Top Stories from AlterNet's MediaCulture Special Coverage Area

August 9, 2006

Don't miss AlterNet's first original author interview with
Courtney Martin, accompanying her Megachurch story
below...
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FROM THE VIDEO BLOG:

Daily Show skewers Rumsfeld, Gonzales, Rice
http://alternet.org/blogs/video/40109/

Olbermann: Bush vacations as Middle East burns
http://alternet.org/blogs/video/40039/

Galloway rips pro-Israel media bias
http://alternet.org/blogs/video/40071/
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FROM THE BLOGS:

Olbermann and the O'Reilly 'Sieg Heil'
http://alternet.org/blogs/peek/40099/

Bush's AT&T case is B.S.
http://alternet.org/blogs/themix/40002/
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MEGACHURCHES COURT COOL TO ATTRACT TEENS
Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet
An evening at the New Life Church gives the author a clue
to how evangelical right-wing Christians are attracting
'Generation Me.' PLUS: A video interview with the author.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/39427/

OLIVER STONE REWRITES 9/11
Anthony Kaufman, AlterNet
In his new film, 'World Trade Center,' the director turns
the events of 9/11 into an easily digestible myth of
American heroism, with an almost happy ending. Huh?
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/40004/

COMEDY, LIKE REALITY, HAS A LIBERAL BIAS
Jessica Clark, In These Times
As Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have shown, Americans are
now turning to comedy to find the real story.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/40051/

HOW 9/11 COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED
Rory O'Connor, AlterNet
A new book explores the 'stupidity, hubris and dereliction
of duty' behind the pre-9/11 intelligence failure.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/40005/

BLOG MENACE
Annalee Newitz, AlterNet
There's a new threat to free speech, and it comes
from the software that lets you read blogs.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/40006/

COMPUTER HACKERS SHARE THEIR SECRETS
Liz Cole, AlterNet
The sixth annual Hackers Conference explored privacy,
coupons, intelligence and Scooter Libby.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/39825/

'WIKIS' TAKING OVER THE WORLD
Rory O'Connor, AlterNet
Community-built websites -- 'wikis' -- are growing in
ways unimaginable to their inventor.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/39819/

YOU'RE THE DIRECTOR NOW
Lisa Voyticki, AlterNet
Welcome to the world of the Wikimentary -- where you're
the director and the audience.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/39821/

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