A new page! Rupert Murdoch is infamous in the UK and Australia for making secret deals with politicians and for corrupting democracy. Many of his papers are known for their very poor ethics and historical (and current?) illegal methods of obtaining black-market information, including routine bribery of police and pseudo-corruption of government ( Read more... )

Yay! Mrs Crabtree has lovingly sent out 2 months-worth of Economists, meaning, I can finally catch up on last months news! As always I try to read them in order, gradually building up to understanding the world as it is now!

And an issue of Skeptical Inquirer, too.

http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060713/NEWS01/60713013Read more... )

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=3&u=/nm/20030603/od_nm/malaysia_dcRead more... )

The Mass Media is the Bane of Cultural Evolution and Development