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Fark
Back in the 1985 Neil Postman warned of the dawn of this age of non-news in his book Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse In The Age of Show Business. It's still worth a read for its analysis of the impact of fark on America's ways of thinking.
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June 5, 2008
Slate Running to the Defense of Murdoch's Rep
Rupert Murdoch is a major, worldwide corporatized Media Baron who is wealthy beyond comprehension of most Americans and certainly most people worldwide. Rupert Murdoch owns a media empire that just keeps expanding, and which now includes the Wall Street Journal, and apparently now, New York City's Newsday. I would like to see a complete list of ...
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April 24, 2008