Posted in News, Video, WWW, tagged Amy Goodman, Andrew Romanoff, Campus Progress, Comcast, Common Cause, Consortium News, Daniel Ellsberg, Huffington Post, net neutrality, Project Censored, propaganda, Ray McGovern, Robert Parry, SPLC, Truthdig, War in Iraq, Wikileaks on April 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Collateral murder in Iraq by Amy Goodman
Fox continues CBS, ABC, CNN propaganda to attack Iran from Project Censored
Ray McGovern’s letter to Robert Parry on Daniel Ellsberg
University paper battles restrictive media policy from SPLC
Apologist says now isn’t ‘right time’ for cracking down on unpaid internships
Comcast court victory a major setback to net neutrality efforts
Andrew Romanoff: Fighting for net neutrality from Huffington Post
Posted in News, WWW, tagged abstinence-only education, Alternet, Amy Goodman, bank bailout, campaign finance reform, Citizens United, Climate Change, Common Dreams, David Swanson, Elizabeth Warren, Fox News, George Lakoff, Google, Greenpeace, Huffington Post, Josh Silver, marijuana, Mediaite, Naomi Wolf, press freedom, propaganda, Stephen C Webster, stimulus, student loans, Supreme Court, Tea Party, True/Slant, Truthdig, Truthout, Verizon on March 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »
TOP STORIES
US oil company donated millions to climate skeptic groups, says Greenpeace
The obscenity of war by Amy Goodman
Citizens united against Citizens United by David Swanson
Police: Teaching kids to mistrust govt. makes couple ‘unsuitable’ parents
FINANCIAL SHENANIGANS
Bailed out banks are even more powerful now than before the crisis
Elizabeth Warren: Bank lobbyists fought for very thing they’re now against
Supreme Court hands victory to mutual fund industry
Student loans: Govt. is now officially in the banking business
TECHNOLOGY POLITICS
Google goes evil, gets in bed with Verizon by Josh Silver
PR firm behind propaganda videos given $25M stimulus contract
Google says China’s ‘great firewall’ blocked search
Fox News has best quarter in network history from Mediaite
POLITICAL INTRIGUE
Thanks health bill, for $250M back to abstinence-only education
Naomi Wolf thinks Tea Parties help fight fascism from Alternet
Brown vs. Democracy in California by George Lakoff
Posted in News, WWW, tagged Antiwar.com, ASCAP, Barack Obama, Bill Moyers, Bruce Springsteen, CJR, CNET, Daily Beast, Daily Show, Daniel Ellsberg, Democracy Now, Dial Up Rocks, Ellliot Spitzer, Extraordinary Edition, FAIR, Focus on the Family, GigaOm, Glenn Greenwald, Howard Zinn, Huffington Post, Jon Stewart, Lawrence Lessig, National Journal, NORML, NPR, Raw Story, Ron Paul, rural broadband, Student Press Law Center, Sue Wilson, TARP, Truthout, William Rivers Pitt on February 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Jon Stewart skewers headlines of lefty blogs
Posted in News, Video, WWW, tagged Ansel Herz, CNN, Common Dreams, Counterpunch, Democracy Now, Eric Boehlert, George Clooney, Huffington Post, JG, Max Blumenthal, Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, Raw Story, Samuel Dalembert, The Guardian, The Nation, The Smoking Gun, Think Progress, Truthout, Wolf Blitzer, Wyclef Jean, Yele Haiti Foundation on January 15, 2010| 1 Comment »
Ansel Herz, US journalist on the ground in Haiti, interviewed by Wolf Blitzer
As aid efforts flounder, Haitians rely on each other by Ansel Herz
Exiled in S. Africa, former president Aristide wants to return from Democracy Now
IMF leverages crisis, offering loans with neoliberal conditions from The Nation
Naomi Klein: Stop disaster capitalists before they strike again
How Washington’s plot worsened the earthquake disaster by Max Blumenthal
Control & exploitation: Our role in Haiti’s plight from The Guardian UK
What you’re not hearing about Haiti but should be from Common Dreams
Bush is responsible for destroying Haitian democracy from Democracy Now
George W Bush joins relief effort, despite ordering coup! from Think Progress
UPS not shipping for free, American Airlines not flying for free from CNN
As wallets open for Haiti, credit card companies take a big cut from Huff Po
Truth about Wyclef Jean’s shady Yele Haiti Foundation from The Smoking Gun
NBA’s only Haitian player Sam Dalembert gives $100,000 from Democracy Now
Fox News has no idea how to cover the Haiti crisis by Eric Boehlert
Haiti ambassador shames ‘utterly stupid’ Pat Robertson from Raw Story
George Clooney and MTV Networks working on Haiti telethon for Jan. 22
Max Blumenthal on Dubya’s role in Haitian coup from Democracy Now (2004)
JG on The Haiti boomerang from Counterpunch (2004)
Noam Chomsky on The tragedy of Haiti from Truthout (1993)
Posted in News, WWW, tagged AIG, Bill Moyers, Bono, broadband plan, CNET, community organizing, Conan O'Brien, Counterpunch, Daily Beast, Facebook, FCC, gay marriage, Huffington Post, Jay Leno, Multichannel News, Natural News, net neutrality, privacy, Project Censored, Rachel Maddow, Reclaim the Media, Shepard Fairey, Stephen C Webster, Teamsters, Telephony Online, Tim Geithner, TV Everywhere on January 10, 2010| 1 Comment »
TECHNOLOGY
Why is the White House backing away from net neutrality?
