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Auto Workers Benefits: Catching Up with the Times
Broadcasters worry about the future of the American economy, but the NY Times points out that automakers are behind other industries when it comes to the reality of employee benefits.
War, Famine, Pestilence and Death
USA Today gives apocalyptic view of declining oil supply before admitting it might not come to pass.
Iraq Vote: Sour Grapes from ABC Radio
It took ABC Radio's Martha Raddatz only two sentences to report the vote on the Iraqi constitution. In the first, Raddatz allowed as how the referendum probably passed. In the second, Raddatz said (my memory),"It cannot be denied, however, that thousands and thousands of Sunnis will be living under an Iraqi government they did not want."Yes, Martha, in elections, that's the way it works. One…
“Good Morning America” Celebrates Divorce in the United States
ABC’s Andrea Canning on Sunday's “Good Morning America” did a report on Divorce Parties. That’s right, married women having a party to celebrate their divorces. In fact, Canning in her report referred to the party as “Part celebration, part exorcism.”At this party, they play games like throwing the wedding ring into the toilet, as well as with voodoo doll figurines of the former husband.Of…
Black Gay Activist Keith Boykin Snubbed by Millions More March
National Black Justice Coalition president and gay activist Keith Boykin was prevented from speaking at yesterday’s Millions More Movement March in Washington, DC. As Boykin was walking to the podium, he was at the last second turned away. Oddly, this controversy has gone largely unreported. A Google-search suggested the only mainstream outlet that covered this was the Washington Post, though…
