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Commentary Articles of Michael Hammerschlag
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RUSSIA 89-94 '94-'01 IRAQ BUSH IRAN PAKISTAN+INDIA N. KOREA CHINA
ELECTION 2000
AIRLINE SECURITY MEDIA CRITIQUE 9-11 ECONOMY POLITICS SPACE+SCIENCE NUCLEAR THREAT
ACCURATE FORECASTS PHOTOS AUDIO BIG BIDNESS MOVIES+TV FUNNY
EXCERPTS
LUMINARY LETTERS BLOG MENU
"WHOOPS"- HOW THE NETWORKS GOT IT WRONG- PROBLEM POLLING POLICY - Nat. Scoop- Intellectual Capita1- 11/25/00 - Inside story on the screw-ups (3-4) at the VNS and Florida counties that caused the networks to blow the election call in a strong article/analysis/commentary against the networks projection policy and the squirrelly polls w interviews w TV news execs, Walter Cronkite, Florida officials, pollsters, Sen. Gorton and VNS people, voting machine reps.- MediaChannel- 12/26/00 Anchor of largest media related network. IF DOESN'T LOAD Issue Cover Talk Show
Media Tenor Book w Whoops Article MEDIOCRACY - 234 pgs Table of Contents
SAMPLE BALLOT DECEPTIVE, DIFFERENT - Dems denied hand count in Duval Co. - Nat. scoop Capital Times - Madison WI - Nov 25, 2000 HTML longer vers. Duval Sample Ballot Duval Actual Ballot FLORIDA ELECTION DOCS
COMET PHOTO ALTERED, UH SCIENTIST SAYS- .. - (Honolulu Advertiser)-Sun Front Page-April 20,'97- Nat. scoop
Faking of Univ of Hawaii telescope photo to "show" a "spaceship" following Hale-Bopp comet by psychic "remote viewing" institute; Publicized on Art Bell national radio show + website, may have been incitement for San Diego Heavens Gate cult suicide
. Original Article before lame editing- CLICK HERE AP RELEASE of article - (small)
RI NIGHTCLUB FIRE - exclusive - Worst US fire in quarter century rips through smallest state- w photos, interviews, radio reports MIRROR
Inferno horror at The Station nightclub, R.I.- March 03
DUNNING DEAN- nat. scoop - DID the DOCTOR GET GORED - mediachannel HTML COLUMNIZED Did the media try to destroy Howard Dean by harping on his liberalness and inexperience (both untrue), and electability until it became a self-fulfilling prophecy with Dems desperate to defeat Bush? Analysis of coverage of campaign fm Wash. Post, Newsweek, New Republic, US News, TV debates; + my NH reporting- Jan 26,04
PUTIN'S CHILDREN (Orig.) new- exclusiveInternational Herald Tribune- SCAN July 6 - from Moscow The Putin Youth groups: Nashi, Young Guard, Young Russia; badger and terrorize anyone who even differs with Kremlin positions; By propagandizing the vulnerable, is the Kremlin poisoning the seed corn of young minds? On June 12th, Russian Independence Day, Red Sq. was reserved for the Party faithful po Ryccki ONLINE IHT vers.
THE INFINITE PUTIN - Capital Times ORIGINAL new Moscow: Putin is supposed to leave office in March, but that was impossible to believe. Appointing unknown crony Viktor Zubkov PM (told only the day before and rammed through rubber stamp Congress 2 days later) ends the doubt. Zubkov will be anointed President (+ win), Putin will become Prime Minister, and Zubkov will resign in 6-12 months to let Vladimir Vladimirovich return as Prez. Massive conflicts of interests in the Kremlin, where mini oligarch ministers control the biggest corporations in the world and can't separate their interests from those of the state, crushing and absorbing competitors.- October 10, 2007
GETTING GOOD NEWS: The Government vs. the Press in Times of War (realaudio) windowsmedia- Mike's BROWN U. Lecture (listing)- History of Press restrictions in War since WW2; How Vietnam changed everything and made the media the enemy; 30 min., Salomon Hall, Brown Univ., Dec 13, 2004 POSTER
10th Anniversary of Moscow Oct '93 Revolt - (Exclusive AUDIO) - VIOLENT COMMUNIST ATTACK that ALMOST DEPOSED YELTSIN --200 killed in 2 days of battles at WHITE HOUSE and OSTANKINO TV CENTER ; w article 24 Hours in October Revolt + Photos AUDIO ONLY - 7:20 min
STOPPING the NEXT BOSNIA- comn. scoop Capital Times -Dec 13, 03 FULL version. - It seems obvious we will be forced out of Iraq, which will explode into Civil War between the 63% Shiites and 17% Sunni former rulers (and the 19% Kurds?); Bosnia across California; Beirut in the third biggest oil country- Maybe partitioning Iraq could mitigate or prevent the coming bloodbath - Nov 4, 03 ; TALK SHOW (audio) on subj.- 40min w Barry Farber- Dec 4 Brown U. Conf. on Kurds (audio) 4:03 min- Oct 1
