Indiana County Is A Presidential Election Oracle Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:45:00 -0400 Residents of Vigo County, Ind., have picked the winner in nearly every presidential election since 1892. When it comes to such elections, the nation has no better bellwether. But this year's contest is anything but clear-cut. McCain Campaign Used To Being The Underdog Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:00:00 -0400 There is a little more than three weeks to go before the presidential election. The latest polls show Republican John McCain is well behind Democrat Barack Obama. Steve Schmidt, McCain's chief operating officer, tells Renee Montagne what the McCain camp will have to do over these next few weeks to close the gap. Clintons Campaign For Obama In Scranton Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:00:00 -0400 Former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) joined Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden in Scranton, Penn. Sunday. The plan was to rally votes for Barack Obama but much of the Clintons speeches reminisced of Hillary's bid for the White House.
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Nick Paumgarten: Facing down the credit crunch. Nick Paumgarten Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000 At ten o’clock Wednesday night, the banker lingered in his office. He was a top-ranking executive at a major global financial institution (he did not want to be identified, because, well, he did not want to be identified), and he had been at work for sixteen hours, monitoring the . . . Lillian Ross: Matt Sax's one-man hip hop show at the Duke. Lillian Ross Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000 Lincoln Center Theatre has never had a rapper on its boards, but this month, as part of a new program to encourage emerging playwrights, it is taking under its wing--and stashing twenty blocks south, at its new two-hundred-seat Duke--the one-man hip-hop show “Clay.” Matt . . . Dana Goodyear: Campaign ’08 Abroad Dana Goodyear Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000 Fukui is a prefecture divided. On the one hand, it is home to Obama, a rustic fishing village on the Sea of Japan. (Obama means “little beach.”) On the other, its capital city--two hours from Obama on the commuter train--is a Republican stronghold: Fukui City, where Sarah Palin’s . . .
Noam Chomsky Archive - Chomsky is one of America's most prominent political dissidents. A renowned professor of linguistics at MIT, he has authored over 30 political books, which repeatedly highlight the vital role of the mainstream media in implictly setting the parameters for debate, and Manufacturing Consent for actrocious policies. The searchable archive contains volumes of papers, and several complete books.
Democracy - Asserts that citizens today find themselves confronted by a bewildering array of hired propagandists paid to convince the public that junk food is nutritious, pollution is harmless, and what's good for big business and big government is good for everyone.
Favor 2000 - FAIR's first annual report on how the powerful shape the news.
Meta Description: [ Introduction Surveys of working journalists have found that they experience pressure from powerful interests, outside and inside the news business, to push some stories and ignore others, and to shape or slant news co ]
, by Noam Chomsky - Article by Chomsky arguing the US and UK are in fact themselves rogue states
Free the Media - Includes a calendar of events, how to get involved, a forum, and a list of resources.
404Media Foresight Society - Forum for discussion on how journalism and news industry is changing. Includes Newstradamus, where stories about media trends from around the web are linked.
Media Tycoon - RealVideo copy of an ABC pilot show made by Australia's John Safran that criticises the media and news reporting. Satirically styled, it includes 'tips' on how to get on the nightly news, how to get a music video on Rage and how to get a movie onto the video shelves.
NutraSweet Soured on the Truth - In 1998, Fox Television stations, allegedly fearful of Monsanto's lawyers, dropped a documentary in which NutraSweet was criticized. Covers the high-profile lawsuit involving the reporters of that program.
Meta Description: [ Steve Wilson & Jane Akre vs Fox Television Stations attempts to coverup Bovine Growth Hormone (BGH) story. ]
Studying the Media - Talk by Noam Chomsky on the power structures in the mainstream media - and on recognising subtle distortions that they implictly encourage.
Take Back the Media - Includes a media ownership chart, how to get involved, and news.
The Television Project - Helps parents understand how television affects their families and community and proposes alternatives that foster positive emotional, cognitive, and spiritual development within families and communities.
Meta Description: [ The Television Project is an educational organization. We help parents understand how television affects their families and community. We propose alternatives that foster positive emotional, cognitive, and spiritual development within families and communities. ]
Treasure State Review - Montana periodical devoted to journalism and justice that is published and edited by Nathaniel Blumberg of WoodFIREAshes Press.
Meta Description: [ Treasure State Review is a Montana periodical devoted to journalism and justice that is published and edited in Big Fork, Montana by Nathaniel Blumberg of WoodFIREAshes Press. ]
