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Obama's Latest Preacher Problem

Wayne Besen | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uganda, TD Jakes, Human-Rights-Abuses, Bbc, Jim Wallis, Rick Warren, Donnie McClurkin, Ex-Gay, Kirbyjon Caldwell, Nigeria, Barack Obama, Politics News
Wayne Besen

Will spending time in the biblical backwater influence Obama's views and lead him to sell us down the river?

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Slow Down -- Speed is So Yesterday

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Distraction, Gordon Brown, Add, Recession, Economy, Exhaustion, Cnbc, Bbc, Blackberry, Fast Company, Exxon Valdez, Business News
Margaret Heffernan

If the current downturn means that we all slow down a little, that may turn out to be the smartest strategy of all. Because the economy surely can't recover until we do.

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Carol Thatcher, Margaret's Daughter, Dropped By BBC Following "Golliwog" Remark

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 03.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Golliwog, Margaret Thatcher, Carol Thatcher Golliwog, What Does Golliwog Mean, Bbc, Carol Thatcher, Media News

LONDON — The BBC says it has dropped Carol Thatcher, daughter of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as a contributor to a TV show after sh...

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Skins on The BBC

Ryan J. Davis | Posted 03.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Skins, Bbc, Teenagers, Youth, Tv, Skins Tv Show, Entertainment News
Ryan J. Davis

The show has been quite controversial, apparently British teenagers now throw 'Skins parties' where they do drugs and have sex.

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Why Did the BBC Censor a Cry to Help Gaza Victims?

Erik Ose | Posted 02.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Uk, Bbc Charity Appeal, Dec, Bbc, Gaza Charity Appeal, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Israel Gaza, Hamas, Israel Gaza Raid, Media News, Bbc Air Gaza Plea, Sky News, Gaza, Media Bias, Middle East, Mark Thompson, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Rupert Murdoch, Gaza Strip, Censorship, Israeli Gaza Operation, Israel, Media News
Erik Ose

The BBC has let down its worldwide viewership by refusing to broadcast this charity appeal to help Palestinian victims of the violence.

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HuffPost Reviews: Van Morrison -- Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl / Asa -- Asa

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jools Holland, Van Morrison, Bbc, David Wild, The Wild the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, Jay Berliner, Mercer St. Records, Hollywood Bowl, Nigeria, U2, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Lauryn Hill, Stral Weeks, Paris, Erika Badu, T.B. Sheets, Northern Ireland, Folk, Bang Records, Asa, Common One, Greetings From Asbury Park N.J., Northern Soul, Transcendence, Tracy Chapman, Sunny Ade, John Legend, Celtic, Joan Armatrading, Bob Marley, Fela Kuti, Suzanne Vega, St. Dominic's Preview, Beyonce, Akon, Singer-Songwriter, Npr, Jimmy Cliff, Paris France, Bbc2, Jazz, Paul Moran, Peter Erskine, Warner Bros. Records, Snoop Dogg, Bbc1, Richard Davis, Rolling Stone, Roger Kellaway, Magic Malik, RIchard Buckley, Tony FItzgibbon, Downtown Records, Marvin Gaye, Hotel Cafe, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison Review, Asa Review, Album Reviews, Van Morrison Album Review, Huffpost Review, Asa Album, Album Review, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

With a basic reverence for the original record, Morrison's live arrangements allow for musicians to add new layers of strata though jams, while acknowledging forty years has passed since the original was slated.

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On Gaza Appeal, BBC Right To Tread Warily: Dominic Lawson

The Independent | Dominic Lawson | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Bbc Charity Appeal, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Christian Aid, Bbc Gaza Appeal, Bbc, Gaza, The Independent, Dominic Lawson, Israel, World News

When the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, government ministers, their Tory and Liberal Democrat shadows, the Sun and the Mirror, not to mention all...

