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CAMERA’s broken lens
Sabbah's Blog | August 20th 2008
EI study refutes CAMERA media bias accusation By Shervan Sardar, The Electronic Intifada, 18 August 2008 http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9711.shtml The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) is a media monitorin read more
Wheaten Terrier - Versatile & Playful Dog
ReviewLutions Dotcom | August 9th 2008 by bengkyo
Like most terriers, Wheaten terriers, or simply known as Wheatens, were initially higher than the hunters. Consequently, their physical naturally evolved as strong and healthy. Their hunting instinct have made them agile and alert because most of the read more
Politics: A memo about talking points
The Peoria Pundit | August 7th 2008
As noted in IlliniPundit and Capitol Fax Blog, the McCain campaign web site is posting talking points and is asking supporters to get the word out. Many are taking this as instructions to copy and paste the talking points into blogs, either as posts read more
Irak schwimmt in Öl-Geld
Transatlantikblog | August 6th 2008 by Markus
Bislang galt als ausgemacht, dass die USA den Irak nur wegen des Öls angegriffen haben. Wie dem auch sei: Bislang macht offenbar nur der Irak selbst ein gutes Geschäft mit dem schwarzen Gold. Eine Untersuchtung der Aufsichtskommission des Kongress read more
News Headlines - BBC Fined, A Night with Amy Winehouse, Duffy bac…
Web Escape | July 30th 2008
Record fine over BBC’s phone-ins The BBC has been fined £400000 by media watchdog Ofcom for misleading its audiences by “faking” phone-ins. Viewers were urged to call some BBC programmes after contestants had already been chosen. M read more
Bounced Payout Checks at Sportsbook.com
Visionary Sports Picks & Sports Betting | July 29th 2008
There have been hundreds of reports where payout checks from player's Sportsbook.com accounts are bouncing at the bank when they go to deposit their winnings. This has been happening to many players and it has been happening all month during July. Th read more
Watchdog Group Calls ACORN “Hypocritical”
Hypocrisy.com | July 22nd 2008 by Kim
Whistle blowers expose theft of $1 million, fraud and other scams ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, which bills itself as the nation's largest community organization of low and moderate income families "advocacy" group read more
Blogger Can Play a Key Role in Shaping Grass Roots Policy
Convergence of Relevant Stuff | July 21st 2008 by cards6
Recently Al Gore repeatedly reaffirmed his commitment not to run for the office of President. He felt his current mission to promote the cause of green would take precedent over the larger issue that politicians concern themselves with. But Gor read more
Exciting Travel to Budapest!
All Women's Talk - For Women Only! | July 17th 2008 by olga
Julia is a 32-year old English TV presenter who is best known for the BBC One program “Watchdog”. Read full story ... Related Entries: Hot Spot “it” Paprika for AcneThe Boyfriend’s Ugly Travel BagSimply Fab: Bodas Travel Bags read more
Officials Claim No Near Collision of Spacecraft
Future Update: Humorous Headlines of Tomorrow | July 10th 2008 by Skip Dekades
July 10, 2028 — The Transportation Security Company said Wednesday it sees no reason to investigate reports of a near collision of two spacecraft near John Glenn International Moonport over the weekend. TSC said initial reports indicate American Sp read more
O'Reilly's Producer Gets Slammed!
