Saturday, May 30, 2009

Saturday Morning (Journalism) Quarterback

The Top Five Worth-Reading Stories From This Week In Stories Worth Reading

Report: the unreleased Abu Ghraib photos show images of rape.

Bill Moyers asks: How can expect an industry that profits from sickness and disease to police itself?

In economic news, Salon looks at our addiction to debt. Also, Andy Kroll looks into the bank bailout as the greatest swindle ever sold. Goldmann-Sachs distracted us and pocketed billions from our treasury.

And, is Larry Summers taking kickbacks from the banks he's bailing out?

In environmental news, Chris Hedges has a great column on Natural gas companies having managed to convince Congress and the EPA that millions of gallons of toxic water left underground or collected in huge open pits pose no threat to watersheds, yet wells in 11 states have already been poisoned. Not to mention, the Dems have unleashed a slew of anti-environmental policies that would have enraged any reasonable conservationist during the Bush years.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

my God, i thought you were going to chip in with some decisive insght at the end there, not leave it with ‘we leave it to you to decide’.

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December 29, 2009  

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