TOP STORIES
Jerk or genius, TV’s Stephen Colbert boosts US
Remembering ‘Kvetcher in the Rye’ JD Salinger by Greg Palast
ACORN mounts campaign to ‘sting the stinger’ by Daniel Tencer
Rahm Emanuel will really, really not like hosting this mental disabilities panel
CORPORATE POWER
How corporations secretly move millions to fund political ads by Brad Jacobson
Dems consider constitutional amendment to combat campaign finance decision
ACLU may reverse course on campaign finance limits from NY Sun
The end of the corporate zombie? from Huffington Post
BEHIND THE CONSERVATIVE VEIL
Rumsfeld sent Wall St Journal op-ed dismissing torture allegations to Dubya
Report: SarahPAC spent thousands buying copies of Palin’s ‘Going Rogue’
Insurance companies ‘used Tea Party’ to try and kill bill by Sahil Kapur
Glenn Beck update: The backpedaling begins by Arianna Huffington
MIDDLE EAST POWER STRUGGLES
Obama’s silent war shocks Pakistan from Guardian UK
Onward Christian soldiers, again from Antiwar.com
Raze illegal buildings, unless they are Jewish settlements
Israeli commander: ‘We rewrote the rules of war for Gaza’ from The Independent
BROADCAST POLITICS
FCC gives Native American tribes priority to obtain radio licenses
Obama wants you to create the next YouTube by Megan Tady
Countdown begins for end of Olbermann’s ‘Countdown’
Obama is obligated to sue Rush Limbaugh for demotion from True/Slant
JOURNALISM & PRESS FREEDOM
McChesney & Nichols on ‘Death & Life of American Journalism’ from DN!
Novaya Gazeta, publisher of assassinated journo, site back online after attack
College journalists included in proposed amendment to Maryland shield law
Anti-Govt protest covered by bloggers, ignored by Russian media
THE LATEST WATERGATE
What if the Landrieu phone plot perpetrators were liberal or Muslim?
High jinks to handcuffs for Landrieu provocateur from NY Times
Landrieu phone plot: Men arrested have links to intelligence community
Is this the same Stan Dai arrested for trying to bug Landrieu’s office?
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CINEMA
Wal-Mart, Target put squeeze on Redbox from Business Week
Movie Gallery files bankruptcy, closing 760 stores
Hollywood loses key battle over illegal downloads
Surveying video art and alternative media 1968-1980 from Cineaste
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