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Submitted by ub on Tue, 03/21/2023 - 11:51

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RFE IN RUSSIA
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ub Tue, 05/30/2023 - 08:41

A drone attack took place in Moscow on the morning of May 30, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his Telegram channel.

CONNIE BABIES
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ub Thu, 05/11/2023 - 18:09

Why are so many Asian-American women of a certain age called ‘Connie’? Blame it on Connie Baby aka Connie Chung.

I worked as A news producer for NBC News for about a decade  A  few of those years I had to wake up early for TODAY. The paycheck was good and the working conditions better. I worked wi Jane Pauley, Deborah Norville and last but not least, Connie Baby.

She said she met Maury in California and the rest is history. Chung became a vehicle for many immigrant mothers’ hopes for their daughters and their quest for a sense of belonging.

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM
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ub Wed, 05/03/2023 - 10:13

The World Press Freedom Index compares the levels enjoyed by news media in 180 countries and territories.

Press-bashing has become a reflex among totalitarian dictators, and it’s becoming an ugly crutch.

The definition of press freedom used by RSF and its panel of experts to compile the Index is the following:

SPRING CLEANING

Submitted by ub on Tue, 04/25/2023 - 10:57
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The timing of the sudden firing of the real  -UCKER may have come down to one obvious calculation- It was now time to take out the garbage!

The half-baked ideas of the one-time popular tv dinner heir were apparently burning up the billionaire's media empire and he had to put a sudden stop to it.

While he may have made a bet that the odds may remain in his favor, it is a gutsy move, and not clear how things will end when the dice stop rolling.

EXPANDING FAN BASE
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ub Mon, 04/24/2023 - 16:10

Some folks get outfoxed while others are foxed out, but to become marketable we must continue to increase the fan base with a...

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MY AMERICA
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ub Sat, 04/22/2023 - 06:35

I arrived in the USA from Cuba when I was a young boy speaking little English and never looked back. I truly love America the Beautiful.

THEY WARNED US
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ub Fri, 04/21/2023 - 08:23

Potter on Murdoch's lasting impact on journalism, democracy, and politics  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRV835XkraI

'We tend to forget that life can only be defined in the present tense'  https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2007/sep/12/greatinterviews

NYC, NY SO NICE

Submitted by ub on Thu, 04/20/2023 - 11:01
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As a longtime New Yorker, a former AP Bureau Chief, and a practicing Christian who attended Catholic schools I object, dear Lord.

William Donohue is also known as Billiy The Bully and claims the nearly $500,000 raise he received was part of an exit package approved by the board. However, he is still on the job and continues trying to bully the free press and specifically AP, my alma mater.  https://www.eurasiareview.com/20042023-nyc-is-indeed-crime-ridden-oped/

FOX LIED TO US
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ub Wed, 04/19/2023 - 09:12

#WeThePeople media has dropped a long way down the rabbit hole from the $64K Question to the $787.5 Million Dollar Answer.

The big-money quiz show that spawned a rash of copycats in the mid-1950s was none other than "The $64,000 Question." Someone recalled the $64 question--the top prize offered on the show and the idea to expand that figure to $64,000 for the TV version.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYqoOaB9Teg