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BBC Show on U.S. Health Care Unavailable in USA

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 02.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Jeremy Vine, Up Your Ego, Brigid Marlin, Health Care, Bbc, Panorama, Health, Bbc Health Care Show, Living News
John Tepper Marlin

There are two things about the show that are worth an alert: (1) The BBC's effectiveness in describing the problems with U.S. health care, and (2) The fact that Americans can't watch it.

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Archbishop, Politicians Condemn BBC For Refusal To Air Gaza Plea

Guardian.co.uk | Caroline Davies, Vanessa Thorpe and Gaby Hinsliff | Posted 02.25.2009 | World

Read More: Bbc Gaza Charity, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bbc, Disasters Emergency Committee, Bbc Air Gaza Relief, Gaza, Israel, Bbc Gaza Plea, Archbishop of Canterbury, Bbc Air Gaza Plea, World News

The Archbishop of Canterbury today added to criticism of the BBC over its refusal to broadcast a charity appeal for aid to Gaza. Politicians -- inc...

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ABC, BBC Partner For Iraq Coverage As ABC Reduces Presence In Region

Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Abc, Iraq, Iraq Coverage, ABC BBC, Bbc, Media News

NEW YORK -- ABC News and the BBC will expand their news partnership in Iraq, with ABC reducing its full-time presence there while relying on the BBC f...

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BBC -- Subtle Indoctrination of the Inexperienced Viewer

Hannah Fisher | Posted 01.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Strip, Gaza, Israel Gaza Raid, Middle East, Hamas, Israel, Israel Gaza, Rockets, Bbc, Abdel Shaafi, President-Elect Obama, Media Bias, Media News
Hannah Fisher

BBC coverage of the events in Gaza portrays Israel as causing humanitarian crises by refusing supplies into Gaza. In reality, Israel was providing almost 4000 trucks of aid a month to Gaza.

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BBC Reporter Jonathan Head Could Face 15 Years In Thai Jail

AP | Michael Casey | Posted 01.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Thailand, Bbc, Jonathan Head, Media News

BANGKOK, Thailand - A group that campaigns for journalists' rights called on Thai police Thursday to drop complaints against a British Broadcasting Co...

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Second Thoughts on a Television Career for Bill Clinton

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 01.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill Clinton, Cnn, Direct TV, Cable News, BBC America, Bbc, Bill Clinton BBC America, Nielson Ratings, Television Viewership, Cable Television, Bill Clinton Television, Bill Clinton Tv Show, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

The cable network that really needs Bill Clinton is BBC America. Bill Clinton is a star of the first magnitude -- people pay to see him, which is why ...

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Obama's "Way-to-Go, Brownie!" Moment?

Greg Palast | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Linda Darling-Hammond, Arne Duncan, Bbc, No Child Left Behind, President Obama, Greg Palast, Obama, Sasha Obama, Barack Obama, Phillips Academy, Barack Obama 2008, Malia Obama, Klein, Education, Chicago Public Schools, Armed Madhouse, Obama's Cabinet, Chicago, Joel Klein, Standardized Testing, Illinois, Education Secretary, Jane Hirshmann, Politics News
Greg Palast

You'd think the studious Senator from Illinois would avoid repeating the Bush regime's horror show of unqualified appointments, of picking politicos over professionals. But here we go again.

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Israel's "Auschwitz Borders" Revisited

Ali Abunimah | Posted 01.09.2009 | World

Read More: Middle East, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, Auschwitz, Abba Eban, Nonviolence, Lessons of the Holocaust, Gaza, Bbc, Shoah, World News
Ali Abunimah

Gazans are resisting, and not primarily through armed struggle. The campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions is underway.

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BBC Reporter Has Daughter Phone Somali Pirates

BBC | Posted 12.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Mary Harper, Pirates, Bbc, Sirius Star, Somali Pirates, Media News

My daughter had heard me repeatedly trying to get through to the Somali pirates on board the Sirius Star. They usually picked up the phone but put it...