HUNTING TRUTH - The Trouble with Harry- MediaChannel Exclusive Is the Veep's story as honest as the Iraqi WMD's?, Accident report shows much closer distance than 90 ft claimed- smaller pellet spread, too many pellets + too much penetration; Cheney + Willeford abandon him and go 100 yards farther, Cheney shoots him behind him in the safe zone in a line towards the car, "Witness" sees everything from inside car 100 yards away; with Interviews of Corpus Christi reporters; investigative shotgun pattern comparisons; Whittington blasted by 2/3 of shot in shell!- March 24
CRIME STORY -(gif) Dec 94 - UNTOLD STORY of REASONS Behind 1st CHECHEN WAR - Exclusive; Hijackings of Buses with Children, Raids + Stripping of Trains, Hundreds of Billions of Counterfeiting, Vicious Chechen Mafia; Historical Genocides and Hatreds; STORY Western Media repeated was simplistic "Soviet Bear Rising" HTML vers (hear '94 NPR talk show on Chechen War + rise of Russian Mafia) NPR Comments on Moscow theater storming- slider to 25:30
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION AlterNet Scoop Sept 2005 ALT ALT2 Against every rule of occupation, almost no effort was made to secure the vast munitions stores of Iraq after the invasion; 250,000 tons, 39% of the ordinance was looted by insurgents and is killing our soldiers every day. IED deaths have more than doubled in the last year- now 71% of US hostile fatalities, and there's enough looted armaments to make ten 500 lb IED's a day for the next 274 years. Interview of Military Intelligence agent who reveals how even an ammo dump next to huge US base was negligently allowed to be looted.
NSA Director Gen. William Odom (news article) - exclusive (REALAUDIO)- 52 min Dissects strategic blunder of Iraq, escape strategies, geopolitical consequences, Iran attack, Korea- April 7 -Watson Institute Brown Univ.- OpedNews, Scoop + 69,000 venues- My Questions 7m (wma)
NETWORK NEWS HEADS IN THE DOCK - Tauzin Hearings Confused by Red Herrings, Election Woes- Exclusive
Comprehensive Jigsaw Narrative of Tauzin Hearings testimony + Network Reports (CNN,CBS,ABC,RTI) + Our analysis- with TABLES + TIMELINE- Relative Times of Network Calls, Minute x minute CBS/CNN Election Nt Miscall Timeline- March 13, 01- MediaChannel.org - Issue Cover
ECONOMY
THE SOCIAL SECURITY SCAM + DEBT BOMB - SS trust fund has no cash, so Bush's privatization plan would need to borrow $200-300 bil a year but Deficit is real threat to SSS; Dollar has dropped 38% since mid 2001- disaster if foreigners stop buying our bonds that fund deficit, let alone sell them- Mar 10, 05 Energy Bulletin, Los Angeles Herald, SCOOP -NZ, Smkg Chp
IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID- (Don't Wreck It) - onlinejournal.com- Greenspan endorses a tax cut; Danger of George Bush's $1.6 tril one- Jan 26, 2001
CALIFORNIA ENERGY RIPOFF WASN'T JUST CRIME- 6 power companies, led by Enron, by manipulating power production, raised rates up to 90 fold; CAL paid in one day what it had been paying in 3 months; Used this vast scam to punish Gore voting state (+12%) and depose Dem governor; secret Cheney Energy Task Force likely plotted Iraq war - May '06 Bartcop, Buzzflash
SPACE + SCIENCE
GLOBAL WARMING WORSE THAN YOU THINK- Are We Cooked?- new Latest science from Greenland Ice Cores; Radical climate shifts in 1-3 years! Explosive CO2 acceleration- Predicted China would surpass US in GHG's this year. Massive methane release from melting Arctic tundra; Yedoma Ice Complex alone size of Texas +30M thick- organics could alone double human warming effect over next century; Danger of release of massive methane hydrate ice at bottom of oceans and sediments- more than all other fossil fuels combined; Blocking the sun- high altitude jets blocking half of the GW effects; 30% of Gulf Stream not flowing north since 8 yrs ago! Potential of ice cap tsunamis as 2 mile high RI sized chunks plunk into ocean. Interviews with 6 top environmental scientists- Goddard Center, Siberian research station, U Alaska, USGS drilling ship. GW 2-3 times worse than worse estimates; no margin left; huge changes in next 10 years.