FCC delays new national broadband plan for another month
‘TV Everywhere’ takes even more public interest advocacy heat
TASER’s new weapon: Mobile phone monitoring for parents
POLITICS
How the Teamsters beat Goldman Sachs, saved 30,000 jobs
Maddow: Giuliani’s ‘whole brand’ based on exploiting 9/11
Doing journalism in 2010 is an act of community organizing
Palin’s inaccuracies helped McCain lessen vote margin in ’08
CULTURE
Prop. 8: Fight over gay marriage going to trial in federal court
Army soldier imprisoned for lyrics of ‘Stop Loss’ hip hop song
Conan, Leno to fight in a pit, whoever wins ‘gets to leave NBC’
The age of privacy is over, says Facebook founder Zuckerberg
ECONOMY
Impact of Urban Wal-Mart study: 0 jobs brought to Chicago
For unemployed professionals, new job often means a pay cut
House committee wants Geithner to testify on AIG bailout $
Bill Moyers: Wall Street is riding a ‘surging ocean of greed’
ETC
Bono, your Palestinian Gandhis exist, in graves and prisons
Ecuador to grant radio frequencies to its indigenous nations
USDA has no problem with ammonia in our hamburger meat
Posted in News, WWW, tagged Antiwar Radio, Ars Technica, Byron Dorgan, Cecilia Kang, Chris Dodd, Ed Schultz, Electronic Intifada, Gaza, Huffington Post, Jack Daniel, James Ridgeway, Matthew Lasar, Michael Steele, Mother Jones, Nexus One, Nieman Lab, Raw Story, Tea Party, TV Everywhere, ZNet on January 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
SF commemorates Israeli siege on Gaza
Commemorating the assault on Gaza one year ago from Electronic Intifada Â
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Witness: I saw 2nd man arrested after landing in Detroit from Antiwar Radio Â
Confronting liberal objections to left criticism of Obama, Dems from ZNet Â
Pioneering newswoman’s obit draws venomous comments from Raw Story Â
Civil rights lawyer Jack Daniel passes away at 60 from Fresno Bee Â
TECHNOLOGYÂ Â
DOJ to take up antitrust review of Comcast-NBC deal by Cecilia Kang
TV Everywhere: Gift to consumers or plot to kill online TV? by Matthew Lasar Â
Mother Jones looks at the airport scanner scam by James Ridgeway Â
Google’s online store bigger story than Nexus One phone from Ars Technica Â
What qualifies as Spotlight story on Google News? from Nieman J- Lab Â
2010 ELECTIONSÂ Â
Worst GOP cash flow in a decade blamed on Tea Party, Michael Steele, waste Â
Senator Chris Dodd and Senator Byron Dorgan will not seek re-election Â
Radio host Ed Schultz asked to run for Dorgan’s Senate seat Â
The amazing job prospects for Dodd, Dorgan & their staffs from Huffington Post
Posted in News, WWW, tagged Air America Radio, Amanda Simpson, Antiwar Radio, Beyonce, Cindy Sheehan, CNN, Comcast, Huffington Post, John Nichols, Josh Silver, Politico, Prefix Mag, Raw Story, Scott Horton, Sibel Edmonds, TV Everywhere on January 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Comcast killing free online TV?
