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Confronted with Disclosure Demands, Fake News Moguls Cry "Censorship!"
Be afraid, be very afraid! If television stations are required to abide by existing regulations and label the corporate and government propaganda they routinely pass off as "news," the First Amendment will be shredded, the freedom of the press repealed, and TV stations will collapse overnight!
Is "Vets for Freedom" A Republican Front Group?
Who and what is behind the organization Vets for Freedom, a lobby group for staying the Administration's course in the war in Iraq? Contributors to our investigative website SourceWatch are wondering exactly that. The current article can be reached by clicking here on the name Vets for Freedom.
Scandals, Scandals, Scandals -- Part II: The Investigations
Add new revelations that House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) may be under investigation by the Justice Department to the FBI’s recent raids on Rep.
Technorati-Edelman Mashup
Technorati, the leading search engine devoted specifically to bloggers, has partnered with the Edelman PR firm. According to Technorati vice president Peter Hirshberg, Edelman is providing support for an "accelerated development effort" to create Technorati offerings in languages including Chinese, Korean, German, Italian and French.
Baghdad's Best Blogger
The blogger formerly known as Salam Pax has written a new post describing the current environment of chaos and fear in Iraq:
Achenbach's Back
Every once in awhile Joel Achenbach's name crosses my viewfinder. We were both undergraduates at the same time at Princeton, although our paths never really crossed socially. The first time he really caught my attention, actually, was a few years after we graduated, when the Princeton Alumni Weekly reprinted a hilarious column he wrote for the Miami Herald, satirizing the way television dumbs people down.
It's Clobberin' Time
Our senior researcher, Diane Farsetta, is one "bad mamma jamma" according to the author of "The Quincy Dump," who interviewed her for his blog about the Fake TV News report that she co-wrote and researched with Dan Price.
Scandals, Scandals, Scandals.
The biggest news in the Capitol this week was undoubtedly the May 20 raid of the congressional offices of Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) by FBI agents.