CLOUD WORLD: MISSION to TITAN- Jan 14, the 11 year $3 billion Cassini mission to Saturn, successfully dropped a landing probe into the most earthlike atmosphere in the Solar System, the heavy clouds of Titan, the largest moon in the solar system- at 3200 mi. diameter, bigger than planet Mercury, and with an atmosphere- (94 % nitrogen, 6% methane) 1.5 X Earth’s pressure and 4½X as dense. But it is a bitter -178C (-290F), leading to speculation of lakes, oceans, and volcanoes of liquid methane- photos seem to show that (inc.)-With interview of Huygens scientist European Space Agency, Germany- SCOOP (NZ), MSN-UK
LUNAR ECLIPSE - total lunar eclipse May 15, 2003- PHOTOS- 20 to 40 power from video stills
FAIRWELL COLUMBIA- The nightmare of manned spacecraft- an immolating reentry- finally has struck after being staved off for 42 years. What should NASA have done to prevent it? Personal wonders of space. - Liberal Slant 2/3
A WARM + BRIGHT FUTURE part 1+2 gif-(Maui Time- Sept 1+15, 98)- Evidence and results of worldwide unprecedented warming- hottest ten years in last 2000 all since 1981. 1998 hottest year ever, 1997 hottest before that, each month a new world's record. Discusses Nitrogen oxide, methane, + water vapor's huge contributions (3-5 TIMES what we've been computing). Part 1 - Evidence for worldwide global warming-
PART 2 What we can do + what we will do; Weather extremes + resulting deaths.. Letter from VP Gore about article HTML FULL Article
US NEWS + World Report cover article on Global Warming 2/28/00 - Antarctic Meltdown, WEST ANTARCTIC ICESLIDE 4800 Cu. Mi. ARCTIC ICE MELTED- 2-17-05 new
The STATE of SPACE Oct'97 Likelihood of space disaster in Russian space program and Mir (from 2 years in Russia); America's mistakes (predicts cost cutting would lead to lost missions- subsequently 3 Mars and several launches met disaster) + needs in space and latest wonders from Galileo spacecraft around Jupiter: massive water ocean on Europa; and Cassini launch to Saturn and Titan.
IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT - Science + history behind meteor, asteroid, + cometary impacts (rel. to Armageddon + Deep Impact movies- 8/98)
STORMING LIONS -- Nov 18th, 2001+ Nov '98 Leonid Meteor Showers w End of World article above
FOLLY OF CUTTING SPACE SPENDING- (Providence Journal) Miracles of Voyager revelations- Jupiter + Saturn Moons; Madness of Reagan plan to cut funding for receipt of data from Uranus + Neptune
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THE NEWS, ALL THE NEWS + NOTHING BUT THE NEWS -- (scroll right) Columbia Journalism Review (page 1 of 4) ...
911 + SECURITY
9-11 NARCISSISM - The Oliver Stone movie World Trade Center is another moving hagiopic to the terrible sacrifice of 9-11. But we've been celebrating ourselves for being victims for 5 years now, and it's too much. It's time to stop congratulating ourselves for something we didn't do. And we didn't do many things.- Aug 2006 Scoop, Worldnews
UNPATRIOTIC SPYING - OpedNews, Scoop, Online Journal The FBI is doing full spectrum warrantless monitoring of 30,000 people a year, but are there even 3000 legitimate terrorism suspects a year? Now the Pentagon, CIA, NSA have also been spying on Americans- all illegally or illegitimately. No judge, no magistrate, no control, no limits; Records are open to state, local, and corporate "authorities" and are never destroyed. Thousands can rip through anyone's life, and could this vindictive administration avoid persecuting critics? With stunning revelation from Joe Wilson. Jan 5, 06
COULD AMERICA GO BAD? - What would America do if we were hit with a terrorist nuclear attack ... with this President, Congress, and a packed Supreme Court? Hyperbolic nightmare scenario- Nov 23- Op-Ed News, USA Editorial, Tokyo Hello, North American Media, Chinese American News, Saudi Post, Hiroshima Post, Scoop, Liberia Sport, Turkmen Post, Tunesia Cup, World News Network
MIXED SIGNALS- President Bush has promised to punish states that shelter terrorists while soliciting Pakistan + Iran's help, 2 of the leading supporters of terrorism// Now he claims we won't overthrow the Taliban, but then whom is this war against?- Sept 22,2001- Liberal Slant Interview w Commander Massoud (saying Paki army were fighting w Taliban- reporter killed in Israel in April) WTC Ruins 12/6 More PHOTOS
A BRUTAL WAKE-UP CALL - We have been heedless and careless in failing to dispatch bin Laden, protect our airliners w skymarshals or an air cap over our cities; blind in our ignorance of the growing Palestinian rage; stupid in our cruel embargo of a crushed foe; arrogant in our imagined invulnerability// Our enemies noticed...but will reap the whirlwind- Liberal Slant-Sept 12,01 WTC Summit PHOTO'S More
AIRLINE INSECURITY-5 months after 9-11 gaping security holes exist in the airline system. "Screening" now means "passenger bag matching", but they can't even manage that for the connecting flight; Skymarshals are nowhere to be found, even by pilots; and up to 50,000 Al Qaeda members lust for revenge; 2200 bag scanning machines are needed by Dec- new orders since 911?- ten until March 5- March 12,02 ALT Radio Comments
STEPHEN FLYNN (audio) Radio News Report - author + director of HART-RUDMAN Report on America's continued huge vulnerability to terrorism -4:52, Watson Institute, Brown U. 2/10/2003 Council on Foreign Relations Sn. Fellow - Oct 2002 Task Force inc. Gary Hart, Warren Rudman, William Webster, Warren Christopher, George Shultz, 2 Joint Chiefs; Flynn's Senate Testimony on containers
GARY HART (full audio) 5:10 min Mar 18,03- Senator, Pres. candidate and Chairman of Nat. Security Commission - Brown U lecture on US security on eve of Iraq War
IRAQ WAR
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION Sept 2005 AlterNet Scoop ALT ALT2 Against every rule of occupation, almost no effort was made to secure the vast munitions stores of Iraq after the invasion; 250,000 tons, 39% of the ordinance was looted by insurgents and is killing our soldiers every day. IED deaths have more than doubled in the last year- now 71% of US hostile fatalities, and there's enough looted armaments to make ten 500 lb IED's a day for the next 274 years. Interview of Military Intelligence agent who reveals how even an ammo dump next to huge US base was negligently allowed to be looted.
