100,000 protesters aren’t news. Anna Nicole is

Who is protecting your right to know? Certainly not the FCC.
When In 1995, the commission (FCC), ruled that Rupert Murdoch's ownership of Fox was in the public's best interests, it had to be kidding. The results, however, are no joke.
What it brought us was ‘reality-tv,’ in spades, ‘news’ networks dedicated to promoting the conservative agenda, and Anna Nicole Smith 24-hours-a-day, for months.
Bill Moyers reports “Why wasn't it news last weekend when more than 100,000 people turned out in 11 cities across the country to protest the occupation of Iraq? Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Orlando, Salt Lake City, New Orleans, Jonesborough, Tennessee. But if you blinked while watching the national news, you wouldn't have known it was a story. We found less than two minutes of scattered mentions on television.”

I wonder why?

Mediagogue; what you don't know

I make it a point to watch Bill Moyers Journal on PBS. He tends to cover subjects that don't see the light of day, anywhere else.Over time, I have found the show to be informative, well researched, thorough and even-handed. His report this week on the FCC and mainstream media is fascinating. What you don't know can hurt you. Regardless of your political affiliation, I recommend it. You can keep up to date by reading his companion blog. Visit here. Add it to your bookmarks.

Looks Like? Is

A good friend of mine has adopted this opening phrase when he phones me. "What it look like," We both laugh and proceed to discuss the world and its problems from an 'is' perspective.
In the same spirit, I will be regularly including these in the posts:

Looks like Barack Obama genuinely has a chance of becoming the first African-American president.
What it is. His best and only chance is to align himself with Hilary as vice president. The country simply isn't ready. Maybe, not even for her.

UQ
• Whatever happened to the idea of Statesman or Stateswoman?

• How are major corporations getting away with sending jobs overseas when there is still unemployment in the United States?

• Is the fact that so many Catholic priest child abusers choose boys as their victims more about opportunity than sexual proclivity?