Word: media
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...resentment born of the suspicion that all along the media were up to their usual tricks, hyping a notional calamity to the max in order to make us buy more copies and tune into TV specials titled The Day the Food Ran Out. Then, too, followers of certain religious sects will no doubt find it puzzling, if not downright disappointing, that the new year didn't begin with a spectacular slapdown between the Antichrist and Godzilla. Of course, preachers can always say the Creator called them on their cell phones at 11:59 p.m. to say Armageddon was being postponed.The...
...seems that the habit of the American media and government of projecting stereotypes against Arab and Muslim Americans will never end. With the recent crash of the EgyptAir Flight 990, we have once again witnessed just how out-of-hand these implications...
...what can we learn from this? One policy that should be considered by the media and government is to think before they speak. And, for now at least, Arab and Muslim Americans should get used to the fact that they are "guilty until proven innocent," and they should try to clear up these misconceptions and stereotypes that run rampant through the nation...
...hope the new updates will clarify the applicability of these guidelines to contemporary situations," he said. "It remains to be seen how powerfully different media will play out for education--pen and paper aren't that bad either...
...announcement was designed to end speculation that the media brouhaha over anti-Israeli rhetoric uttered in Mrs. Clinton's presence during her Middle East trip would torpedo her campaign. Despite New York's large Jewish vote and the tabloid media's best efforts, Suha Arafat's remarks are hardly likely to turn into one of those "-gate" tropes that could doom her campaign (the Palestinians hate the Israelis - who knew?), especially after Prime Minister Ehud Barak gave her a ringing endorsement as a friend of Israel. But what the incident may have shown is that the trappings of First Ladyhood...