OVER THERE - Capital Times Feb 26 HTML Bush claims we are fighting them there so they won't come here, and that seems logical, even to some liberals; After all there haven't been more attacks in America- Feb 15
NO RESPONSIBILITY IN BUSH'S FANTASY WORLD ALT Bush steamed straight ahead in a speech that penalized no one for the systematic brutalization of our Army prisoner policy and ignored the insanity of dumping entire Iraq mess on a government in 5 weeks that doesn't exist -May 25 SmrkCp
STOPPING the NEXT BOSNIA- comn. scoop Capital Times (online)-Dec 13, FULL version. - It seems obvious we will be forced out of Iraq, which will explode into Civil War between the 63% Shiites and 17% Sunni former rulers (and the 19% Kurds?); Bosnia across California; Beirut in the third biggest oil country- Maybe partitioning Iraq could mitigate or prevent the coming bloodbath - Nov 4; TALK SHOW (audio) on subj.- 40min w Barry Farber- Dec 4 Brown U. Conf. on Kurds (audio) 4:03 min- Oct 1
BUSH's BIG BETRAYAL -comn. scoop First Cheney + Co. tried to bully the CIA into claiming Iraq was an imminent threat; then they created their own “intelligence” outfit, which incorporated every wild rumor to fuel Bush's War. Now that the Iraq Niger uranium purchase was proved a cheap forgery Bush knew about for a year, Cowards betray CIA second time by trying to blame them. Worse, they punish Ambassador that reported on Niger forgery by outing his wife as a CIA agent; The CIA has many ways to hurt him; imperial lies, stupidities, and distortions carefully filed and indexed. - Smirking Chimp , Liberal Slant , Buzzflash , Bartcop- July 23
FIRM of MIND, SOFT on FACTS - 3-18 Bush has, with a steady stream of lies, deceptions, and propaganda, has managed to convince half the country that Saddam supports Al Qaida or even was behind 9-11. Iraq invasion historic blunder that may echo through the decades- Liberal Slant, Bartcop ALT WARBLOG
BUSH's WANTON WAR- Saddam is a monster, but Bush's militancy is due to the '93 plot to kill his father and upcoming elections, not any imminent danger or 9-11 guilt. Punishing enemies is a family tradition, where he started his career- Liberal Slant, Bartcop 10/12/02 LOCAL ALTER
SANCTIONS ON SANCTIONS- (Moscow Guardian- Aug 20, 93)- Uselessness + immorality of endless sanctions- In Iraq, Cuba, Serbia, South Africa; Hurting the innocents rather than the leaders
IRAN + BIG BIDNESS
BOMBING IRAN - Action against the nuclear facilities of Iran is said to be impossible, but this is a real urgent security concern; Iran has consistently been the most murderous terroristic nation + has a perverse obsession with martyrdom; Extremist leader Ahmadinejad still sees America as the Great Satan; For quarter century the world has known- Iran must never possess nuclear weapons- what's changed now? Reckless dishonest Iraq invasion paralyzes all options- 4/'06
NEW HOPE for IRAN html- (scroll right below) NPR TOTN comments on Iran- 1/22/03 Move slider to 21:45-24:40
Overwhelming election of Khatami; likelihood of overthrow of Islamic dictators. A country of children: 70% under 25 years, 40% under 14- tired of sexual and cultural repression: strict segregation of sexes, no dances, Western videos, movies, handholding. Corruption of ruling mullahs and perversion of Islamic values: 98% of clergy NOT in leadership. Origin of Shiite's obsession with death and sacrifice. America's options- (forecasts lifting of Rushdie Fatwa) - June '97
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MONSTER MERGER MANIA - July '97 Bishop Estate Firestorm - Hon. Advertiser Aug 17, '97
$800 billion of mergers a year. Good for the economy, improve efficiency, good for stockholders? Untold is brutal downsizing of target company workers, crushing load of debt, monopolist concentration of power, and obscene amount of executive profits. Criticizes crooked management of Bishop Estate, largest charity in US: 2 weeks later Governor ordered massive investigation- West Hawaii Today html
OUR FAILURE OF WILL IN IRAN - (East Side/West Side-also in Providence Journal)-Dec '79-Jan '80 Outrage of Iran Hostage Crisis + our weakness in dealing with it
NORTH KOREA + NUCLEAR THREAT
SPEAKING LOUDLY WITHOUT ANY STICK - Nightmare of North Korean nukes: the most dangerous country in the world has started to mass produce a nuclear arsenal; Administration response?- no negotiations, no problem; But Saddam needs crushing; History of NK terrorism- Liberal Slant 1/4/03 ALTER
TREMBLING ON THE BRINK-- Pakistan + India have mobilized almost all their forces and are marching towards a war that neither can control; Both countries have 30-100 nuclear bombs and the missiles to deliver them; With such tiny numbers, paranoia and pressure for a first strike could be irresistible- a threat that will last a decade- Online Journal 1/16/02 Cover ALT HTML
VULNERABLE WINDOW of OPPORTUNITY (2 panel gif- pan right) NEXT STAR of BETHLEHEM – meaning of Israeli nuclear arsenal
Chance to buy + destroy Soviet missiles and bombs- Moscow Tribune ‘93 Seattle Times '87
MAD FANTASY OF LIMITED NUCLEAR WAR-2 panel gif- scroll right (Prov.Journal) Dangerous lunacy and impossibility of limited nuclear warfighting strategies
A WARM + BRIGHT FUTURE (orig .-1/2 pending OCR) - Threat of nuclear war w visit to FEMA defense center, and detailed effects of 20 meg blast on NYC (long mag. art.)
