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Would Scott Pelley Go To Jail To Protect a Source? Analysis of The Newsroom,...
Daniel Ellsberg once said that he got the Pentagon Papers out to impress a woman. In his book Secrets Duncan Campbell at the Guardian said this about Ellsberg’s story. “It is also, in a way, a love...
View ArticleThe Pressures That Change the Media’s Views on War and Torture
As a person who has had his brain physically removed once, mentally transferred twice (not to mention controlled, rebooted and sped up) I think a lot about what influences, controls and re-configures...
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Who Should Get Their Comeuppance in 2015? How Will You Make It So?
So I’m reading year-end news wrap-ups and I’m thinking, “I want to see some of these sick bastards get their comeuppance next year!” I’m tired of reading these phrases, “Nobody was fired for…” “Nobody...
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UPDATE: Brokaw Reportedly Wants Williams Fired for Iraq War Story “Mistake”
Wednesday Travis J. Tritten at Stars and Stripes did an exclusive story about Brian William’s actual experience while in a helicopter in Iraq in 2003 vs. the narrative that he either helped create or...
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What Was In the Purse Neil Armstrong’s Widow Found in Their Closet?
After Neil Armstrong’s death his widow, Carol, discovered a white, cloth bag in a closet, containing flight and space related artifacts. The curator of the Apollo collection at the Smithsonian’s...
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Torture Supporters have Better PR and Marketing People
On the most beautiful sunny day of the year in San Francisco I took a train to the East Bay then walked up a hill into a windowless room to listen to five experts talk about torture. This was my idea...
View Article3 Easy Steps to Change the Media’s Views on War & Torture
These days I’m like Mr. Spock in the dark, parallel universe of Star Trek. I see our leadership going down the wrong path regarding the use of war and torture. It’s an illogical, fear-based path, and...
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Forcing Change in Big Media’s Pro-war Bias
Yesterday I posted some positive steps to get anti-war and anti-torture voices into the media. Today I want to suggest some other steps and some leverage methods to force the issue. I discussed them...
View ArticleAsking If the House of Cards Is Realistic Is the Wrong Question
Sunday Night on Virtually Speaking Digby and I talked about the Leonard Nimoy’s passing and how fiction and fictional characters can shape people’s attitudes. (podcast link here.) Today some friends...
View ArticleWhich States Take Gun Laws Seriously?
The above video is designed to tell people which states are better for criminals who want to get guns. It is designed to be funny. It’s a Funny or Die video, so you can vote on it. Part of comedy is...
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