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Tuesday, February 07, 2006



Artists are by nature versatile and precise; they only repine when involved with the monotonous and the makeshift.
-Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One

In the early 1990's every Bell company . . . made commitments to rewire America, state by state: The manipulations, deceptions and broken promises are documented in detail The $200 Billion Broadband Scandal, by Bruce Kushnick

The Blog, The Press, The Media: Fresh insight with a kick: What Are Op-Eds For?
What are op-eds for? It is neither illegal nor immoral to write about something while having financial ties to private industry

Ever since the Cato Institute fired syndicated columnist Doug Bandow over the revelation that disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff had asked and paid him to write articles favorable to his clients, the Left and some in the media have launched a witch hunt against conservative writers with links to private industry. Yet, during this burning time, no one is asking the question: What are opinion pieces for? The question has not arisen because some on the Right, by acquiescing to the Left's desire for blood, are building the pyres themselves. The question needs to be asked, and the Left will hate the answer.


• When journalists go from keeping secrets about sources to expecting sources to keep secrets about them, something in the media has begun to stink with self-importance Fact-checking investigative reporters [On February 1, 1979, the Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran after fifteen years of exile The University of Chicago Press has a new blog The Chicago Blog ; Luxury car maker BMW has had its German website blacklisted by Google after it was caught trying to artificially boost its popularity ranking on the world's leading internet search engine Google 'death penalty' for BMW site ]
• · In the absence of hurricanes, terrorist attacks, or lawyer-led coups, I don't watch any TV news programs, and haven't for years ... Maximum Amount $1,000 Blogging for Progress Scholarship; How Citizen Reporters Work
• · · Findory Neighbors: Media Dragon ; Truck Art
• · · · A fresh approach to giving the news Philly Inquirer changes its thinking on news presentation; Google sells its soul, and ours
• · · · · Yale Gets Million To Train Journalists I think j-school is a giant waste of time; More than 40 per cent of school students are chronically sleep deprived Tired teens tap in to SMS
• · · · · · White Pages - We Surrender Free Australian Blogs ; An Australian website has published the cartoons of the prophet Muhammed that sparked riots among Islamic militants Political commentator Tim Blair : Cartoons by Blair : Danish Cartoon Furore: Links post