CHINA
RISING DRAGON Feb '97 Dangers of China burgeoning wealth and power. Aggressive actions in firing missiles 22 miles from Taipei, huge amphibious landing "training", occupying Spratley Is., murdering Tibetans and their culture, rage + paranoia over world acknowledging Taiwan.1.23 billion people- if they all run east at noon, they could change the rotation of the earth, and 20 mil added every year- 2 people every 3 seconds. LETTER fm US Sen JACK REED (D-RI) about article
PAKISTAN + INDIA
MIXED SIGNALS- President Bush has promised to punish states that shelter terrorists while soliciting Pakistan + Iran's help, 2 of the leading supporters of terrorism// Now he claims we won't overthrow the Taliban, but then whom is this war against?- Sept 22,2001- Liberal Slant Interview w Commander Massoud (saying Paki army were fighting w Taliban- reporter killed in Israel in April) WTC Ruins 12/6 More PHOTOS
TREMBLING ON THE BRINK-- Pakistan + India have mobilized almost all their forces and are marching towards a war that neither can control; Both countries have 30-100 nuclear bombs and the missiles to deliver them; With such tiny numbers, paranoia and pressure for a first strike could be irresistible- a threat that will last a decade- Online Journal 1/16/02 Cover ALT HTML
ISRAEL
WHY THEY HATE US - Israel's savage assault on Lebanon is shattering the rebuilt country and threatening the tenuous government, all with GB2's blessing; Hezbollah are bad guys, but destroying the only Western-style free Middle East country will have long term poisonous effects, creating thousands of Hezbollah/Hamas recruits and perhaps reigniting the hideous civil war- July 24, 2006 - Scoop, Smrk Chp
BLIND FAITH- War Without End- Bush, who received only 47% of the vote, has demanded the removal of Arafat (whom he's never met), who received 88%, though the most likely successor is Hamas. Our extreme tilt towards Israeli hard liners risks our position as an honest broker of peace, increases potential US terrorists from a few thousand to millions, and perhaps extended our war a decade. The real problem in the Middle East- Liberal Slant- July 15,02 ALTERN
NEXT STAR of BETHLEHEM – Seattle Times '87 meaning of Israeli nuclear arsenal
AVNER COHEN (aud) - Israeli historian of their nuclear program; Author- Israel and the Bomb, The Last Taboo Question when America knew about Israeli bomb + if Israel has missile silos and IRBMs- Brown U Watson Institute- Feb 10, 05 5:50 min
DENNIS ROSS (aud)- Ambassador + Mideast Negotiator - 1:36 min April 29, 03 Brown U. - about difference between US Camp David proposal + Arafat claims; whether Abu Mazen will be endangered by plan to confiscate arms
RAYMOND COHEN- (aud- threat of Shiite control in Iraq 3:14) Israeli terrorism expert 4-23-03- Palestinian Peace prospects (3:36), Brown U., Watson Institute, Rabin Assasination,
MEDIA CRITIQUE
LIVING in the DANGER ZONE - new COA News, MediaChannel Reporters risk themselves in war zones for far more than glory, Vulnerability of freelancers, Tales of personal terror in the dissolving Russian Empire; A prayer for Jill Caroll- Jan 20, 2006
THE COPYCAT EFFECT- proves sensational media coverage of deadly mayhem causes people to copy it; Loren Coleman's important new book; Media + journalistic response; Ethics and better approaches; Analysis of newsmags coverage of murder; Imminent risks: CLEAR and PRESENT DANGERS - Columbine + Waco/OKC bombing anniversaries and apocalyptic cults re. miniseries Revelations; w interviews of cult members + experts
GETTING GOOD NEWS: The Government vs. the Press in Times of War (audio) - Mike's BROWN U. Lecture - History of Press restrictions in War since WW2; How Vietnam changed everything and made the media the enemy; 30 min., Salomon Hall, Brown Univ., Dec 13 POSTER
"WHOOPS"- How the Networks Got it Wrong- PROBLEM POLLING POLICY - Nat. Scoop- Intellectual Capita1- 11/25/00 - Inside story on the screw-ups (3-4) at the VNS and Florida counties that caused the networks to blow the election call in a strong article/analysis/commentary against the networks and projection policy and the squirrelly polls w interviews w TV news execs, Walter Cronkite, Florida officials, pollsters, Sen. Gorton and VNS people, voting machine reps.- MediaChannel.org- 12/26/00 Anchor of largest media related network. IF DOESN'T LOAD Issue Cover Talk Show
