Counterbalance: Fri. 2 June
THE BUZZ OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA
COMMENTLINES
Presented here, because such ideas need repeating, are some of the alternative newslines being echoed around the world.
On the mass media:
Economist Thomas Sowell says it's too soon to cheer the fall of the mainstream media, who still tote enormous resources and clout.
Michael Miner reports that when it comes to bad journalism, we don't know the half of it.
On illegal aliens:
From Technovelgy.com, a report on a proposal to implant RFID tracking tags in immigrant and guest workers.
The race for a San Diego House seat may be a bellweather on immigration as an election issue.
On Iraq and the Haiditha incident:
Daniel Henninger says, "The Iraq Syndrome has finally arrived."
Ben Stein shares his thoughts.
On Iran:
Dissension in the Iranian rank and file has been largely ignored in the mass media.
On US politics:
Democrat New York Comptroller Alan Hevesi apologizes for remarking about a fellow party member, "putting a bullet between the president's eyes." The mainstream media rushes to report that Hevesi was only kidding. However, as much as Hevesi apologizes, he stop had to stop and think for a moment about how he was going to be funny dissing the president in front of his peers.
NEWSBYTES
MASS MEDIA
Preserving a vision: Part II
By Thomas Sowell
(www.townhall.com) -- Conservatives who point out the declining audience for the big television network newscasts, and declining public trust of the media in general, often underestimate how much clout the liberal media still have.
A Self-Policing Press
A Medill survey concludes that journalists don't do enough to stop unethical behavior in their own newsrooms. But what would "enough" be?
By Michael Miner
(www.chicagoreader.com) -- The press is forever telling major institutions—city hall, big business, the church—to clean up their acts. What about the press’s own act? Last month Medill’s journalism school issued a report that concluded the level of self-criticism in the nation’s newsrooms is too low, though it didn’t say what the right level is.
ILLEGAL ALIENS
Proposal to Implant Tracking Chips in Immigrants
By Bill Christensen
(www.technovelgy.com) -- Scott Silverman, Chairman of the Board of VeriChip Corporation, has proposed implanting the company's RFID tracking tags in immigrant and guest workers. He made the statement on national television on May 16.
Immigration Figures at Polls
SAN DIEGO (WSJ) -- To Brian Bilbray, the "greatest ethics scandal in America" isn't about Washington lobbyists or the bribery conviction of Randy "Duke" Cunningham, formerly this area's unbeatable congressman.
IRAQ CONFLICT
Haditha
The indictment of U.S. troops was inevitable.
By Daniel Henninger
(WSJ) -- You knew it had to happen. Haditha, an "incident" involving American troops in Iraq, is now part of the erosion of support for the war in Iraq. The Iraq Syndrome has finally arrived.
Keeping the Faith
By Ben Stein
Now for a few thoughts about the war in Iraq and historic context.
IRAN'S REGIONAL ASPERATIONS
Iranian Students And Minorities Opposed to Ahmadi Nezhad
Tehran, 29 May (IPS) -- In a major uprising against the policies of the new fundamentalist President, Iranian students renewed with their protest movement, dealing Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad his major blow.
US POLITICS
N.Y.'s Hevesi Apologizes for Bush Remark
NEW YORK (AP) -- State Comptroller Alan Hevesi publicly apologized Thursday for a "beyond dumb" remark about a fellow Democrat "putting a bullet between the president's eyes."
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COMMENTLINES
Presented here, because such ideas need repeating, are some of the alternative newslines being echoed around the world.
On the mass media:
Economist Thomas Sowell says it's too soon to cheer the fall of the mainstream media, who still tote enormous resources and clout.
Michael Miner reports that when it comes to bad journalism, we don't know the half of it.
On illegal aliens:
From Technovelgy.com, a report on a proposal to implant RFID tracking tags in immigrant and guest workers.
The race for a San Diego House seat may be a bellweather on immigration as an election issue.
On Iraq and the Haiditha incident:
Daniel Henninger says, "The Iraq Syndrome has finally arrived."
Ben Stein shares his thoughts.
On Iran:
Dissension in the Iranian rank and file has been largely ignored in the mass media.
On US politics:
Democrat New York Comptroller Alan Hevesi apologizes for remarking about a fellow party member, "putting a bullet between the president's eyes." The mainstream media rushes to report that Hevesi was only kidding. However, as much as Hevesi apologizes, he stop had to stop and think for a moment about how he was going to be funny dissing the president in front of his peers.
NEWSBYTES
MASS MEDIA
Preserving a vision: Part II
By Thomas Sowell
(www.townhall.com) -- Conservatives who point out the declining audience for the big television network newscasts, and declining public trust of the media in general, often underestimate how much clout the liberal media still have.
A Self-Policing Press
A Medill survey concludes that journalists don't do enough to stop unethical behavior in their own newsrooms. But what would "enough" be?
By Michael Miner
(www.chicagoreader.com) -- The press is forever telling major institutions—city hall, big business, the church—to clean up their acts. What about the press’s own act? Last month Medill’s journalism school issued a report that concluded the level of self-criticism in the nation’s newsrooms is too low, though it didn’t say what the right level is.
ILLEGAL ALIENS
Proposal to Implant Tracking Chips in Immigrants
By Bill Christensen
(www.technovelgy.com) -- Scott Silverman, Chairman of the Board of VeriChip Corporation, has proposed implanting the company's RFID tracking tags in immigrant and guest workers. He made the statement on national television on May 16.
Immigration Figures at Polls
SAN DIEGO (WSJ) -- To Brian Bilbray, the "greatest ethics scandal in America" isn't about Washington lobbyists or the bribery conviction of Randy "Duke" Cunningham, formerly this area's unbeatable congressman.
IRAQ CONFLICT
Haditha
The indictment of U.S. troops was inevitable.
By Daniel Henninger
(WSJ) -- You knew it had to happen. Haditha, an "incident" involving American troops in Iraq, is now part of the erosion of support for the war in Iraq. The Iraq Syndrome has finally arrived.
Keeping the Faith
By Ben Stein
Now for a few thoughts about the war in Iraq and historic context.
IRAN'S REGIONAL ASPERATIONS
Iranian Students And Minorities Opposed to Ahmadi Nezhad
Tehran, 29 May (IPS) -- In a major uprising against the policies of the new fundamentalist President, Iranian students renewed with their protest movement, dealing Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad his major blow.
US POLITICS
N.Y.'s Hevesi Apologizes for Bush Remark
NEW YORK (AP) -- State Comptroller Alan Hevesi publicly apologized Thursday for a "beyond dumb" remark about a fellow Democrat "putting a bullet between the president's eyes."
Tags: Counterbalance, Media, Journalism, Daily, terrorism, Middle East, Iran, IAEA, nuclear, Arab, Islam, Bush, UN, U.N., United Nations, United States, Iraq, War, Military, terrorism, Middle East, Operation Iraqi Freedom, coalition, border wall, Immigration, Mexico, illegal, Aliens
Global Tags: Washington DC, News and Politics, News, Politics, Current Events, Current Affairs, Life, Culture, Tension
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