Category: Politics
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Talk Hard, Be Heard
More than 20 years ago, a little movie called Pump Up The Volume hit theaters. Key to the plot is something that is now completely alien to anyone born the same year the film came out: a pirate radio station. The core of the story, though, is no less relate-able or important than it was…
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The Purpose of Journalism and the News Media
Just the other day, New York Times readers’ representative Arthur S. Brisbane wrote an op-ed that posed the question “Should the Times be a Truth Vigilante?” Thankfully, there’s been quite a bit of outrage that this question even needs to be asked. Sadly, it points to how far from useful our journalists and media institutions…
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Occupy Oakland Flash and Bang
There’s been a lot of talk lately of the Occupy Oakland action that’s gone on over the past week (part of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street movement). The most talked about is this video that shows an injured protestor, a group of people who go to help him, and a police officer who allegedly tossed…