Media Vigilante | July 8th 2008 by Stu Harrison
In what was the clear highlight of the recent National Conference for Media Reform in Minnesota, Bill O'Reilly's (of Fox News shame) Producer get journalistically slammed by Bill Moyers (from the Bill Moyers Journal on PBS) for his Pro-War sympathies read more
Media Concentration and the hopeless state of ACMA
Media Vigilante | July 6th 2008 by Stu Harrison
In Taming the Watchdogs of Media Concentration, Sean Condon discusses the further concentration of the Media in Australia, Canada and the U.S. over recent years. Condon shows how these attacks on the media have shown the hopeless state of the media r read more
Heinz Pulls the Plug on New Mayo Ad
Concept Wizards inc. | June 24th 2008 by Brian Yalung
One thing you have to consider about making advertising productions and commercials is that it should be suitable to all ages. Kids and elders alike spend majority of their time glued on the boob tube and once you show something inappropriate like ga read more
UN Warns Attack on Iran Could Turn Middle East Into a Ball of Fir…
Bible Prophecy In The News | June 22nd 2008 by OneBlogAtATime
A military strike on Iran would turn the Middle East “into a ball of fire,” said Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency. ElBaradei made the remarks in an interview aired on Saturday by Al Arabiya read more
Ugobe Pleo Review
ChipChick | June 20th 2008
When the Pleo was released back in December of 07′ I was curious to see if this robotic dinosaur lived up to all the hype. Was is it truly intuitive with humans and could it somehow become another member of your family? While originally markete read more
Media watchdog urges Vietnam to release blogger
Photo Travel & Daily News Vietnam, China, India, Indonesia | June 20th 2008 by Chuck Kuhn
A media rights watchdog on Thursday urged Vietnamese authorities to free a blogger arrested before the Olympic torch relay who the group said was being targetted for his political views.Nguyen Hoang Hai, who blogs under the pseudonym of Dieu Cay, was read more
M-Powered Concept Car - Diabetic drivers Upcoming Watchdog
Next Big Trends | June 18th 2008 by Luis Edison Rana
We have featured before the car that has a breathalyzer which monitors the alcohol level of drivers. Now, another concept car is created that intends to give a medical analysis too. This time, it concerns the glucose level of the drivers, particularl read more
Interchange MC/VISA, Fraud on AVS, SDD core, Indian banking guide…
Insiden | June 13th 2008 by denisvacher
Le UK utilise un système communautaire de vérification d’adresse du porteur de carte (address verification system AVS) pour sécuriser les transactions internet (en plus du CVV), mais les fraudeurs ont trouvé une faille (a priori corrigeable).Fr read more
Media: Cosmetic changes coming to PJStar.com
The Peoria Pundit | May 18th 2008
The announcement came today. The Journal Star’s new Website will “go live” at about 8 p.m. Tuesday: The new Web site should generally run faster than the current site. It features a brighter, cleaner look along with a new logo. It s read more
Media: PJS offers mayor backhanded, minimal praise for lower crim…
The Peoria Pundit | May 14th 2008
It took a more than a couple days, but the anonymous gnomes who pen official opinions on the Journal Star’s award-winning (snicker) editorial page have finally editorialized about the stunning drop in violent crime from te same time last years. read more
Media: SJ-R site links to local bloggers
The Peoria Pundit | May 14th 2008
Check this out: The spiffy new State Journal-Register Web site has an easy-to-access pagelisting all their house bloggers … followed by a list of “Sprngfieldish” bloggers. Very cool. My advice to the SJ-R: Constantly monitor this li read more
Media: GateHouse gobbles up an Eagle
The Peoria Pundit | May 14th 2008
More sad news for the state of Journalism in West-Central Illinois: Eagle Publications of Western Illinois, Inc. announced today it has agreed to sell the Macomb Eagle and related publications to GateHouse Media. Terms of the transaction were not dis read more
Media: HOI is THE TV station for D150 coverage
The Peoria Pundit | May 14th 2008
Once again, HOINews came through for parents at District 150 schools. Last night, I caught their 10 p.m. newscast, and there were two — count ‘em, TWO — reports related to the quality of education at Peoria’s public schools. O read more
Local: PJS finds a new way to criticize Mayor Ardis
The Peoria Pundit | May 12th 2008
The Peoria Journal Star couldn’t find a way to mention Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis’ name even once when it devoted four stories Sunday to how the murder rate has dropped (details avaialable here). But when they ran a story today casting doubt read more
Media: More editorial bravery from 1 News Plaza
The Peoria Pundit | May 12th 2008
Today’s award-winning (snicker) editorial page opines on teenagers who help pick up litter. They are in favor. Still no comment on the drop in the the murder rate. read more
Media: State Journal-Register switching Web sites this week
The Peoria Pundit | May 11th 2008
While I have yet to see an announcement on the Journal Star’s Website (perhaps I missed it), the Springfield’s GateHouse Media newspaper is keeping its readers informedof the coming changes, with a nice long story detailng what is coming: read more
Media: Good journalism lesson from the Daily Show
The Peoria Pundit | May 10th 2008
Remember how the Peoria Journal Star quoted a bunch of politicians and political scientists complaining that the bloggers are obsessed with dredging up old quotes to make people look bad, thus providing a disincentive to participate in the process. W read more
Media: Numero on blogging
The Peoria Pundit | May 10th 2008
I was at One World the other day at what I incorrectly thought was an off-the-record lunch. I picked up the latest issue of Numero, No. 26. I have to say this little magazine/entertainment guide is beginning to grow on me. Maybe that’s because read more
Lies send bank shares plunging
PopLife.biz | March 20th 2008 by PopLife.biz
CITY watchdog has launched probe to find out who spread lies about giant bank HBOS read more
Introducing Democracy SoS Project, from FairVote
All Things Reform | February 7th 2008 by David Weller
FairVote now has a watchdog group for Secretaries of State (SoS) for all of the states, called "Democracy SoS Project". A Secretary of State is an state executive office responsible for the state's electoral system, regulating political parties, can read more
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