August 28th, 2010
This editor/writer was interested, sort of, about the turnout and the karma for this Beck rally in D.C. today. Sort of, as in sometimes the editor watches the Super Bowl and sometimes the World Series and the NBA* finals on occasion. And, of course, how the news media would give it play and review, was of interest, probably more than watching the main event (which, because of the Internet, could be reviewed easily). Also: This could be interesting, the size of the rally.
Hundreds of thousands were expected but early news reports, though not providing estimates that made sense, reported that tens of thousands had shown up or were showing up for not only Beck’s but one organized by The Reverend Al Sharpton.
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Tags: Al Sharpton, Ed Kent, Glenn Beck, mainstream news media, Restoring honor, Washington D.C. rallies
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August 28th, 2010
By Peter Hart August 24, 2010
Washington Post ombud Andy Alexander devoted his August 22 piece to lauding how the paper handles stories about its parent company and its various business entanglements – which, as he explains, are rather extensive. The Washington Post Co. owns Newsweek, several television stations, and the Kaplan company, which runs the for-profit Kaplan University, the subject of recent critical media reports.
At the end his piece, the FAIR Blogger Hart suggests that there is a better way for the Post to be slapped on the back. Read the rest here.
Tags: FAIR, Newsweek, Ombudsman Andy Alexander, Washington Post
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August 21st, 2010
So reporteth the Times:
LONDON — Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blower Web site WikiLeaks who has been embroiled in a fight with the Pentagon over the recent release of classified documents, briefly became the focus of new attention on Saturday when Swedish prosecutors sought him for questioning on rape allegations — then quickly said the accusations were unfounded. — Full story here.
Wikileaks said in a blog post earlier than the Times’ breaking story:
On Saturday 21st of August, we have been made aware of rape allegations made against Julian Assange, founder of this project and one of our spokespeople.
We are deeply concerned about the seriousness of these allegations. We the people behind WikiLeaks think highly of Julian and and he has our full support.
While Julian is focusing on his defenses and clearing his name, WikiLeaks will be continuing its regular operations.
The WORD to Wikileaks: Release the Kracken, all 15,000 tenacles.
Tags: Eric Schmitt, John F. Burns, Julian Assange, Kracken, New York Times, Wikileaks
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August 17th, 2010
Editorial – The Chief
NYPD Crime Story
Copyrighted: “The $50-million lawsuit that Police Officer Adrian Schoolcraft filed against the NYPD and 11 of its supervisors is likely to send shock waves across the department if it ever goes to trial.
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Tags: Civil Lawsuit, NYPD, Police Corruption, The Chief
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July 26th, 2010
This story, especially as it was reported – lurid in that tabloid style that minces facts to disseminate the squalid because the reporter is too dumb or lazy to plumb the facts – for days and days and days by New York Daily News, could be straight out of a Stephen King novella, novel, TV Series Movie of the Week, Cable Special, Hollywood cinema. Someone tell me that it’s not to fantastical to image that C. J. Whose Real Name Was Romoy Raymond hasn’t been crying out from his grave.
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Tags: Ellen Borakove, Inquiry Into Staten Island Fire Shifts to Mother, kids on death row, kids who killed their parents, matricide, NYC Medical Examiner's Office, parricide, patricide, Romoy Raymond, the kids next door: sons and daughters who killed their parents, unspeakable acts: the ordeal of Thomas Waters-Rimmer
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July 24th, 2010
By Zachary Tomanelli
“The lesson of Shirley Sherrod’s disgraceful treatment by right-wing and not-so-right-wing media (followed by her equally squalid dismissal by an administration that took that media at face value) boils down to a single question: When will journalists see Andrew Breitbart as the serial promoter of journalistic frauds that he is, rather than as a legitimate source for story ideas?”
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Tags: Barack Obama, mainstream news media, racists, right wing racists, Shirley Sherrod
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July 22nd, 2010
by Marian Wang
ProPublica
Air monitoring by the EPA shows that along parts of Gulf Coast, the air may be unhealthy for people “who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.”
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Tags: EPA, Gulf Coast crisis, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, ProPublica
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July 21st, 2010
07/13/2010 by Julie Hollar/FAIR Blog
No, that’s not a typo: Only 1.6 percent of sports coverage on L.A.’s three major network affiliates went to women’s sports. On ESPN Sportscenter, it’s 1.4 percent. It’s just slightly higher when you add in ticker-tape coverage. And it’s getting worse, not better: Those numbers are down from about 5 percent in 1989.
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Tags: ESPN, FAIR, Fred Rogan at KNBC, Jim Hill at KCBS, Michael Messner, women's sports
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July 20th, 2010
In response to hundreds of letters from FAIR activists, PBS Ombud Michael Getler (7/16/10) agreed with FAIR’s criticism (Action Alert, 7/12/10) of the 3-hour PBS documentary Turmoil and Triumph, a tribute to former Reagan-era Secretary of State George Shultz funded in part by institutions and individuals with close ties to Shultz.
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Tags: FAIR, George Shultz, PBS, PBS Ombudsman, Turmoil and Triumph
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July 18th, 2010
By Ed Kent
Kent, a retired Brooklyn College philosophy professor, is writing in reference to the New York Times article, headlined: “Studies Halted at Brain Lab Over Impure Injections”
I am appalled to learn that Columbia (where I earned my Ph.D.) has been injecting mental patients with dangerous drugs as research.
*Criminal: Ed Kent’s original usage on his blog.
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Tags: Columbia University, Ed Kent, Harlem, New York Times article, West Harlem
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Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor: Did Ed Kent Get It Right?
August 28th, 2010This editor/writer was interested, sort of, about the turnout and the karma for this Beck rally in D.C. today. Sort of, as in sometimes the editor watches the Super Bowl and sometimes the World Series and the NBA* finals on occasion. And, of course, how the news media would give it play and review, was of interest, probably more than watching the main event (which, because of the Internet, could be reviewed easily). Also: This could be interesting, the size of the rally.
Hundreds of thousands were expected but early news reports, though not providing estimates that made sense, reported that tens of thousands had shown up or were showing up for not only Beck’s but one organized by The Reverend Al Sharpton.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Al Sharpton, Ed Kent, Glenn Beck, mainstream news media, Restoring honor, Washington D.C. rallies
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