Eric of Speak Speak News brings us a cartoon from the Consumer Union, the people who publish Consumer Reports, about media consolidation. The Consumer Union also has a petition that you can sign, urging the FCC to encourage diversity of ownership.
Archive for October 17th, 2005
Consumer Union on Media Consolidation
Posted in General on October 17, 2005 | Comments Off
Stem Cell Breakthrough
Posted in Politics, Science on October 17, 2005 | Comments Off
This raises some interesting questions: Scientists have perfected a way of making embryonic stem cells without destroying the embryos from which they derive, a breakthrough that will challenge George Bush’s opposition to the research. The discovery of a technique to extract stem cells without impairing the embryos could remove a major hurdle facing scientists who [...]
Rape is Rape
Posted in Culture, Legal Issues on October 17, 2005 | Comments Off
A man has been sentenced to jail for raping his wife: San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Cinda Fox said Friday that Andrew Wright Gill gagged and hog-tied his wife before raping her after she asked him to leave during an hours-long incident last year. Gill was convicted July 27 of 10 charges. The wife, [...]
Clinton Vs. Bush — A Matter of Class
Posted in Media, Politics on October 17, 2005 | Comments Off
Armando finds what he seems to thing is an example of Its Okay If You are a Republican among our press: But the rest of the Media has also disgraced itself on this story. The DC Media establishment is covered in hypocrisy and disgrace: THE LYING OFFENDS THEM. For both politicians and journalists, trust is [...]
The two articles that came out Sunday in the New York Times paint a picture of an out of control Judith Miller, more interested in helping her ideological soul mates in the Bush Administration rather than fulfilling her obligations as a reporter. First, it appears that Miller kept going back to a beat where she [...]
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