The Media in America: Selling Views, Calling it News
By Prof. John Kozy
America's journalists are not "newshounds." They are nothing more than salesclerks, hocking the products their employers want to sell. The pretty faces that now function as most television news anchors are no different than the pretty models used to sell other products.
Secret Tony Blair and George Bush Iraq letters were kept out of official records:
A transcript of evidence given behind closed doors by Matthew Rycroft, the former prime minister’s private secretary, and released by the inquiry yesterday shows that references to the notes, sent in the year running up to the March 2003 invasion, were removed from official records
UK: I warned Campbell on dossier - official:
A former government official told the Iraq inquiry today that he had warned against publishing the government's "dodgy dossier" but was ignored. The controversial dossier formed the basis of the government's case for invasion and contained the now infamous claim that Iraq could launch weapons of mass destruction at Britain in "45 minutes."
Blair 'Misled MPs on Legality of War' : Law Chief
Soaring food prices will make many go hungry: Austerity-driven policies will make the suffering even worse
Greek default plan report rejected: A report says officials in Germany's finance ministry are working on plans to handle the fall-out if Greece defaults.
Trillion-Dollar Banks Could Get Bigger Under Financial Overhaul Law: The nation's four biggest banks can grow even bigger, with the potential to add at least another trillion dollars onto their balance sheets before they even reach the limits imposed by the Obama administration, according to an administration study released Tuesday.
Actually, The Retirement Age is Too High: The most dangerous conventional wisdom in the world today is the idea that with an older population, people must work longer and retire with less.
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