidential elections, trade is being made the scapegoat for rising middle-class woes. However, some domestic factors have exacerbated the problem. […]

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Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio

Written by veteran media critic and Emmy winner Rory O'Connor, Shock Jocks features unsparing profiles of the ten worst conservative radio talkers in America, including Michael Savage, Bill O' Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Don Imus and the rest.

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