Minnesota Public Radio has done [http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/12/14_helmsm_advertainment/ its own feature] about KARE's conversion to advertainment.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette re-ran [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05347/621668.stm most of the Wall Street Journal article]. And the WSJ has put up samples of [http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-ghost0512-08.html some of the internal company documents] used to develop the reporting.
Editor and Publisher also has a couple of stories about the Bandow scandal, titled "[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001699832 Bandow, Syndicated Columnist, Admits Taking Money from Abramoff]" and "[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001700011 Cal Thomas and Connie Schultz Weigh in on Bandow Payola Scandal]."
Thomas, a conservative columnist himself, says what Bandow did was "a big no-no" that "damages the credibility of everybody ... I'm getting tired of this." Other conservative columnists, including [[Armstrong Williams]], have also gotten caught recently in similar payola scandals.
Schultz, a Pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, says she is "outraged" and "appalled" that Bandow describes his actions as a "lapse in judgment." She noted that "a lapse suggests a temporary or accidental stumble, while he admits to taking money from Abramoff '12 to 24 times' at $2,000 or so a pop. At that rate, it had become a second income."
She noted that although the payola scandals have all involved conservative pundits, the scandal hurts columnists of all ideologies. "I don't think most readers, when faced with yet another story about yet another corrupt columnist, distinguish between conservative writers and those who are moderate or liberal," she said. "I wish they did, because the pattern is clear, but I don't think that's what happens. We're all tainted by the stain."
As all the info coming to us is mostly in online articles and videos, The White House outsourced propaganda to company's like The Rendon Group. As no-one is able to visit the place of terrorist attacks to make a independent report, faking news is a easy task. Add the fact that Bush & Co. are a fascist group, propagating false propaganda using forged documents like the yellow cake stuff becomes a evil nightmare. James Bamford wrote a couple of articles about the Rendon Group. John Rendon and the U.S. propoganda . I think this goes even further, like the ultimate "1984" scenario, The Infowar Techniques of the Rendon Group: a possible theory : http://crashrecovery.org/rendon/
Well I give you guys credit for at least not showing a headless torso of a chubby child the way the popular press does. Bad enough they have to dehumanize adults that way. The tacky way the mainstream media handles this issue is more damaging to these kids that their own bodies. And if society is really serious about looking at all causes of obesity, they better start looking into endocrine disrupters, growth hormones in the food, and the mothers' dieting habits. They should also stop singling out fat kids and broader the issue to child nutrition. And they should find experts versed in the behaviorial sciences who aren't scared to death of fat, because the hysteria they create is counterproductive. Not that I am against banning junk food ads for kids, or any ads for that matter. I am just sick of obesity being the exclusive boogyman when the issue is much more complex.
Minnesota Public Radio has done [http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/12/14_helmsm_advertainment/ its own feature] about KARE's conversion to advertainment.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette re-ran [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05347/621668.stm most of the Wall Street Journal article]. And the WSJ has put up samples of [http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-ghost0512-08.html some of the internal company documents] used to develop the reporting.
Editor and Publisher also has a couple of stories about the Bandow scandal, titled "[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001699832 Bandow, Syndicated Columnist, Admits Taking Money from Abramoff]" and "[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001700011 Cal Thomas and Connie Schultz Weigh in on Bandow Payola Scandal]."
Thomas, a conservative columnist himself, says what Bandow did was "a big no-no" that "damages the credibility of everybody ... I'm getting tired of this." Other conservative columnists, including [[Armstrong Williams]], have also gotten caught recently in similar payola scandals.
Schultz, a Pulitzer prize-winning columnist at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, says she is "outraged" and "appalled" that Bandow describes his actions as a "lapse in judgment." She noted that "a lapse suggests a temporary or accidental stumble, while he admits to taking money from Abramoff '12 to 24 times' at $2,000 or so a pop. At that rate, it had become a second income."
She noted that although the payola scandals have all involved conservative pundits, the scandal hurts columnists of all ideologies. "I don't think most readers, when faced with yet another story about yet another corrupt columnist, distinguish between conservative writers and those who are moderate or liberal," she said. "I wish they did, because the pattern is clear, but I don't think that's what happens. We're all tainted by the stain."
As all the info coming to us is mostly in online articles and videos, The White House outsourced propaganda to company's like The Rendon Group. As no-one is able to visit the place of terrorist attacks to make a independent report, faking news is a easy task. Add the fact that Bush & Co. are a fascist group, propagating false propaganda using forged documents like the yellow cake stuff becomes a evil nightmare. James Bamford wrote a couple of articles about the Rendon Group. John Rendon and the U.S. propoganda . I think this goes even further, like the ultimate "1984" scenario, The Infowar Techniques of the Rendon Group: a possible theory : http://crashrecovery.org/rendon/
Well I give you guys credit for at least not showing a headless torso of a chubby child the way the popular press does. Bad enough they have to dehumanize adults that way. The tacky way the mainstream media handles this issue is more damaging to these kids that their own bodies. And if society is really serious about looking at all causes of obesity, they better start looking into endocrine disrupters, growth hormones in the food, and the mothers' dieting habits. They should also stop singling out fat kids and broader the issue to child nutrition. And they should find experts versed in the behaviorial sciences who aren't scared to death of fat, because the hysteria they create is counterproductive. Not that I am against banning junk food ads for kids, or any ads for that matter. I am just sick of obesity being the exclusive boogyman when the issue is much more complex.
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