The Stench of Broadcast News on Cable Stations

The writer of this article captures my views about the news channels we have on cable and satellite. Fox News is utterly nauseating and full of Bush apologists with far too much focus on fluff and celebrity "news". MSNBC is in the same ballpark, and CNN has their moments also except when Lou Dobbs is airing. CNBC offers no critical analysis about the societal, community, and individual costs and sacrifices of the rampant runaway corporacy and market capitalism being forced upon us.

Overall, its better to get most news from the internet, with the newspaper providing state and local news. Use the three major networks for major breaking news (ABC is my preferrence) and avoid most "news" programs like what is broadcast on Fox News and the others.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rob_kall_070422_cable_news__war_agai.htm

David Halberstam, 1934-2007

Very sad news came from the Bay Area this afternoon of the sudden death of the great historical author and Pulitzer Prize Winner David Halberstam due to an automobile accident in Menlo Park, south of San Francisco. David Halberstam authored numerous books on history as well as baseball, and I was fortunate to have read many of his works. Among his books I enjoyed and learned from include The Best and the Brightest; The Fifties; October 1964; Summer of '49; The Reckoning; and The Next Century. His contributions in his field are monumental and he will be sorely missed.

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBIT_HALBERSTAM?SITE=CODER&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-04-23-19-54-21

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-NY-Obit-Halberstam.html?hp

http://www.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/david_halberstam/index.html

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