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Brian Williams Affair: Reagan and Bush Lied About Military Records but Get a
Pass
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "NBC nightly news anchor Brian Williams is under fire for repeatedly having told an embellished story of being in a Chinook helicopter that took RPG and small arms fire at the beginning of the Iraq War and was forced down."
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Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "NBC nightly news anchor Brian Williams is under fire for repeatedly having told an embellished story of being in a Chinook helicopter that took RPG and small arms fire at the beginning of the Iraq War and was forced down."
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Obama Said to
Be Preparing to Request War Powers
Bill Chappell, National Public Radio
Chappell writes: "Repeated air strikes on the self-described Islamic State are 'the beginning of our retaliation' for the extremist group's brutal killing of a captured pilot, Jordan's foreign minister says."
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Bill Chappell, National Public Radio
Chappell writes: "Repeated air strikes on the self-described Islamic State are 'the beginning of our retaliation' for the extremist group's brutal killing of a captured pilot, Jordan's foreign minister says."
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Netanyahu Now
Claims Boehner Misled Him ... But He's Coming Anyway
Dan Williams, Reuters
Williams writes: " A senior Israeli official suggested on Friday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been misled into thinking an invitation to address the U.S. Congress on Iran next month was fully supported by the Democrats."
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Dan Williams, Reuters
Williams writes: " A senior Israeli official suggested on Friday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been misled into thinking an invitation to address the U.S. Congress on Iran next month was fully supported by the Democrats."
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Wireless and
Cable Industries Fight Net Neutrality With Laughably Misleading Op-Eds and
Video
Chris Morran, Consumerist
Morran writes: "Yesterday, FCC Chair Tom Wheeler confirmed that he intends to have the Commission reclassify broadband as the vital piece of telecommunications infrastructure that it is, which has resulted in immediate backlash from the wireless and cable industry and the handful of astroturfed 'advocacy' organizations they support."
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Chris Morran, Consumerist
Morran writes: "Yesterday, FCC Chair Tom Wheeler confirmed that he intends to have the Commission reclassify broadband as the vital piece of telecommunications infrastructure that it is, which has resulted in immediate backlash from the wireless and cable industry and the handful of astroturfed 'advocacy' organizations they support."
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Cuban Medics
Fighting Ebola Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
TeleSUR
Excerpt: "A team of Cuban doctors and nurses specialized in disaster situations and serious epidemics currently stationed in West Africa fighting the Ebola outbreak was nominated in Norway for this year's Nobel Peace Prize."
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TeleSUR
Excerpt: "A team of Cuban doctors and nurses specialized in disaster situations and serious epidemics currently stationed in West Africa fighting the Ebola outbreak was nominated in Norway for this year's Nobel Peace Prize."
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Who Should See
Recordings From Police Bodycams?
Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Friedersdorf writes: "With the LAPD giving bodycams to all of its police officers, policymakers in this city are confronting some thorny questions about the footage."
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Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Friedersdorf writes: "With the LAPD giving bodycams to all of its police officers, policymakers in this city are confronting some thorny questions about the footage."
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Fracking Puts
Jerry Brown, Environmentalists at Odds
Juliet Williams, Associated Press
Williams writes: "In the 1970s, the environmental movement had no bigger political hero than California Gov. Jerry Brown. He cracked down on polluters, ended tax breaks for oil companies and promoted solar energy."
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Juliet Williams, Associated Press
Williams writes: "In the 1970s, the environmental movement had no bigger political hero than California Gov. Jerry Brown. He cracked down on polluters, ended tax breaks for oil companies and promoted solar energy."
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