The candidates may not ask each other direct questions. The candidates shall not address each other with proposed pledges. The candidates will refrain from acknowledging that anyone else is in the room. Prior to the debate, each candidate must submit any paper, pens and/or pencils to the Commission staff. Prior to the debate, audience members [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2004
Sep 21
Still Unreported: The Pay-off in Bush Air Guard Fix
Greg Palast, our man in London, continues to be the zealous over-achiever repeatedly scooping his countrymen in the U.S. In this article he adds new substance to the controversy surrounding Bush’s alledged stint in the Texas national Guard.
Sep 21
A Zeal For Secrecy
Bill Moyers, in a speech before the Society of Professional Journalists, offerred his much-heralded insight into the obsession for secrecy of modern government. Some highlights: President Bush’s chief of staff ordered a review that lead to 6,000 documents being pulled from government Web sites. The Department of Defense banned photos of military caskets being returned [...]
Sep 21
Ashcroft: 0 for 5,000
David Cole writes for The Nation that the Justice Department’s war on domestic terrorism is pitifully unproductive. On September 2 a federal judge in Detroit threw out the only jury conviction the Justice Department has obtained on a terrorism charge since 9/11. In October 2001, shortly after the men were initially arrested, Attorney General John [...]
Sep 15
Blogs Take Lead Role In CBS Memo Furor
It was bound to happen. The media is doing such a bad job of investigating, analyzing, and delivering the news, that even Investor’s Business Daily is touting the oft-maligned blogosphere for their journalistic prowess. In the same way the market sifts and analyzes information stocks far better than any individual investor or institution ever could, [...]
Sep 08
Cheney – Fear Mongrel
Vice-President Dick Cheney is warning Americans that if they “make the wrong choice” this November it will result in more terrorist attacks. This shockingly transparent attempt at fear-mongering does nothing to advance the campaign dialogue and, in fact, insults all Americans by suggesting that they cannot make a free decision without assuming responsibility for catastrophe [...]
Sep 08
Future Unclear For 527 Ads As 60-Day Window Arrives
AdWeek is reporting that the environment for election ads may be altering course. …due to the 60-day window, all ads must now be financed using “hard” money and be subject to party- and candidate-ad rules, including claiming responsibility for the message in the creative–or face further restrictions. The 527s have been a persistent peculiarity in [...]
Sep 08
Variety: Media Congloms Muzzling Dissent
Now even the pre-eminent mouthpiece for the entertainment industry is awash in the revelation that the media is virtually incapable of tolerating dissenting views. This is particularly true when those views are contrary to the interests of their corporate owners. From the article: Not only were hundreds of thousands of demonstrators in New York dismissed [...]
Sep 07
The Simple Life
Coming this Fall on Fox They’re rich. They’re sexy. They’re totally OUT-OF-CONTROL! Be sure not to miss any of the outrageous antics as Jenna and Barbara try to fit in with the common folk. It’s a laugh riot that will leave you in stitches. Next week’s episode: The Bush twins invade Iraq. Performing their patriotic [...]
Sep 05
Go FOX Yourself
Vice-President Dick Cheney, complaining that the liberal media is once again reporting distortions about him, explains that he never told Senator Leahy to go fuck himself. He actually was suggesting that the Senator might enjoying viewing programs on the Fox cable network.
Sep 04
Why The Media Is Dead
Our nation began as an ambitious experiment in democracy that was bound to face many challenges. Chief among those is that, in order for a government to be directed by its citizens, the citizens must be educated and informed. In recent years, this phase of our experiment has hit a wall. We have many problems [...]
