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Amarillo Globe News

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:54:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: (AP Photo/Michael Schumacher - Amarillo Globe News) Flames blazed more than 400 feet high above a natural gas line explosion that rocked Bushland, ...

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(AP Photo/Michael Schumacher - Amarillo Globe News) Flames blazed more than 400 feet high above a natural gas line explosion that rocked Bushland, ...

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Fort Hood Texas Shooting

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:46:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A shooting at the Ft. Hood Army base in Texas this afternoon has left at least 12 people dead and 31 wounded. ABC News identified one of the shooters as Maj ...

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A shooting at the Ft. Hood Army base in Texas this afternoon has left at least 12 people dead and 31 wounded. ABC News identified one of the shooters as Maj ...

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20 20 Rihanna Interview Video - 20/20 ABC News

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:29:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: 20 20 Rihanna Interview Video - 20/20 ABC News

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20 20 Rihanna Interview Video - 20/20 ABC News

Breaking News Fort Hood

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:13:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The Collegiate Times has confirmed that Nidal Malik Hasan, who allegedly shot dead 12 fellow soldiers in Fort Hood, is a 1995 Tech graduate. ...

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The Collegiate Times has confirmed that Nidal Malik Hasan, who allegedly shot dead 12 fellow soldiers in Fort Hood, is a 1995 Tech graduate. ...

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Maj Hasan the Ft Hood shooter abc News

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:56:35 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Maj Hasan the Ft Hood Texas shooter on abc News.

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shooting in downtown orlando

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:16:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: shooting in downtown orlando

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shooting in downtown orlando

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A media orgy of rumors, speculation and falsehoods

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:07:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It's worth focusing on what the major media did last night, and one can use the Hot Air compilation to examine that. I understand that in the early stages of significant and complex news stories, it's to be expected that journalists will have incomplete and even inaccurate information. It's unreasonable to expect them to avoid errors entirely. The inherently confusing nature of a mass shooting like this, combined with the need to rely on second-hand or otherwise unreliable sources (including, sometimes, official ones), will mean that even conscientious reporters end up with inaccurate information in cases like this. That's all understandable and inevitable.

But shouldn't there be some standards governing what gets reported and what is held back? Particularly in a case like this -- which, for obvious reasons, has the potential to be quite inflammatory on a number of levels -- having the major media "report" completely false assertions as fact can be quite harmful. It's often th

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Last night, right-wing blogger (and law professor) Glenn Reynolds promoted this media analysis from right-wing blogger (and Los Angeles Assistant District Attorney) Patterico regarding coverage of the Fort Hood shootings. Patterico wrote: "Whenever there is breaking news, it’s good to keep a few things in mind: . . . Always follow Allahpundit" -- referring to one of the two bloggers at Michelle Malkin's Hot Air site.

Upon reading that, I went to Hot Air to read what he had written, and it's actually quite revealing -- not in terms of what it reveals about Hot Air (that topic wouldn't warrant a post) but, rather, what it reveals about major media coverage of these sorts of events. Allahpundit's post consists of a very thorough, contemporaneous, and -- at times -- appropriately skeptical chronicling of what major media outlets were reporting about the Fort Hood attack,

Tags: msm, media, shootings, breaking news, 24h news cycle, salon, glenn greenwald

Keep the government out of the news business

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:39:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Turning to Washington for help to save the declining news business says much about the mentality of mainstream journalism leaders, an attitude that we and the government are on the same side. This is the mentality that led to the news establishment’s acceptance of the Iraq War.

Go to the clip to learn what happened to Mother Jones after becoming a tax exempt non-profit after it reported on lobbying in Washington.

Once you allow the government or private corporation to have any controlling link to the media you lose independence. Editors become fearful of criticizing the hand that feeds it. Publishers and benefactors become cozy and unbiased reports become fewer and fewer. Journalism becomes a de facto advertisement for consumer products.

We hope in the future we’ll see more I.F. Stones, more guerrilla warriors on the Web, in print and on the air. Because of them—and not because of a government handout—great reporting will survive, as it always has.

