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Last week President Obama told Fox news that America faces the possibility of a “double-dip” recession. He stated this while in China, of all places, which is a country that has made an astounding stimulus investment to create jobs for its citizens, holds the winning hand in trade balance with the US, [...]
Fox News: We Distort, You Decide
In light of Jon Stewart from the Daily show having recently busted Sean Hannity of Fox news, I thought I would add another video link to the videos page.
Staff members working for Jon Stewart noticed that Sean Hannity used footage from Glenn Beck’s “912 Project” so it would appear that there were bigger crowds at [...]
News From The Net 10-25-09
10/25/09
Fox’s news programs echo its “opinion” shows…
Fox News has responded to White House criticisms of its network by claiming that while its "editorial" programs are filled with "vibrant opinion," its news hours are straight and objective. However, Fox News’ purportedly straight news programs echo its "editorial" programs: Media Matters for America has compiled a non-exhaustive [...]
News From The Net 10-22-09
10/22/09
U.S. Spies Buy Stake in Firm That Monitors Blogs, Tweets
America’s spy agencies want to read your blog posts, keep track of your Twitter updates — even check out your book reviews on Amazon.
In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes [...]
News From The Net 10-18-09
10/18/09
Wall Street’s Naked Swindle
On Tuesday, March 11th, 2008, somebody — nobody knows who — made one of the craziest bets Wall Street has ever seen. The mystery figure spent $1.7 million on a series of options, gambling that shares in the venerable investment bank Bear Stearns would lose more than half their value in nine [...]