DUNNING DEAN- nat. scoop - DID the DOCTOR GET GORED - mediachannel HTML COLUMNIZED Did the media try to destroy Howard Dean by harping on his liberalness and inexperience (both untrue), and electability until it became a self-fulfilling prophecy with Dems desperate to defeat Bush? Analysis of coverage of campaign fm Wash. Post, Newsweek, New Republic, US News, TV debates; + my NH reporting- Jan 26
NETWORK NEWS HEADS IN THE DOCK - Tauzin Hearings Confused by Red Herrings, Election Woes- Exclusive
Comprehensive Jigsaw Narrative of Tauzin Hearings testimony + Network Reports (CNN,CBS,ABC,RTI) + Our analysis- with TABLES + TIMELINE- Relative Times of Network Calls, Minute x minute CBS/CNN Election Nt Miscall Timeline- March 13, 2001- MediaChannel.org - Issue Cover
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES CONTROL of TELEVISION- War of the Vladimirs.. Return to the Bad Old Days?- Putin Has Taken Control of 2 Other Networks; Strengthened Press Ministry; Prosecuted and Persecuted Gusinsky's (+ Berezovsky's) Media Empire- History of, Reasons for, + Meaning of Conflict- with timeline - mediachannel.org- April 9,01 3000 or 1500 wd Issue Cover TALK SHOW Comments on Reporter Attacks - (move slider to 44:40)
THE NEWS, ALL THE NEWS, AND NOTHING BUT THE NEWS- (Columbia Journalism Review)- more complete version from Isthmus, Madison WI
Analysis + examination of plethora of late late night news programs; Distilled from 22 page art.; CBS Nightwatch, NBC Overnight, ABC Last Word, America Tonight, + others;
1st page of 4 Columbia Journalism Review version- scroll right
PRIVATE WARS - Feb '84 Analyzed media's ability to cover wars in Vietnam, + Predicted new restrictive policies in Grenada, Lebanon, Falklands was ominous trend that could cripple Press ability to cover conflicts Jan '91 Press is rigidly controlled in Gulf War, not allowed free movement or to talk to soldiers without officers present; Reporters set out on their own + are captured + tortured by Iraqis
1989 RUSSIA - SOVIET UNION
WINDS OF CHANGE - Predicts collapse of the Warsaw Pact + possible end of the Cold War in June '89... 5 months before the Berlin Wall fell
1993-94 >>> from Russia chronological
SANCTIONS ON SANCTIONS- (Moscow Guardian- Aug 20, 93)- Uselessness + immorality of endless sanctions- In Iraq, Cuba, Serbia, South Africa; Hurting the innocents rather than the leaders
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A VULNERABLE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY-scroll right (Moscow Tribune- Mar 5, 93) Chance to buy + decommission Ukrainian, Kazakh, Byelorussian Nuclear bombs and Plutonium; Cheap at any price....
THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE- (Mos News- April 23,93) Supreme Court Justice Valerie Zorkin plotting perilous middle road in power struggle between Yeltsin and Parliament + allies Veep Rutskoi and Speaker of Congress; Rule of law new concept in Russia
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SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVILS- scr. down (Moscow Guardian- Jun 11,93) Dismissal of prosecutors in '91 Coup plotters case; Perversion of law in typical Soviet style; Prosecutors go on trial for libel while plotters go free-
WELCOME TO DODGE- VIOLENCE TAKING ROOT IN MOSCOW- scroll right (Moscow News-English- most respected liberal paper in Russia)-Aug 27,93-
Epidemic of Gangland shootouts, contract murders, government willful ignorance of organized crime. Dangerous effects of violence + death; What can + must be done HTML 1st
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UP, UP, AND AWAY- (Moscow News- Sept 24, 93) Effects and dangers of rampant inflation (2600%)
NOT SO DANDY LITTLE WAR -(Moscow Tribune- Oct 15,93) reflections on Oct '93 revolt; ~200 killed in attempted Yeltsin overthrow; Yeltsin's possible culpability; 25 Government soldiers that defended television center from 3000 Communists
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THE CULT OF THE WARRIOR -scroll right (MosNews-) Wry commentary on Russians' penchant for ritualistic abuse and casual violence; Rude, sullen, offensive service possibly cured by Mafia murders...
24 Hours in an October Revolt - Moscow OCTOBER REVOLT - Oct 1-2, 1993 - Communist Revolt that almost Overthrew Yeltsin - 200-500 died; Speaker of Parliament + Vice President urged violent attack on Mayors Skyscraper + Ostankino TV Studios with live AUDIO Reports + 10 year anniv. report
A MORE PERFECT UNION - scroll right (MosNews- Nov 26,93) Russia's cynical effort to cripple CIS states Georgia, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Estonia; Territory lust + yearning for reunifying Soviet Union vs. new morality and poverty HTML vers.
