News Industry Workers Fight Back Against Corporate Assault on Journalism, Jobs (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Newsroom reporters, commercial employees, television technicians, writers and other workers in the news industry are standing up to media owners and corporations that are seeking to slash newspaper jobs to generate higher profits....more...Supreme Court takes up global warming for first time (Telegraph) WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration is defending its refusal to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from new motor vehicles in the first case about global warming to reach the Supreme Court....more... Books: 'Media Politics: A Citizen's Guide' (Washington Post) Shanto Iyengar , director of the Political Communication Lab at Stanford University, was online Thursday, Nov. 30, at noon ET to discuss his new book, " Media Politics: A Citizen's Guide" (with Jennifer A. McGrady), and the role of image in American politics. ...more... Etan Thomas: Work Ethic? Look At Your Columns, Tom Knott (HuffingtonPost) A few weeks ago, Washington Times columnist Tom Knott attacked me in his newspaper ( Washington Times Sept 4, 2006 " Injustice? Look at your contract, Etan "). Unfortunately, Knott didn't have the decency to discuss my views with me before publishing his article. That Knott didn't speak to me about my views should not be a surprise -- Knott has never talked to me about anything, nor has he ...more... Tuned In: Griffin's baffling report on church boggles even its stewards (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) The Marty Griffin Reputation Rehabilitation tour continued unabated last week with the KDKA reporter's second pro-church story....more... State Dept. Daily Press Briefing November 29, 2006 (Scoop.co.nz) DEPARTMENT A/S Hill Travel / Meetings in Beijing / China / North Korea / South Korea / Japan Hill?s Possible Meetings with Russian Counterpart on Six Party Talks Secretary?s Travel and Meeting Schedule ...more... 12-01-06 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE (Eurweb) EDDIE MURPHY BACK FOR ?BEVERLY HILLS COP IV ?: Actor looking to update the classic film franchise. *Cue up the ?Axel Foley Theme.? Eddie Murphy is moving forward with a fourth installment of his successful film franchise, ?Beverly Hills Cop.?...more... Karunanidhi leaves for Delhi to participate in Mullaperiyar talks (Kaumundi Online) : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi left for New Delhi to participate in crucial talks with his Kerala counterpart V S Achuthanthan on the Mullaiperiyar Dam issue....more... Nepal Govt., rebels sign agreement on disarming rebel fighters (Kaumundi Online) KATHMANDU : Nepal's Government and communist rebels on Tuesday signed a U.N.-sponsored agreement spelling out the disarmament and disbanding of insurgents as part of a wide-reaching peace pact....more... |