Bill Moyers | The Challenge of Journalism Is to Survive in the Pressure Cooker of Plutocracy
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company
Moyers writes: "What happens to a society fed a diet of rushed, re-purposed, thinly reported 'content?' Or 'branded content' that is really merchandising - propaganda - posing as journalism?"
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Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company
Moyers writes: "What happens to a society fed a diet of rushed, re-purposed, thinly reported 'content?' Or 'branded content' that is really merchandising - propaganda - posing as journalism?"
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Hastert Indictment Is Related to Old Allegations of FIFA's, Law Enforcement Official Says
Mike DeBonis, Sari Horwitz and Jerry Markon, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The indictment of former House speaker J. Dennis Hastert was triggered by an effort he made to hide payments of hush money to a male student he allegedly sexually molested decades ago, a federal law enforcement official said Friday."
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Mike DeBonis, Sari Horwitz and Jerry Markon, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The indictment of former House speaker J. Dennis Hastert was triggered by an effort he made to hide payments of hush money to a male student he allegedly sexually molested decades ago, a federal law enforcement official said Friday."
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The Enron of Sports: FIFA's Upheaval, From Corruption Arrests to Rising Death Toll in Qatar
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "In what's been described as the largest scandal in modern sports history, nine high-ranking soccer officials, including two current vice presidents of soccer's world governing body, FIFA, were indicted along with five sports marketing executives on federal corruption charges by the U.S. Justice Department."
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Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "In what's been described as the largest scandal in modern sports history, nine high-ranking soccer officials, including two current vice presidents of soccer's world governing body, FIFA, were indicted along with five sports marketing executives on federal corruption charges by the U.S. Justice Department."
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TPP Would Restrict Access to Affordable Medicines, Top Dem Says
Peter Sullivan, The Hill
Sullivan writes: "Rep. Sandy Levin (Mich.), the top Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, says a new trade deal could be a 'major step backwards' on access to affordable medicines."
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Peter Sullivan, The Hill
Sullivan writes: "Rep. Sandy Levin (Mich.), the top Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, says a new trade deal could be a 'major step backwards' on access to affordable medicines."
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The Patriot Act: Choosing Between Big Brother and the Bill of Rights
Alex Abdo and Jenny Beth Martin, Los Angeles Times
Excerpt: "In a rare and theatrical overnight session, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tried and failed to reauthorize or even briefly extend the Patriot Act's surveillance powers before senators left Washington for their weeklong holiday break."
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Alex Abdo and Jenny Beth Martin, Los Angeles Times
Excerpt: "In a rare and theatrical overnight session, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tried and failed to reauthorize or even briefly extend the Patriot Act's surveillance powers before senators left Washington for their weeklong holiday break."
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Black People in Minneapolis Nine Times More Likely to Be Arrested for Petty Crime
Nicky Woolf, Guardian UK
Woolf writes: "Black people in Minneapolis are 8.7 times more likely to be arrested for low-level offenses than white people, according to an investigation by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)."
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Nicky Woolf, Guardian UK
Woolf writes: "Black people in Minneapolis are 8.7 times more likely to be arrested for low-level offenses than white people, according to an investigation by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)."
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Obama Claims Arctic Drilling Is Out of His Hands. Environmentalists Disagree.
Rose Hackman, Guardian UK
Hackman writes: "Environmental groups were baffled on Thursday after President Barack Obama wrote a series of seemingly misleading tweets justifying Royal Dutch Shell being allowed back into the US Arctic for exploration and drilling."
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Rose Hackman, Guardian UK
Hackman writes: "Environmental groups were baffled on Thursday after President Barack Obama wrote a series of seemingly misleading tweets justifying Royal Dutch Shell being allowed back into the US Arctic for exploration and drilling."
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