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FORTIFYING THE CASTLE- (MosNews- Jan 10,94) Yeltsin's move to strengthen the presidency + weaken other political groups could lead to disaster when he's gone; Dec '93 elections results- loss of Russia's Choice, Zhirinovsky, crimes of KGB ... HTLM vers.
THE BLUES CALLING- (Moscow News Nov 5,93) Funny take on diseased Moscow phone system and a listing of it's many ailments
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AROUND THE WORLD IN 63 DAYS- scroll down (We/Mui- Feb 7,94 weekly- Moscow/Wash DC -Hearst/Izvestia)- (Full Front Page-2nd sec) story of round the world Russia aircraft expedition, hitting 50 odd countries, 7 continents, in antique planes.. inc. Soviet DC-3.. In Russian + English editions
1994
MOVIE REVIEW- Tombstone-- Moscow Radisson Slavjansky Hotel- Moscow News-Jan 94 HTML vers.
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A BOY NAMED SUE - (Mos News- Feb 94) -scroll right- Funny reflection on Russian penchants + redundancy of names: 60% of country are Sergei, Oleg, Lena, + Natasha; COMMUNIST names- Tractor, Vladlen; Persecution of "unsafe" names so better stick w old stalwarts HTML Vers.
RUMBLES in the SOUTH (Pt 1)-html 7/93 Article about the Moslem wars of the South (Armenia/Azerbaijan,Georgia,Abkhazia,Tadjikistan) that morphs into an argument for Russia to not sell submarines and advanced arms to Iran (rel. to Gore/Iran deal) - ROUGH DRAFT (rumbles.gif); Page 2- (rumbles2.gif)
QUÉ SERA SERA- html Rumination on the vagaries of fate, fatalism, and the line between life + death: in the Russian Oct. revolt, Mt. St. Helens explosion, + the Moscow metro- Nov '93
from RUSSIA (AUDIO) RADIO TALK SHOWS - KING-am Seattle, Radio South Africa Reports, Press Conference Questions
1994-95
TV TALK SHOW on RUSSIA (Audio)- 13th State, WSBE -Ch 36, Providence RI - VIDEO (real)- 2:25 min
Only Guest - 1/2 Hour - RealPlayer streaming G2 File fm Realproducer 8
CRIME STORY -(gif) Dec 94 - UNTOLD STORY of REASONS Behind 1st CHECHEN WAR - Exclusive; Hijackings of Buses with Children, Raids + Stripping of Trains, Hundreds of Billions of Counterfeiting, Vicious Chechen Mafia; Historical Genocides and Hatreds; STORY Western Media repeated was simplistic "Soviet Bear Rising" HTML vers (hear '94 NPR talk show on Chechen War + rise of Russian Mafia) NPR Comments on Moscow theater storming- slider to 25:30
RUSSIAN MAFIA + CHECHEN WAR (audio)- KUOW-FM Seattle- NPR- Weekday Talk Show - Dec 94 - 20 min REALPLAYER
SPEAKER ABOUT "RUSSIA on the EDGE"- Ad for my lecture on Russia and its myriad problems PRESS HERE
THE NEW EVIL EMPIRE - The Mafiya in Russia- details the rise of the vicious Russian Mafia and full-scale '93 gang war intercut with my kidnapping at gunpoint in St. Petersburg 3 days after Soviet Union collapsed (avail only on special request) -5700 wds
1996-98
THE SWAN HAS FLOW AWAY - West Hawaii Today Oct '96 Firing of Russian Gen. Lebed from Security Council-
- The most popular and toughest politician in Russia driven from Yeltsin's government; Litany of his offenses;
NON-WAGE SLAVES - Johnson Russia List - Sept 10, '98 (Center for Defense Information + Carnegie Corp) Abusive Russian habit of not paying workers or creditors, employees for months- including submarine captains and nuclear workers; Makes business ex. difficult and semi-criminalized; Security concerns
BACK TO THE FUTURE -Johnson Russia List - Sept 29, '98 Disastrous reappointment of Victor Gerashchenko as Russian Central Bank Chrmn, whose reckless policies caused 40,000% hyperinflation before- regarded as worst central banker in the world
2000-2001
SEASON of PLAGUES - Russian Kursk Submarine + Ostankino TV tower disasters- Aug 29, 2000
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES CONTROL of TELEVISION- War of the Vladimirs.. Return to the Bad Old Days?-mediachannel.org- April 9,01 - Putin Has Taken Control of 2 Other Networks; Strengthened Press Ministry; Prosecuted and Persecuted Gusinsky's (+ Berezovsky's) Media Empire- History of, Reasons for, + Meaning of Conflict- with timeline - 3000 or 1500 wd Issue Cover TALK SHOW Comments on Reporter Attacks - (move slider to 44:40)
2003
10th Anniversary of Moscow Oct '93 Revolt - 2003 (EXCLUSIVE AUDIO) - VIOLENT COMMUNIST ATTACK that ALMOST DEPOSED YELTSIN --200 killed in 2 days of battles at WHITE HOUSE and OSTANKINO TV CENTER ; w article 24 Hours in October Revolt + Photos AUDIO ONLY - 7:20 min
2006
LIVING in the DANGER ZONE - new COA News, MediaChannel Reporters risk themselves in war zones for far more than glory, Vulnerability of freelancers, Tales of personal terror in the dissolving Russian Empire; A prayer for Jill Caroll- Jan 20, 2006