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

As news organizations shed decent salaries, reasonable working conditions and job security, the business is heading toward a day when it will attract only inquisitive, rebellious misfits. From this group will emerge a few who are talented, tough and driven enough to become the I.F. Stones of the 21st century

Izzy Stone was a muckraking liberal anti-Cold War journalist who couldn’t get a job during the McCarthy era and went out on his own with the one-man I.F. Stone’s Weekly.

“I made no claim to inside stuff—obviously a radical reporter in those days had few pipelines into the government,” wrote Stone

I tried to dig the truth out of hearings, official transcripts and government documents, and to be as accurate as possible

In the worst days of the witch hunt and cold war, I felt like a guerilla warrior, swooping down in surprise attack on a stuffy bureaucracy where it least expected independent inquiry

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Bachmann at Capitol House Call 11/5/09

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:39:08 GMT

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Bachmann at Capitol House Call 11/5/09

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Michele Bachmann's opening remarks at the "House Call" rally on the Capitol steps, before the vote on the Obama Health Care Bill.

Michele Bachmann House Call Rally Health Care Vote 11/5/2009

Category: News & Politics

Tags: news & politics, news, politics, michele bachmann, michele bachmann house call, rally, health care vote 11/5/2009,

Emraan and Soha indulge

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:43:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: When director Kunal Deshmukh informed Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan that for their film Tum Mile , they would have to indulge in some 'twisted postures', the actors certainly wouldn't have guess what was their in the offering. And no, before they could begin worrying about the intentions of Deshmukh and the Bhatts, Emraan and Soha could afford to breathe easy when told that it was just going to be a game after all. A game, which was called 'Twister', and was required to be played for a key sequence in the romantic number 'Tu Hi Haqeeqat'.

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Emraan and Soha indulge

When director Kunal Deshmukh informed Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan that for their film Tum Mile , they would have to indulge in some 'twisted postures', the actors certainly wouldn't have guess what was their in the offering. And no, before they could begin worrying about the intentions of Deshmukh and the Bhatts, Emraan and Soha could afford to breathe easy when told that it was just going to be a game after all. A game, which was called 'Twister', and was required to be played for a key sequence in the romantic number 'Tu Hi Haqeeqat'.

Tags: bollywood news, emraan and soha indulge, imran and soha, latest news

pacquiao vs cotto fight

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:21:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Manny Pacquiao Versus Miguel Cotto - FIREPOWER - November 14 at the MGM Grand - Latest news, updates, stories and announcements for the upcoming fight.

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Manny Pacquiao Versus Miguel Cotto

November 14, MGM Grand, Las Vegas

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Fort Hood Shooting Suspect is Alive and in Custody

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:24:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: BREAKING NEWS ~ Watch Live Lt. Gen. Robert Cone:

Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

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Vertical News Ticker Script

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:04:55 GMT

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Clip Source: asp.hscripts.com

This free news ticker is a unique script that helps users to display or show latest news or updates in a vertical scrolling format in their web pages. The text will stop scrolling when mouse is moved over.

Vertical News Ticker Script

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Don't Portray Obama or Global Governance in a 'Negative Light'

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:58:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Obama's media liaison meets with Fox News (Satire). Pardon, it just fits so well.

Proof of appropriateness of this from this article here in Dec. 2008

It's a record-setting press honeymoon.

President-elect Barack Obama has received the most positive campaign news coverage on the main network news shows in the 20-year history of such studies by the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA).

Wonder when the media, other than Fox, will end the love fest and start reporting people's fears and concerns about the Agenda, and without similar V tactics from the White House.

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TOO LITTLE OF A GOOD THING

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:31:17 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Too Little of a Good Thing

The good news is that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a k a the Obama stimulus plan, is working just about the way textbook macroeconomics said it would. But that’s also the bad news — because the same textbook analysis says that the stimulus was far too small given the scale of our economic problems. Unless something changes drastically, we’re looking at many years of high unemployment.

And the really bad news is that “centrists” in Congress aren’t able or willing to draw the obvious conclusion, which is that we need a lot more federal spending on job creation.

About that good news: not that long ago the U.S. economy was in free fall. Without the recovery act, the free fall would probably have continued, as unemployed workers slashed their spending, cash-strapped state and local governments engaged in mass layoffs, and more.

The stimulus didn’t completely eliminate these effects, but it was enough to break the vicious circle of economic decline.

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