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> <channel><title>political nonsense &#187; media</title> <atom:link href="http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/category/media/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com</link> <description>politics for people with ADD</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:20:05 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <item><title>Scientists: Media violence bad for society</title><link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/12/01/main/scientists-media-violence-bad-for-society/</link> <comments>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/12/01/main/scientists-media-violence-bad-for-society/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:24:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>peppermint lately</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[main]]></category> <category><![CDATA[media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scientists say...]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/12/01/main/scientists-media-violence-bad-for-society/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Scientists concluded that smoking is the only thing worse than violence on television. (and videogames and movies) Violence depicted on television, in films and video games raises the risk of aggressive behavior in adults and young viewers and poses a serious threat to public health, according to a new study. After reviewing more than 50 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/12/01/main/scientists-media-violence-bad-for-society/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Report: UK media covers climate change better</title><link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/11/15/main/report-uk-media-covers-climate-change-better/</link> <comments>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/11/15/main/report-uk-media-covers-climate-change-better/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:57:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>peppermint lately</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[main]]></category> <category><![CDATA[media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scientists say...]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the rest of the world]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/11/15/main/report-uk-media-covers-climate-change-better/</guid> <description><![CDATA[It was reported that UK newspapers report on climate change 3 times as much as the US, and they did it more accurately. desmogblog]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/11/15/main/report-uk-media-covers-climate-change-better/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hollywood screenwriters go on strike</title><link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/11/06/main/hollywood-screenwriters-go-on-strike/</link> <comments>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/11/06/main/hollywood-screenwriters-go-on-strike/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:46:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>peppermint lately</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[big business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[main]]></category> <category><![CDATA[media]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/11/06/main/hollywood-screenwriters-go-on-strike/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hollywood screenwriters went on strike. â€œI&#8217;m really scared,â€ said Oren Ashkenazi, a dry cleaner who caters to Warner Brothers. The walk-out threatens an instant jolt to television talk shows like â€œLate Show With David Letterman,â€ which rely on guild writers to churn out monologues and skits. â€œThe Daily Show With Jon Stewart,â€ â€œThe Colbert Report,â€ [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/11/06/main/hollywood-screenwriters-go-on-strike/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>FEMA apologizes for fake press conference</title><link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/28/main/fema-apologizes-for-fake-press-conference/</link> <comments>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/28/main/fema-apologizes-for-fake-press-conference/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:14:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>peppermint lately</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[main]]></category> <category><![CDATA[media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the bush administration]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/28/main/fema-apologizes-for-fake-press-conference/</guid> <description><![CDATA[FEMA apologized for holding a fake press conference. The Federal Emergency Management Agency staged a fake news conference this week, with agency staff officials, pretending to be reporters, peppering one of their own bosses with decidedly friendly questions about the response to the California fires, the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged Friday. The action, first [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/28/main/fema-apologizes-for-fake-press-conference/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>FCC proposes doing away with media ownership restriction rules</title><link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/18/main/fcc-proposes-doing-any-with-media-ownership-restriction-rules/</link> <comments>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/18/main/fcc-proposes-doing-any-with-media-ownership-restriction-rules/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:15:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>peppermint lately</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[big business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[main]]></category> <category><![CDATA[media]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/18/main/fcc-proposes-doing-any-with-media-ownership-restriction-rules/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Chair of the Federal Communications Commission proposed doing away with media ownership rules that bar companies from owning both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city. Kevin Martin says he will allow one month of public comment before the FCC puts the plan to a vote. Martin has backed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/18/main/fcc-proposes-doing-any-with-media-ownership-restriction-rules/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>U.S. Military Censors ThinkProgress</title><link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/09/01/main/us-military-censors-thinkprogress/</link> <comments>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/09/01/main/us-military-censors-thinkprogress/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:19:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>peppermint lately</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[main]]></category> <category><![CDATA[media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the bush administration]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/09/01/main/us-military-censors-thinkprogress/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The US military banned soldiers from accessing thinkprogress.org after an Aug. 22 column in which Ret. Maj. Gen. John Batiste posted an op-ed that was strongly critical of the Presidentâ€™s policies and advocated a â€œresponsible and deliberate redeployment from Iraq.â€]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/09/01/main/us-military-censors-thinkprogress/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>China: All news must be good news</title><link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/08/20/main/china-all-news-must-be-good-news-2/</link> <comments>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/08/20/main/china-all-news-must-be-good-news-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:35:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>peppermint lately</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[asia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[china]]></category> <category><![CDATA[main]]></category> <category><![CDATA[media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the rest of the world]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/08/20/main/china-all-news-must-be-good-news-2/</guid> <description><![CDATA[China ordered the media only to report on positive developments. China has ordered its media to report only positive news and has imprisoned a pro-democracy dissident amid a clampdown on dissent ahead of the most important meeting of the communist party in five years. Media controls have been tightened, Aids activists detained and NGOs shut [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/08/20/main/china-all-news-must-be-good-news-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Poll: Americans think the media sucks</title><link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/08/11/main/poll-americans-think-the-media-sucks/</link> <comments>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/08/11/main/poll-americans-think-the-media-sucks/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:17:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>peppermint lately</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[main]]></category> <category><![CDATA[media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[scientists say...]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/08/11/main/poll-americans-think-the-media-sucks/</guid> <description><![CDATA[More than half of Americans think that US media is politically biased, inaccurate, and doesn&#8217;t care about the people they report on. rawstory]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/08/11/main/poll-americans-think-the-media-sucks/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Murdoch to buy Wall Street Journal</title><link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/08/02/main/murdoch-to-buy-wall-street-journal/</link> <comments>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/08/02/main/murdoch-to-buy-wall-street-journal/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:24:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>peppermint lately</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[big business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[main]]></category> <category><![CDATA[media]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/08/02/main/murdoch-to-buy-wall-street-journal/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch won his bid to take over the Wall Street Journal. On Tuesday, the board of directors of Dow Jones &#038; Co. approved a five billion dollar deal to bring The Wall Street Journal into Murdochâ€™s News Corp. media conglomerate. Murdochâ€™s holdings include the Fox network, Fox News channel, the 21st Century Fox movie [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/08/02/main/murdoch-to-buy-wall-street-journal/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>NYT: Impeach Gonzales</title><link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/07/30/main/nyt-impeach-gonzales/</link> <comments>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/07/30/main/nyt-impeach-gonzales/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:18:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>peppermint lately</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[congress]]></category> <category><![CDATA[main]]></category> <category><![CDATA[media]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the bush administration]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/07/30/main/nyt-impeach-gonzales/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The New York Times called on Congress to impeach Alberto Gonzales. Editorial Mr. Gonzalesâ€™s Never-Ending Story President Bush often insists he has to be the decider â€” ignoring Congress and the public when it comes to the tough matters on war, terrorism and torture, even deciding whether an ordinary man in Florida should be allowed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/07/30/main/nyt-impeach-gonzales/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
