Archive for the 'News' Category

In The News: BBC edition

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Here’s a story (</madden>) that you probably won’t see in many US Media outlets:

Guantanamo guard reunited with ex-inmates
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To Spank Or Not To Spank

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That is the question… but the answer may surprise you. A recent study, highlighted in this article via theweek.com, will probably surprise you.
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The Year in Media Errors and Corrections

Alex Internet News

Fantastic post. My favorite:

Bear sighting: An item in the National Briefing in Sunday’s Section A said a bear wandered into a grocery story in Hayward, Wis., on Friday and headed for the beer cooler. It was Thursday.

Tiger Woods doesn’t owe you *#&@

Alex News Sports

Apparently there was some sort of kerfuffle over the holiday weekend involving Tiger Woods. And by ‘apparently’, I mean it was completely impossible to avoid hearing about it. Trust me, I tried. So TW backed his car into a fire hydrant, and may or may not have cheated on his wife. This has led to articles all over teh interwebz that boil down to two points:

1. Tiger Woods has tarnished his image.
2. Tiger Woods needs to tell the truth about everything.

To which I say:

1. Perhaps.
2. No, he absolutely does not.
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Health Care Reform Debate (or People Is So Stupid)

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Continuing on yesterday’s topic from Alex…

As Americans debate “Health Care Reform” there is a lot of misinformation out there regarding what the Obama administration is proposing. Just watch Fox News for any length of time and you’ll hear plenty. But I just read a Yahoo! News article that shows what the public believes versus what the administration states their goals are.
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