Losing the Media; Losing Democracy 6/9/2008 11:00:43 AM Last week the 4th annual National Conference for Media Reform was held. The movement to reform the media is growing and has moved from so-called mainstream media to encompass cyber media. All are in danger. Danger from corporate take-overs. Danger from conspiracy with malevolent politicians. Danger from citizen apathy. The infamous and incomparable Bill Moyers delivered a... Read More Topics:   Net Neutrality, free press, National Conference for Media Reform, Comcast, Joe Lieberman Posted by  The Wonk View Comments (3) - Post A Comment - Suggest a Topic - Contribute Joe Lieberman as "The Decider" 6/1/2008 6:34:33 PM Who should decide what is allowed to go on the Internet? Senator Joe Lieberman (I, CT) seems to think that he's the one. So, now, he's the Decider? If you remember, last fall the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1955, "The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007." (Read original text here.) It passed with almost unanimous support.... Read More Topics:   Joe Lieberman, Google, YouTube, Violent Radicalization Act, Silber Posted by  The Wonk View Comments (1) - Post A Comment - Suggest a Topic - Contribute   Links Home Get Blog Widget Recent Posts Celebrate Freedom The New FISA Law. Compromise, Capitulation, or Conspiracy? Taguba, War Crimes & Nancy Pelosi Bush and the Supreme Court Losing the Media; Losing Democracy Joe Lieberman as "The Decider" Bush and Public Policy Does Bush Want War With Venezuela? The Peter Principle Tin Foil Hats The Liberty City Seven Revamping Immigration Policy Passport Peepers Tibet The Baghdad Taj Majal Conservatives and the Economic Crisis The Economy Sucks Will the House Cave In? The True Costs of Our Military Incursions The Bush Library and Institute To become a blogger on the blog you must subscribe to The Issue Wonk. Please click here to subscribe. Most Read Osama bin Laden-Dead or Alive? Have You Had Enough? Lieberman-Kyl Amendment John "Pat" Philbin The New NIE Report Topics bush (11) FISA (8) telecommunications (6) Clinton (5) torture (4) government news article (3) immunity (3) Iran (3) iraq (3) Obama (3) subscription service (3) us government news (3) warrantless surveillance (3) debt (2) Economy (2) Gonzales (2) habeas corpus (2) health insurance (2) illegal wiretapping (2) Joe Lieberman (2) Krongard (2) McCain (2) Patriot Act (2) Protect America Act (2) Reagan (2) spying (2) War (2) 60 Minutes (1) 9/11 (1) Afghanistan (1) airport security (1) al Qaeda (1) Alberto Gonzales (1) Alvaro Uribe (1) amnesty (1) Andrew Natsios (1) Arlen Specter (1) automatic targeting system (1) average income (1) b-52s (1) Archives 2008 July June May April March February January 2007 December November October September August RSS Feed Atom Feed