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Old 05-10-2010, 07:54 AM
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yeah, but another way to look at it; people who don't learn how to network in college usually end up living in their mom's basement.
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Old 05-10-2010, 08:53 AM
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yeah, but another way to look at it; people who don't learn how to network in college usually end up living in their mom's basement.
and golivar is totally cool with that
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Old 05-19-2010, 02:00 PM
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/ar...ion/19pbs.html

At a time when many news organizations are cutting back, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is continuing its efforts to bolster in-depth journalism in public media. The corporation said on Tuesday that it was giving “Frontline” a $6 million, two-year grant that would allow it to expand its investigative programming to a year-round schedule on PBS stations.
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^ That's great.
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Old 10-27-2010, 12:39 AM
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The Spill - The Long and Troubled Past of BP
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Old 10-27-2010, 07:37 PM
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We need more nuanced news analysis. I'm glad that Frontline is getting that support.
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great reporting as always

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http://video.pbs.org/video/1810338755/
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Old 03-28-2012, 03:48 PM
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Man, the tendrils of media corruption on that new episode.

The lows that Rupert Murdoch's empire would go to for profit. Wow.
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Old 03-28-2012, 04:21 PM
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^ I think it's more about power and control.

Good episode last night. The US is in such a media blackout that I didn't realize that these claims started over 5 years ago.
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Old 03-28-2012, 05:10 PM
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I found it riveting how someone could sway influence in government by sheer blackmail. Policies and laws changed in wholesale to his advantage. Fox News enthusiasts should really see this to episode. They're being taken for a ride here just as it is across the pond. They're also hornswoggled into voting for policies and officials that run counter to their interests.
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Old 03-28-2012, 05:32 PM
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^ fox watchers would just call it liberal propaganda.

even if fox, itself, said "we are lying to you", people would still call it liberal propaganda.

and if you ever got them to admit, that, yes, fox lies, they would say "well, everybody lies".
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Old 03-29-2012, 12:25 PM
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Old 03-29-2012, 02:20 PM
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I would say that would be true. They seem to have this impenetrable bubble surrounding them. Having the internet galvanize their half-truths doesn't help either.
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Old 04-29-2012, 11:38 AM
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Old 05-01-2012, 09:07 PM
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Fuck. A lot of that greed on Wall Street. Sickening to watch how all of this is being explained.
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