Daily Archives: September 26, 2008 »
Jon Snow: “Editors sold their souls” to MoD
Media Workers Against the War | Jon Snow, Channel 4 news anchor, reveals his anger on Radio 4 at the news blackout on Prince Harry’s deployment to Afghanistan. On a programme stacked with pro-war journalists,
Read More »Election Officials Telling College Students They Can’t Vote
By Greg Gordon | McClatchy.com | WASHINGTON – Colorado Democrats accused a Republican county clerk Wednesday of falsely informing Colorado College that students from outside the state could not register to vote if their parents
Read More »McCain-Palin Campaign Increasingly Staffed by Bush Administration Officials
ShortNews | Even as the McCain-Palin campaign seeks to distance itself from the Bush administration, at least half a dozen former Bush operatives are now advising McCain-Palin. A Republican with ties to Bush questioned
Read More »‘Pre-crime’ detector shows promise
New Scientist | Last year, New Scientist revealed that the US Department of Homeland Security is developing a system designed to detect “hostile thoughts” in people walking through border posts, airports and public places.
Read More »Robert Fisk: Horrors of War Our Leaders Never Have to Confront
Just outside Andrew Holden’s office at the Christchurch Press off Cathedral Square – and, believe me, New Zealand’s prettiest city is as colonial as they come, a Potemkin town of mock-Tudor government buildings, Scottish
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