Posted by
travis christensen on Saturday, November 22, 2008 8:02:47 PM
Some Obama news, and a perspective on the media that elected him.
DRIVE-BY MEDIA
Here’s a piece about the mass media, from the Pew Research Center
http://people-press.org/report/?pageid=830
Here’s a quote from the story, :
News people feel better about some elements of their work. But they fear more than ever that the economic behavior of their companies is eroding the quality of journalism.
In particular, they think business pressures are making the news they produce thinner and shallower. And they report more cases of advertisers and owners breaching the independence of the newsroom.
The story is from 2004, but if trends have continued from then the situation is worse today. For you six-inch gorillas who haven’t figured out that the drive-by media is biased, here is your clue. Pew is the place you go to when you want to know what is happening with the mass media. Not Media Matters, not Commondreams, not the London Times, Pew.
CONSTITUTION? WHAT’S THAT?
http://site.pfaw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=issues_courts_memo_obama_mandate_on_courts
Piece here from People for the American Way, called "Obama wins Mandate on the Courts."
CHARITY RUN AMOK/WHAT IS NATIONAL SERVICE?
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29441
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/election/530
I have been trying to get my head around how a "community organizer" will govern as President. Some have called his plans "socialist," but I don’t think that is exactly correct, I think he is more of an activist, I’m just not sure yes what that means. These two articles show a little bit of what President-elect Obama has in mind.
FIRST 100 DAYS
http://www.aclu.org/transition/
Here’s some stuff the ACLU recommends for the first 100 days of the new administration.
THE NEW IMPROVED FAIRNESS DOCTRINE
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29566