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...journalist Arthur Rowse’s latest book, “Drive-By Journalism: The Assault on Your Need to Know.” Rowse, according to Jensen, bemoans the increasingly self-interested behavior of American media, which he sees as paradigmatic of the replacement of “citizen democracy” by “corporate democracy.” Nonetheless, Rowse’s proposed societal reforms all center on the media itself. “When it comes to running the country,” Jensen quotes him as saying, “there?...
...crusades. But that relationship has now ended. Bush wants to cap the damages juries can award to plaintiffs, cutting into lawyers' fees?and the lawyers blame Nader. Even though he no longer even sits on their boards, his old organizations are feeling the brunt of the lawyers' anger. Public Citizen, run by Nader proteges, raised $150,000 less than usual in December, much of it attributed to trial lawyer revenge, group officials tell TIME. A New York-based law firm that represents families of airplane crash victims withdrew a $10,000 pledge to the Aviation Consumer Action Project, a Nader...
...messenger that would fit in from Tokyo to the Middle East," says Jennifer Seeto, regional sales marketing manager for the channel, which began beaming its border-busting images in 1994. Star veejay Asha Gill personifies the global look. When asked what her ethnic heritage is, Gill, a Malaysian citizen, simply shrugs. "Oh, who knows," she says. "I'm half Punjabi, mixed with some English, a little French and dribs and drabs of God knows what else." The 29-year-old speaks crisp British English, fluent Malay, and a smidgen of Punjabi. She grew up in a Kuala Lumpur neighborhood that...
...consumer advocates at Public Citizen say they are worried about Graham's corporate ties...
...Professor Graham is certainly aware of what the Public Citizen report contained and he is very much looking forward to presenting a balanced picture of his beliefs and his credentials to the Senate and the public," Ullman says. "The report is inaccurate in a variety of places and is very selective in the information it presents...