TV Everywhere? Say goodbye to free online TV by Josh Silver
Entire staff quits after Congress-member defects to GOP from Raw Story
Amanda Simpson is Obama’s 1st transgender appointment from Air America
Tip the balance in favor of family farms & good food by John Nichols
Civil rights hero caught in corruption probe to begin serving from CNN
Editor defends Politico’s Cheney coverage from Huffington Post
Beyonce under fire for throwing concert for Qaddafi son from Prefix Mag
Scott Horton interviews: Sibel Edmonds & Cindy Sheehan from Antiwar Radio
Posted in News, Video, WWW, tagged Huffington Post, Internet radio, John Nichols, Kristina Rizga, LA Times, NY Times, press freedom, shield law, Tech Meme, Tech President, The Hill, Tiny Mix Tapes, TPM Livewire, WireTap Mag, youth activism on December 31, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Top youth activism victories of 2009 from WireTap
Good riddance to decade begun by theft of the presidency by John Nichols
Over 20m people collected unemployment checks in 2009
137 media workers killed during 2009
An extraordinary year in politics from The Hill
10 things that didn’t suck about media in 2009 from Huffington Post
Top 10 cable news moments of 2009 from TPM Livewire
Top 10 objectively biggest tech stories of 2009 from Tech Meme
Obama: When myth meets reality from Tech President
Shielding journalists in the Internet era from LA Times
Internet radio stations are the new wave from NY Times
Fuck love, let’s make dystopia from Tiny Mix Tapes
WireTap Mag says farewell by Kristina Rizga
Posted in News, WWW, tagged ACLU, Amy Goodman, Barack Obama, censorship, Dennis Brutus, FCC, Gaza, Howard Dean, Howard Kurtz, Huffington Post, Jane Hamsher, net neutrality, NPR, Politico, Sahil Kapur, Sam Stein on December 30, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Texas peace activists join coalition to aid Gaza
Obama ends secrecy policy, launches ‘declassification center’
Politico reporter slammed as Cheney ‘stenographer’ by Sahil Kapur
TSA intimidates bloggers who published new airport procedures
ACLU opposes use of full-body scanners by TSA
FCC moving toward creation of new network neutrality rules
Huffington Post doubts reports that book sales are not so bad
LISTEN- How Ebooks might change reading and writing from NPR
Dems want concessions for caving on public option by Sam Stein
Jane Hamsher & Howard Dean can’t be wrong, they make Obama moderate
The poetic justice of Dennis Brutus by Amy Goodman
Howard Kurtz looks back at decade in media from WA Post
Posted in News, WWW, tagged Andy Bichlbaum, Consortium News, CS Monitor, Free Speech Radio News, Huffington Post, Jay Rosen, NPR, NY Times, public media, TPM on December 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »
How astronauts see Earth's deserts
US quietly widens terror war in Yemen: From AFP & From NY Times
Huff Po loves Jay Rosen’s idea for fixing the Sunday morning talk shows
Professor behind nonviolent Iran protests from CS Monitor
Obama’s unheralded nuke progress from Consortium News
LISTEN- Senator blocks TSA nominee over unionization from FSRN
Majority of Tea Party’s spending went to GOP firm that created it from TPM
Canada successfully destroys parody websites by Andy Bichlbaum
NPR calls on Congress to create ‘common public media waiver’ for music rights
Posted in News, WWW, tagged Acorn, AJR, FireDogLake, Guardian, Huffington Post, John Yoo, KCSB, Nonprofit Quarterly, NPR, Politico, Raw Story, Santa Barbara Independent, Talking Points Memo on December 9, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Fire John Yoo activists play with vowels