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Arc of Darkness

Michael Carmichael | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Karl Rove Iraq, Bbc, Vote Suppression, Greg Palast, Vote Caging, Rfk Jr, 2008 Election, Voting Problems, Barack Obama, Voter Registration 2008, Young Voters, Mark Crispin Miller, Early Voting, Voter Registration, Rachel Maddow, Voters, John Kerry, Sarah Palin, Newsnight, Mike Connell, Politics News
Michael Carmichael

The only ray of hope that will overwhelm flagrant attempts to render democracy dead and inert forever, is for a pro-democratic revolution in a massive turnout of Americans demanding their right to vote.

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Russell Brand Suspended By BBC Over Lewd Crank Call

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 11.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Russell Brand, Bbc, Television, Jonathan Ross, Video, Entertainment News

LONDON — Every entertainer knows there's a fine line between offbeat and offensive. Russell Brand has built a career walking it _ but now he may...

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Expat Voters Tangled Up in Ballot Red Tape

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Bbc, Voter Registration, Voter Turnout, Sarah Palin, Fox News, Alaska, Joe Biden, Absentee Ballots, Voter Fraud, Diane Tucker, 2008 Election, Belgium, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Czech Republic, Voting, Voting Problems, Home News
Diane Tucker

"Will Mississippi election officials accept a Czech-language notarization?" Brian Reagan, an American citizen living in Prague, asked OffTheBus. Reaga...

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Earthjustice Lobbyist Reacts to Offshore Drilling Ban Bill

Eric Kuhn | Posted 10.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Bbc, Earthjustice, Wall Street Journal, Lobbyists, Global Warming, Washington, Green News
Eric Kuhn

A day after the House passed plans to ease the offshore drilling ban, I spoke with prominent environmental lobbyist Martin Hayden on the legislation and his reactions.

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Charlie Beckett Adds His Voice to the New Media Debate

Eric Kuhn | Posted 10.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Jeff Jarvis, New Media, Meet the Press, Old Media vs. New Media, Bbc News, Bbc, The Economist, The Guardian, North Korea, Media News
Eric Kuhn

I am suggesting that new media can be an adrenaline boost, a shot in the arm to journalists, and can be a way to create a more "powerful" media.

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Serendipity And The New Radicals

Julia Moulden | Posted 10.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Kinsa, Bridgestar, David Simms, Bbc, Paul Gillespie, Serendipity, New Radicals, Synchronicity, Mark Brayne, Metro Police, Living News
Julia Moulden

Yesterday, at the end of a long day, I popped back into my office to check messages and email. Just as I was sitting down to do so, my accountant came...

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Palin Winning Over Twenty-Something Catholics

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Abortion, 2008 Elections, The Today Show, John McCain, Bbc, Joe Biden Vp, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Abortion Rights, Barack Obama Polls, Generation X, Sarah Palin Vice President, Biden Catholics, Joe Biden, Facebook, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Catholics, Mccain Swing States, John McCain 2008, Cnn, 2008 Presidential Race, Sarah Palin, 2008 Campaign, Bbc News, Swing Voters, Generation Y, Sarah Palin Reaction, Home News
Diane Tucker

Catholics have backed the popular-vote-winning candidate in the last nine presidential elections. They make up nearly a quarter of all registered U.S. voters and may well determine who wins the White House in 2008.

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Britain From Above: GPS Performance Art (VIDEO)

BBC | Posted 08.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Britain, Bbc, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Art, Light Art, GPS Devices, Technology, Business News

Sometimes it's easy to worry about Big Brother abusing all the amazing technology around us -- the cameras in our computers, the chips in our phones, ...

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China Frees the Internet (Sort Of): Unblocks Amnesty, BBC, RSF Sites

Danwei | Posted 08.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Reporters Without Borders, Censored Internet, Olympics, Censored Web, Bbc, Amnesty International, China Internet Access, Chinese Censorship, Chinese Internet, Media News

The last two days have seen some serious complaints from the international media about China's ongoing Internet censorship, which was supposed to be s...

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