The Story Behind A NYT Zimbabwe Child Victim Photo--and Why You Won't See ...

This is a fascinating analysis of how a photo of a child, both legs broken by Mugabe thugs, not only came to be--but how it came to not be on the internet. Question: should the New York Times, and Poynter Institute, have with-held internet publication of a photo published in...

Ghost-Written Journalism: "Hey, I Wrote That!"

There's a great discussion going on this morning about intellectual property and reporting, and this throws an interesting spin on it: What happens when the original article is itself an unattrbuted...

Russia Parades Military Might

It was an eerie sight, I'm sure; Nuclear missile launchers, columns of tanks and thousands of troops marched through Red Square in Russia today. The occasion was to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of the victory...

Heavy fighting erupts in Basra

The US military death toll in Iraq has passed another milestone. 4,000 US troops have now been killed in the conflict."Heavy fighting erupted in Iraq's southern oil hub of Basra on Tuesday, and a military official...

A Pakistani view of U.S. nuclear weapons

"COLUMNS Columns > A Pakistani view of U.S. nuclear weapons A Pakistani view of U.S. nuclear weapons By Hugh Gusterson | 5 February 2008 "The [U.S.] Air Force has...

Volcano sparks Ecuador evacuation

"Hundreds of villagers in Ecuador have been ordered to evacuate their homes after a volcano shot columns of ash several kilometres into the air. About 1,000 people have been told to leave the area surrounding the...

Blogs are like bar chats, says former Times editor

According to the former editor of The Times, Simon Jenkins, blogs are pretty much a waste of time. He told a Lords committee in London:"Simon Jenkins said the difference between the two formats was like writing 'a collected essay' and 'laying down your pen, going to the pub...

SHOCK VIDEO: Jets Humiliated By 'Gate D Party'

What do people expect these are Jets fans. Have you ever gone to a jets game? The testosterone is out of control."EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CBS) ― They're subjected to taunting and teasing. Women are being...

NIST IMPLICITLY ADMITS: WTC TOWERS DESTROYED IN CONTROLLED DEMOLITION 9/11

"[Note: I will be speaking with Kevin Ryan, a leading expert on the NIST cover-up, at the Peoria Public Library at 2 pm this Saturday, 10/20/07, 107 N.E. Monroe St., Peoria, IL 61602] In an amazing about-face, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has...

NIST IMPLICITLY ADMITS: WTC TOWERS DESTROYED IN CONTROLLED DEMOLITION 9/11

"[Note: I will be speaking with Kevin Ryan, a leading expert on the NIST cover-up, at the Peoria Public Library at 2 pm this Saturday, 10/20/07, 107 N.E. Monroe St., Peoria, IL 61602] In an amazing about-face, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has...

Canadians' Freedom of Movement Charter Right Being Violated by Harper Government

What follows is yet another example of how the elites have little regard for the average Canadian.  If only we knew our place!

BAGHDAD Diarist Admits Fake Stories

"THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned from a military source close to the investigation that Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp--author of the much-disputed "Shock Troops" article in the New Republic's July 23 issue as well as two previous "Baghdad Diarist" columns--signed a sworn...

Weapons depot explosion kills 76 and injures hundreds more

More coming soon."MAPUTO , 23 March 2007 (IRIN) - A series of explosions at a military weapons depot in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, late on Thursday afternoon showered rockets and other ballistic debris into densely populated poor neighbourhoods, killing at least 76...

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....

EMT: We Were Told Building 7 Was to Be "Pulled"

Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Thursday, February 8, 2007 - A New Jersey EMT has gone public on how emergency workers were told that Building 7 was going to be "pulled," before a...

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