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On Making It Work, Or, An Open Letter To Network TV by: fake consultant Sun Jan 03, 2010 at 00:32:15 PST (9 am. - promoted by ek hornbeck) After a decade-long slide into semi-irrelevance, it's now being announced that the major television broadcast networks are considering leaving behind the "free TV/advertiser supported" business model in order to turn themselves into something more closely resembling a cable operation; the idea being that they could create a second revenue stream from the same "subscriber fees" that are paid by cable and satellite operators to all the other channels those operators carry. This has become necessary, according to the networks, partly because the market has become so fragmented...which, naturally, is cable's fault-and presumably the fault of the disloyal viewer, as well. Another reason driving the change is related to the desire of the networks to have a source of revenue that's more reliable in times of economic downturn, when advertisers often try to husband scarce resources by cutting back on all their expenses, particularly advertising dollars. Will this new change in the business model reverse the fortunes of the networks? Is it possible that the networks are simply poor business managers? And what about...Krystal Carey? Tune in for the rest of the story-and we'll find out. There's More... :: (12 Comments, 2206 words in story)

The ABC's to Blocking the Future by: A Siegel Fri Oct 10, 2008 at 11:32:38 PDT (9 am. - promoted by ek hornbeck) The various fossil fuel industries have been spending hundreds of millions (if not billions) of dollars to influence the national discussion this year, from campaign contributions to Santa Claus giving out 'clean coal' at the Metro exits closest to Congressional offices to sponsoring presidential debates throughout the election cycle.  This fossil foolish promotion of a carbon-heavy, civilization-unfriendly seems to be putting money in many pockets, including public communications companies and broadcast companies.   For example,  CNN has been earned much from coal industry sponsoring of debates, CBS from ExxonMobil, and ABC has aired Chevron greenwashing Human Energy ads just after debates. One has to wonder whether this funding has affected ABC's decision to deny the We Campaign's Repower America advertisment that criticizes the money that big oil and lobbyists are spending to insure that Americans reman "stuck with dirty and expensive media".   There's More... :: (1 Comments, 668 words in story)

Anthrax by: ek hornbeck Mon Aug 04, 2008 at 17:11:00 PDT (10pm - promoted by RiaD) Glenn Greenwald has been doing some important reporting on the Anthrax investigation this past week and if you haven't seen it yet I think it's well worth checking out. In chronological order his pieces are- Vital unresolved anthrax questions and ABC News Friday Aug. 1, 2008 05:36 EDT We now know -- we knew even before news of Ivins' suicide last night, and know especially in light of it -- that the anthrax attacks didn't come from Iraq or any foreign government at all. It came from our own Government's scientist, from the top Army bioweapons research laboratory. More significantly, the false reports linking anthrax to Iraq also came from the U.S. Government -- from people with some type of significant links to the same facility responsible for the attacks themselves. Surely the question of who generated those false Iraq-anthrax reports is one of the most significant and explosive stories of the last decade. The motive to fabricate reports of bentonite and a link to Saddam is glaring. Those fabrications played some significant role -- I'd argue a very major role -- in propagandizing the American public to perceive of Saddam as a threat, and further, propagandized the public to believe that our country was sufficiently threatened by foreign elements that a whole series of radical policies that the neoconservatives both within and outside of the Bush administration wanted to pursue -- including an attack an Iraq and a whole array of assaults on our basic constitutional framework -- were justified and even necessary in order to survive. ABC News already knows the answers to these questions. They know who concocted the false bentonite story and who passed it on to them with the specific intent of having them broadcast those false claims to the world, in order to link Saddam to the anthrax attacks and -- as importantly -- to conceal the real culprit(s) (apparently within the U.S. government) who were behind the attacks. And yet, unbelievably, they are keeping the story to themselves, refusing to disclose who did all of this. They're allegedly a news organization, in possession of one of the most significant news stories of the last decade, and they are concealing it from the public, even years later. There's More... :: (20 Comments, 743 words in story)

Fujita Yukihisa by: Lasthorseman Sat Jan 12, 2008 at 16:08:55 PST Japan is having discussions on increasing their military and financial aide to the US in the "global war on terror". From another location comes this. On January 11th 2008, Fujita Yukihisa made a 30 minute presentation at the House of Councillors (equivalent to the U.S. Senate). He directly questioned the official version of 9/11 in a session with Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda Yasuo and members of his Cabinet. Fujita is a member of the opposition party, Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). He was elected to the House of Councillors in 2007. He is a former Member of the House of Representative and Former Vice Director General of the International Department of the Democratic Party of Japan. Fujita emphasized that there was never an official police investigation into the deaths of the 24 Japanese citizens who were killed on 9/11. He stated that many in the US doubt the official version of 9/11 and numerous individuals have collected evidence that contradicts the government's version, which can be seen on many websites. During his speech, an aide showed several larges photos of: - the Pentagon entry and exit hole and a scale overlay of a 757 - the flight path towards the Pentagon - the WTC Twin Towers exploding - the WTC 7 collapse - the early announcment of the collapse of WTC 7 by the BBC and CBS He demanded further investigation of 9/11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... First Sibel Edmonds revelations, an election recount and now this! Oh, we had a wonderful trail ride today. Discuss :: (0 Comments)

Let Blackwater Stay Bring Home The Troops by: notlightnessofbeing Tue Oct 02, 2007 at 06:55:35 PDT subtitled: America, the militia with corporate sponsorship. We all know that Blackwater is made up of American militia members, often addicted to crystal meth, known for their racial hatred and itchy trigger fingers.  We also know that Exxon and other oil firms have been using Blackwater for some time now.  So I say let a few guys from Exxon and all of Blackwater stay to guard their precious oil and let everyone else come home.  This is the Exxon War after all, so let's let a few tweakers go down in flames in Iraq and bring back our honorable soldiers. Now let's take a look at a few other corporate sponsors of the Exxon War below the fold. There's More... :: (1 Comments, 203 words in story)