In 1994, John Bolton, nominee to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said the following about the institution he now seeks to join: “The Secretariat building in New York has 38 stories. If you lost 10 stories today it wouldn’t make a bit of difference.” [Click to enlarge]
Monthly Archives: April 2005
Apr 28
Deadline News
New Public Broadcasting Chief Wants Conservative Viewers “Does public television belong to the Democrats?” he asks. Sam Donaldson On Network News: “I think it’s dead.” “…if someone shot the President, which network would you turn to? It will be cable, the Internet–something other than General Hospital being interrupted.” Future of American Media Caucus …six Members [...]
Apr 28
PopeTV – All Pope All The Time
With the selection of Cardinal Ratzinger as the new Pope, The Vatican is announcing the launch of PopeTV. This new media venture will exploit the assets of existing television news networks by piggy-backing on their programming. They have already demonstrated the effectiveness of this business model with their application of the ubiquitous VaticanCam. Fox, CNN, [...]
Apr 06
Persistent Legislative State
With the passage by Congress of the Terri Schiavo law, we have successfully completed our transformation from a nation of free citizens to a collection of Politi-borgs whose most personal and private affairs will now be dictated by government institutions. The feeding tube is securely fastened and the capital drips are gushing. The media environment [...]
Apr 06
Supreme Court Takes Shield Law From Media, Gives It To Lying Politicians
By declining to hear the appeal of a Pennsylvania publisher last week, the Supreme Court let stand a ruling that may allow a newspaper to be held liable for defamation simply for reporting the news. In 1995, the Daily Local News in West Chester, PA., published an account of borough Councilman William T. Glenn Sr. [...]
Apr 04
Single Informant Theory
It’s been two years since the onset of the Bush administration’s mis-adventure’s in Iraq. By now, everyone knows that the tales spun by an obediant media into a gullible public about weapons of mass destruction were, indeed, lies. The masquerade continues. The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilitites of the United States Concerning Weapons of Mass [...]
