UWIRE.com Dead

October 28th, 2009

It was sold and the deal has been cloaked in secrecy. It stopped publishing in mid September. It boasted a membership of college news services that spanned the country and had members over seas. Should anyone care about the demise of a national student news organization?

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Thompson Claims Victory in Last Mayoral Debate

October 28th, 2009

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Hey-Hey, Ho-Ho! CNN’s Nativist Has to Go! — Update

October 24th, 2009

“We won’t allow the network to court us as viewers while, at the same time, they allow Dobbs to spread lies and misinformation about us each night,” Roberto Lovato, a founding member of Presente.org, was quoted in the New York Times as saying about CNN’s Lou Dobbs. Also wrote the NY Times reporter: “The hypocrisy, critics say, lies in CNN’s decision to woo Hispanic viewers with a prime-time documentary while still giving Mr. Dobbs a nightly forum.”

Full story here.

Definitely Not Warp Speed, Not Quite Coup de Grace

October 23rd, 2009

Mayoral Candidate William C. Thompson III appeared at the Kaye Playhouse yesterday evening and pictures and photos are still being processed. Definitely not warped speed here. Nevertheless, the WORD’s Jonathan Mena was there blogging and Twittering live.

Wrapping Up

Wrapping Up

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Hey-Hey, Ho-Ho! CNN’s Nativist Has to Go!

October 20th, 2009

On Eve of CNN’s ‘Latino in America’ Series, Demands Grow for CNN to Dump Lou Dobbs

Events planned in more than 20 cities represent growing backlash to the network’s October 21-22 special in light of CNN’s continued support of Lou Dobbs. New Yorkers to gather in front of Time Warner/CNN Headquarter, 4 p.m. tomorrow.

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The Fifth Circle of Hell: Resistance Is Futile

October 18th, 2009

Prescient signs: The smack, smack, smacking of students smacking the wall.

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Who Won the First Mayoral Debate? That’s Easy to Answer

October 15th, 2009

By Senior Editor/Producer Jonathan Mena

The Daily News dubbed the first Mayoral debates the “brawl for the hall” but it was more of a minor skirmish. I call it a draw. They jabbed but neither pugilist landed a knockout blow. The debate, held at El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem, was the first time both candidates met nose to nose and marked Thompson’s first video-true introduction to New Yorkers.

Both faired poorly when asked about the low numbers of Latinos in their administrations, about 10 percent of their workforce. Thompson said 60 percent of his workers were people of color and, in what was the funniest moment of the debate, Bloomberg said in Spanish that he would increase the actual numbers of minorities tomorrow (which is today).
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Bloomberg Vs. Thompson, October 13, 2009: Who Won the First Mayoral Debate?

October 13th, 2009
Thompson, post debate, at the Chimney, 105 Street & Second Avenue

Thompson, post debate, at the Chimney, 105 Street & Second Avenue

William C. Thompson and several heavyweight City and State Democratic pols showed up at this hip East Harlem bar after the debate. The answer (actually a response) to the Who Won? should be forthcoming. This writer wants to see what the big dailies will be splashing tomorrow.

Also, who will answer the big question?

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It’s Hard to Get Excited About Old News, That Is, That Fox News Is a Scribe of the Republican Party

October 12th, 2009

New York Daily News headline: White House: Fox News ‘a wing of the Republican Party’. Why is the New York Daily News so excited about the Obama administration’s dated communique about Fox? Don’t the editors/reporters there keep an eye on Robert Greenwald and Media Matters for America?

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D:F/M Faculty Meeting, October 7: Tower of Babble

October 12th, 2009

If institutions of higher learning desire academic honesty, they must be institutions of obvious integrity, places where students, faculty, and administrators seek truth and wisdom and technical expertise in an environment marked by trust, honesty, respect, fairness, responsibility, and courage. — Peg Hogan, Former President, The Center for Academic Integrity.

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