Posted in Complicity with Power, Journalistic Laziness, Lack of Questioning, Lack of Transparency, Lazyness in Journalism, Media Corruption on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fascinating use of surrogates to push the war. The retired military officers were paid off by the Pentagon directly, and were also tied to defense contractors with stock ownership.
Here is the write up in the Ne York Times. Its amazing how long it took us to pickup on this story. [...]
Posted in Complicity with Power, Journalistic Laziness on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the great videos on what television is looking for in its guests.
Posted in Complicity with Power, Journalistic Laziness, Poor Subject Matter Expertise on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We were amazed when we saw this DVD. If ever a story has been missed it is this one. While the media has been focusing on the presidential election of 2000 as if it were a one time event, voter fraud is taking place right under everyone’s noses. This is a must see documentary for [...]
Posted in Complicity with Power, Journalistic Laziness on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Importance of How He Was Caught
What has largely been lost in the Spitzer cased is how he was caught. This is because how he was caught is actually much more important than what he was caught doing. What is known in the case against Elliot Spitzer is that a number of wire transfers into [...]
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