Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Media Savvy: Cable News Fails On AIG | Daily Show Uprising‏


03/18/09



If you asked the average American to explain AIG's role in the financial crisis, I'm wagering you'll get nothing but a blank stare and a mumble or two.


By Michael Bush, AdAge
Even PR pros are shaking their heads at the blundering giant insurer, which is fast becoming not only the poster boy for financial-industry greed, but also a company seen as too arrogant or stupid to keep out of its own way.

By AP
President Barack Obama is promising to reinvigorate the Freedom of Information Act by opening more of the government's filing cabinets without a fight. It can't happen soon enough for the people awaiting replies to more than 150,000 requests for information.

By Edward Wyatt, NY Times
On the eve of Barack Obama's election last fall as the first African-American president, television seemed to be leaning toward a post-racial future. But now viewers will see a return to old, monochromatic ways in the coming season.

By Rajini Vaidyanathan, BBC
The verdicts in two US trials are being appealed against because jurors made comments about them on social networking sites.


Protestors attempt to teabag the White House, Jon blames the media, and Glenn Beck cries.
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