Obama attorneys defend torture memo author
ACORN: The path to meaningful reform from Nonprofit Quarterly
Climate summit in disarray after ‘Danish text’ leak from Guardian
US tax dollars help fund Taliban attacks from Raw Story
Talking Points Memo launches a DC bureau from AJR
NPR reporter pressured over Fox News role from Politico
5 corporate publishers team up for Hulu of magazines from Huff Po
Why progressive activists are giving Obama a pass from FDL
E Pluribus Unum KCSB, brief history from Santa Barbara Independent
Canadian record industry faces liability over ‘infringement’
Posted in News, WWW, tagged Afro-Netizen, Alternet, Bank of America, Blackwater, broadband stimulus, CIA, CNET, Daily Kos, DJ Spooky, EFF, Electronic Intifada, Erik Prince, GAO, Huffington Post, marijuana, Marilyn Monroe, NY Times, Peter Phillips, Rachel Corrie, shield law, Tech Liberation, Vanity Fair, warrantless wiretaps, Washington Post, Yahoo on December 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Some like it pot
Feinstein and Durbin removing bloggers from shield law bill from Daily Kos
We must not let Big Telecom segregate the Internet from Afro-Netizen
If Congress can kill outlandish Wall St bonuses, why don’t they? from Alternet
Blackwater’s Erik Prince stepping down, revealed as CIA asset from Vanity Fair
Yahoo spying policy would ‘shock’ customers, according to letter
EFF sues feds for info on social network surveillance from CNET
New blogger payola disclosure rules starting from WA Post
Bank of America to repay entire $45b of TARP funds from NY Times
GAO issues warning on broadband stimulus grants from Tech Liberation
Op-ed: Higher ed fiscal crisis protects the wealthy by Peter Phillips
Interview about remixing Antarctica with DJ Spooky from Huffington Post
‘My name is Rachel Corrie’ and Israel’s waning impunity from Electronic Intifada
Posted in News, WWW, tagged Broadcasting & Cable, censorship, Committee to Protect Journalists, Conspiracy Theory, Editor and Publisher, Huffington Post, Institute for Southern Studies, Iraq War, Jesse Ventura, MSNBC, Multichannel News, press freedom, Seattle Times, The Independent, Tim DeChristopher, Twitter, WGXC on December 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Eco activist charged for protest stunt
Activist Tim DeChristopher charged for failing to pay oil bid from Huffington Post
Campaign cash behind the Afghanistan escalation from Inst. for Southern Studies
Morocco silences the pens of its journalists from Committee to Protect Journalists
‘Too few funds’ to rebuild Iraq, inquiry told from The Independent
75,000 copycats of US newspaper content per month from Editor & Publisher
Twitter credited for record site traffic on Seattle Times manhunt coverage
Afghan politician: Surge can only magnify crimes against Afghan people
WGXC: Change in the air of the Hudson Valley
Jesse Ventura: New show Conspiracy Theory; MSNBC paid him off in 2003
Posted in News, WWW, tagged Barack Obama, Ben Smith, Berlin Wall, broadband stimulus, Code Pink, Fairness Doctrine, Gaza, Huffington Post, John Edwards, net neutrality, New Yorker, NY Times, Politico, The Hill, The Nation on November 9, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Peace activist confronts Israeli PM 
Gaza explored from The New Yorker
Berlin Wall 20 years later from NY Times
EFF: Government finally turning over some telecom lobbying docs
6 progressive complaints about House health bill from The Nation
Net neutrality red herrings and how to combat them
Editorial: Who’s afraid of the big, bad Fairness Doctrine?
