Just-World Hypothesis and Psycho-Ethical Equilibrium

Melvin Lerner's concept of just-world hypothesis postulates that, for his sanity, man must believe world to be just - and that, in order to explain any given situation, invents ethical or worldly reason why different people are in the situation that they are in or why things...

Ministers plotting to oust Met police chief Sir Ian Blair, report says

According to reports, UK ministers are planning to request that the Metropolitan Polive commissioner of London to step down, after he has been embroiled in a series of controversies including accusations of institutionalized racism within the department."Ministers, officials...

FCC Commissioner: Return of Fairness Doctrine Could Control Web Content

 There’s a huge concern among conservative talk radio hosts that reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine would all-but destroy the industry due to equal time constraints. But speech limits might not stop at radio. They could even be extended to include the Internet and...

ProPublica -- New Investigative Journalism Org.

" A new, non-partisan, non-profit newsroom producing journalism in the public interest will launch here in January under the name ProPublica. Paul E. Steiger, former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, will serve as president and editor in chief. ProPublica, when...

Thousands of student loan borrowers forced to default

Everywhere you go you find college students completely unhappy with their lack of money, difficulty in finding a job and struggling to pay back loans."Student activists say the federal government is denying Canada's most desperate student-loan recipients relief from sky-high...

FCC: Fairness Doctrine losing relevance

This is not good news and points out why portals like NowPublic are becoming more and more important to the free transfer of information on the Internet.  - The Angryindian---------------------------------------------"The Federal Communications Commission has no...