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Project Censored 2003 Underreported Stories
gobbo writes "Project Censored has released its top 25 underreported stories for 2002-3. Everyone needs to find out about these as part of a daily anti-propaganda vitamin, but /.ers should be particularly interested in #6: "Closing Access to Information Technology," in which Arthur Stamoulis reports on how the conglomeration of control over the physical networks threatens access to content. Alternative links suggested for more info: the Center for Digital Democracy, Media Tank, and Free Press. Double plus good I say, who wants all that information anyway!"
Looks like Ultra-liberalism 101.
There's a growing sense that even if The Future comes,
most of us won't be able to afford it.
-- Lemmy
Why was this posted to Slashdot? The vast majority has nothing to do with technology, and instead focuses on anti-American and anti-Israel sentiments. Looking at the titles, such as Welfare Reform Up For Reauthorization and Still No Safety Net, Africa Faces New Threat of Colonialism and US/British forces knowingly use illegal depleted uranium weapons in Gulf War, one can see welfare state carping, Jew-hating, nonsense, and outright lies, as depleted uranium has never been outlawed by either country. Further stories include military-bashing, U.S. bashing, world domination conspiracy theories, and other various vitrol. This is all extreme fringe stuff. What is it doing here, and why?
Slashdot: Playing Favorites Since 1997
I smell someone coming here to promote their book... Peter Phillips, is that you?
I always used to laugh at the comments that one could buy a Slashdot story, but now I'm beginning to wonder how much you paid Michael under the table to get this on the front page...
American Conservative Magazine was put together by Conservatives that expressly believed that Neoconservatives were a problem, if not an outright conspiracy. That was the whole rationale behind the magazine's inception - to act as an alternative to the predominantly neocon mags such as National Review. So quoting them is like pointing out that kooks at both extremes of the political spectrum believe that black helicopters are watching them. Might as well tell us what the John Birch Society thinks of Neoconservatives.
Regardless, Pat Buchanan's endorsement of a magazine does not make it's hysterical claims any more reliable than those of Mother Jones or Pilger.com. What do you expect?
You: "It's a Neoconservative Conspiracy!"
Me: "What makes you think that?"
You: "The administration is trying to rebulid our military's might, and American Conservative Magazine is critical of neocons, and George Will is sometimes critical of the current administration."
Me: "Oops. Okay, you caught us. It's a conspiracy."
Paper Pusher
I would point out that the New York Times has been slanting stories strongly to the left for what, a CENTURY more than Fox has even existed?
If you actually were able to pull your head out of your ass and look around, you would find that there isn't a major media organization in this country that has the slightest hint of a liberal leaning in at least 20 years.
It's nice to see you bleating the bullshit you've been fed.
Good Subject.
Now please shut the fuck up so us *Citizens* can have a rational discussion.
Good Lord. I'd make some kind of argument about 2/3 majorities and how that applies states in the Senate, but somehow I don't think you care. Instead I'll just link to some PENISES!
Look! Gay porn! Penis penis penis. Perhaps even a nut sack or two.
Maybe you have a point and I'm just distracted by this (that one's not a penis, it's another under-reported story) shit, but hey, we can always use a little more gay porn.
I don't know, I'd probably be more passionately against you people if I thought that a hypothetical anti-gay ammendment would last more than a decade before it gets repealed. Sure, I'd be embarassing historically, but I get the sense that we're just gonna be writing off this whole decade 50 years down the road. "The 1950s Part II" or something. They'll probably find some logical explaination for how stupid we all are. Like the hallucinagenic wheat fungus they came up with to explain the Salem witch trials.
Whatever. I'm just keeping my head down until 2015 and hoping I don't get burned at the stake before we get out of this.