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Fox News – The Ultimate Story

Here’s a story Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes can be particularly proud of.

Fox News picked up from the web, and immediately rebroadcast as fact – with no effort whatsoever to ascertain the truth or falsity of this “news” story – a parody of a hate-crime response, written by an Onion-like group. A sizable volume of hate-mail and calls were unleashed by the Fox viewers, who presumably were…

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Genuinely revolutionary idea from… the guy who runs Yahoo! Music!?

Ian Rogers, the gent who heads up Yahoo! Music, has a blog. A recent entry makes so much sense you wonder that the RIAA doesn’t put out a contract on him:

The pull quote:

“I’m here to tell you today that I for one am no longer going to fall into this trap. If the licensing labels offer their content to Yahoo! put more barriers in front of the users, I’m not interested. Do what you feel you…

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A big bunch of blogs about the media

The Center For Digital Democracy is an organization charting the shrinking of newsgathering organizations, the trivialization of what little information is distributed through the corporate mainstream (Britney Spears custody problem! Flag lapel pins!), and the massive political lobbying efforts of media conglomerates to make things worse (but more profitable). Their website is huge, and one thing…

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Interrogation – the pitch memo

Arnie –

Thanks a lot for taking the meeting with us last week. Glad to hear you’re doing so well at the network (Mr. Senior V.P.!), and we’re grateful that you’re open to letting us work with you, and for listening to our ideas. We aim to be your go-to company for producing consistently great shows.

Howie and I sorted through some of our projects, and I think we have a winner we can all…

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Rush Limbaugh to testify for the defense

Kentucky: State Sues Oxycontin Maker

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

State officials sued the manufacturer of OxyContin, the prescription painkiller, because of widespread abuse in Appalachia. A lawsuit filed by Attorney General Greg Stumbo and Pike County officials demands millions of dollars in compensation from the drug’s maker, Purdue Pharma. The suit seeks reimbursement for costs…

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Economics, rationalizations, and long underwear

As far as confessional writing goes, this may be revealing, but I’m not sure how interesting it is. Read further at your peril.

I used to live way up near Canada; in the northern mountains of New Hampshire, to be exact. Six feet of snow on the ground for 6 months of the year, and don’t touch the car door handle with your bare hand on a cold day. Utility trumps fashion in that environment, and…

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Ben Stein’s money may be good, but his word is worthless (UPDATED)

Famous TV personality, columnist and pro-creationist Ben Stein has been busy duping many reputable members of the scientific comunity.

The New York Times reported today that Stein lured scientists of such high repute as Richard Dawkins into appearing in a film about the “intersection of science and faith”. After the scientists gave interviews, the name of the film, the premise, and the…

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The Suzuki Method, applied

Everyone’s heard of the Suzuki Method of violin instruction, I assume. Some folks have applied the principle to a different instrument.

Dj Sara (8) and Ryusei (5):

There’s a better clip (with no embed code, unfortunately) that’s been circulating recently.

I’m sure I’m a bit late to the party on this, so my apologies if you’ve seen these already.

These clips also remind me of the…

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Republican push to steal 2008 elections moves to Supreme Court

The Republican effort to disenfranchise Democratic voters (remember the “election” of 2000?) has moved into the Republican-dominated Supreme Court.

In an effort to prevent non-existent “voter fraud” (code for “poor people voting Democratic”), a voter ID initiative from Indiana has moved on to the Court’s docket.

Remember that this is an issue so important to Republicans – Bush wouldn’t be…

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Victorious RIAA defendant gets attorneys’ fees, turns to class-action plans

In some wonderful news, a federal magistrate judge late last week awarded former RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen attorneys’ fees for her nearly two-and-a-half-year fight against a copyright infringement lawsuit.

Andersen, a disabled single mother, is now turning her attention to countersuing the RIAA in a class action. The RIAA, among other enlightened tactics, ambushed Andersen’s 8-year-old…

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