The Podestas turn change into dollars from HuffPo
Politico’s Ben Smith admits Obama camp fed him Edwards $400 haircut story
Dig trenches for broadband fiber when constructing new roads from The Hill
Posted in News, WWW, tagged Acorn, Amy Goodman, Art Brodsky, Barack Obama, Basta Dobbs, Comcast, CS Monitor, Daily Beast, Huffington Post, John Nichols, marijuana, Media Hacker, net neutrality, News Hunt, NY Times, Phoenix Center, Poynter, Robert McChesney, Save the Internet, shield law, single-payer, SXSW, The Yes Men on October 31, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Clean up Ecuador campaign
Campaign for Chevron justice in Ecuador
Dems strip single-payer proposal from health care overhaul
Crowdsourcing AT&T’s anti-net neutrality campaign by Art Brodsky
US Chamber shuts off TheYesMen.org and 400 other activist sites
White House, Senate agree on media shield law; Vote likely Nov. 5th
Questions surrounding Dobbs’ gunfire incident cast doubt on CNN credibility
Haitian Prime Minister fired by Senate from Media Hacker
Yes, journalists deserve subsidies too by Bob McChesney & John Nichols
What women really want from Save the Internet
Obama: Send condolence letters to parents of soldier suicides by Amy Goodman
Leaked: Dozens of members of Congress under investigation
ACORN scandal: Conservatives’ 25-year goal of de-funding the left revealed
News Hunt ‘bad journalism’ results
Netflix accused of hurting Hollywood’s profits from Public Knowledge
Comcast, GE deal getting closer
Online focus is working for CS Monitor from Poynter
NY Times’ coming Jihad against HuffPo
CNN now in horse race with HuffPo and Daily Beast
Colorado Court of Appeals: Caregivers must do more than just grow marijuana
Telco-funded Phoenix Center flip flops on net neutrality
Posted in News, WWW, tagged Absolute Radio UK, Acorn, Adam Carolla, App Rising, e-voting, FCC, hemp, Huffington Post, iLike, Infinite Dial, Jared Polis, Lala, Liz Cheney, marijuana, Media Shift, National Security Letter, net neutrality, propaganda, Public Knowledge, public media, Rachel Maddow, Raw Story, Save the Internet, Sequoia, TechDirt, torture music, Westword, white spaces on October 22, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Chronic case of denial
Pentagon used psyops on US public from Raw Story
Musicians demand info on their music used for torture
AT&T staff told to complain about net neutrality to FCC
Oops: Sequoia reveals e-voting code from Tech Dirt
Rep. Polis narrowly avoids net neutrality disaster
Broadband stimulus has failed to date from App Rising
Rachel Maddow challenges Liz Cheney: be on my show
New public media models examined from Media Shift
Infinite Dial calls Absolute Radio UK ‘most innovative in the world’
First public white spaces broadband network trial launch in Virginia: 1 2
FBI can continue to gag recipient of National Security Letter
Propaganda now on sale at AT&T store from Public Knowledge
AT&T boss asks employees to fake it from Save the Internet
Over 200,000 calls to Congress in favor of health reform in 1 day
Google partners with iLike and Lala for new music service
Pentagon instructs officials to cancel nonexistent ACORN contracts
Adam Carolla podcast credited for new radio content trend
Denver Westword hiring marijuana critic is national news!
Medical marijuana applicants in Colorado increasing
Hemp: Legalize it and I will industrialize it from Huff Po
Radioactive Gavin
Radioactive Gavin is Out of Print 
News updates from Saturday
Posted in WWW, tagged Allison Kilkenny, Ansel Herz, Bill Moyers, Cindy Sheehan, Commentary Magazine, CPAC, Free Expression Policy Project, Glenn Beck, Huffington Post, Iraq War, John Yoo, Justice Department, Media Channel, Michael Isikoff, Michael Winship, Politico, Rachel Maddow, Ron Paul, Sam Stein, Stephen C Webster, straw poll, Student Press Law Center, The Atlantic, True/Slant on February 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Haiti photo by Ansel Herz
– “Down with occupation, down with stealing NGOs, return Aristide” –
TOP STORIES
Majority of Americans think Iran has the bomb by Allison Kilkenny
Operation New Dawn by Cindy Sheehan
Should we call the IRS attack terrorism? from The Atlantic
What are we bid for American justice? by Bill Moyers & Michael Winship
FREE SPEECH & THE PRESS
Best of 2009 journalism from True Slant
The demise of academic freedom? from Free Expression Policy Project
Why the media silence on Flight 253 hearings? from Media Channel
Attack disrupts access to College Publisher web site from SPLC
NO JUSTICE FOR DISGUSTING TORTURE LAWYERS
Probe clears Yoo for torture advice despite deleted emails by Stephen C Webster
Yoo said Bush could order civilians to be ‘massacred’ by Michael Isikoff
Justice Department’s shoddy investigation exposed from Commentary Magazine
Who asked Yoo and Bybee to write the memos? from Huffington Post
RON PAUL: REAL CONSERVATIVE POLITICS
Ron Paul wins big in CPAC 2010 straw poll by Sam Stein
WATCH- Ron Paul dominates CPAC with largest, loudest audience
Boos as Ron Paul wins CPAC straw poll from Politico
WATCH- Judging CPAC by the free swag by Rachel Maddow
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