2007>>> from Russia
FADING FREEDOMS- Capital Times - from Moscow (must view in IE) Step by step democracy has become a fading photograph of the nineties, as Putin restricts, harrasses and crushes political independence, the free press, and concentrates all power in the Kremlin; Giant state industries reconstituting as the state forces out foreign oilcos- March 24, 2007 LONG with Pics
RATTLING RUSTING SABERS- from Moscow- The US's proposed "missile shield" in Eastern Europe has provoked a heated reaction by Russia; Encircled by NATO against promises, facing renewed US nuclear development and bases in FSU, the US cancelling ABM treaty + non-proliferation regimes; Have the Russians been betrayed? Heavy handed cutoffs of gas + oil supplies to neighbors have led them to seek shelter with the West, no matter how destabilizing. Can Russia glean respect without threats? April 2007 OpedNews, Scoop
DEATH OF A BEAR - from Moscow Boris Yeltsin, despite his faults, was a courageous decent leader and a historical giant; Tagged with much that wasn't his fault, the early Boris broke up the largest empire on earth without bloodshed + ended the Cold War that could have killed 500 million- Scoop, Johnson Russia List, OpedNews- April 22, 2007
PUTIN'S CHILDREN (Orig.) - International Herald Tribune- SCAN July 6 - from Moscow The Putin Youth groups: Nashi, Young Guard, Young Russia; badger and terrorize anyone who even differs with Kremlin positions; By propagandizing the vulnerable, is the Kremlin poisoning the seed corn of young minds? On June 12th, Russian Independence Day, Red Sq. was reserved for the Party faithful po Ryccki ONLINE IHT vers.
THE INFINITE PUTIN - Capital Times ORIGINAL new Moscow: Putin is supposed to leave office in March, but that was impossible to believe. Appointing unknown crony Viktor Zubkov PM (told only the day before and rammed through rubber stamp Congress 2 days later) ends the doubt. Zubkov will be anointed President (+ win), Putin will become Prime Minister, and Zubkov will resign in 6-12 months to let Vladimir Vladimirovich return as Prez. Massive conflicts of interests in the Kremlin, where mini oligarch ministers control the biggest corporations in the world and can't separate their interests from those of the state, crushing and absorbing competitors.- October 10, 2007
ELECTION 2000
FLORIDA'S SLANTED SECRETARY- Online Journal- Katherine Harris may face the music for violating oath of office- Dec 4, 2000 Jan 14: 40 suits filed against Sec St + $2/3 million spent defending her already Longer HTML vers. FL Div. Elections Letter ordering Supervisors to NOT do Hand-Count P. 1
RELATIVITY- OnlineJournal + Bartcop A rumination on the changing firmament of truth + the nature of integrity as it pertains to vote-counting and the election- Jan 4, 2001 ALTERNATE
SOME SOLUTIONS - semi-funny ideas on Presidential election resolution- Nov 26, 2000
SUPREME ARROGANCE - Online Journal- Supreme Court trashes separation of powers + destroys its legitimacy in Presidential race decision- Dec 13, 2000
IT'S ONLY WORDS - (onlinejournal.com) - the Inauguration + how George Bush's words have no connection with his actions - Jan 22, 2001 ISSUE Cover
BUSH (+ see 4 above)
THE PRESIDENT'S CONTEMPT - new After 7 years of lies, corruption, national security failures, and a disastrous unjustified war, the new Dem Congress is asking questions; Heedless of the Constitution, Bush is giving no answers + with unprecedented arrogance, directed staffers to not testify; Time for inherent contempt charges? Tally of Bush's cost in human lives- OpedNews, Online Journal- Aug 2007
END of BUSH's ROHYPNOL HONEYMOON?- Bush's Blunders in Foreign Policy, the Environment, the Economy, + Corporate Payoffs have won him dislike throughout world + awakened a blindly non-critical press- onlinejournal.com- April 12, 01
POLITICS
COULD AMERICA GO BAD? - Op-Ed News - What would America do if we were hit with a terrorist nuclear attack ... with this President, Congress, and a packed Supreme Court? Hyperbolic nightmare scenario- Nov 23
HOW KERRY LOST - The first Catholic candidate in 44 years lost the Catholic vote, almost lost the Hispanic vote, lost ground with women; and neglected to talk about the immorality of Bush's "values"... If he actually did lose- Nov 4-20- Crisis Papers
KERRY's COMEBACK - Washington Dispatch - Kerry outmatched the accidental President
in the first debate but he could have put
him away had he concentrated on Bush's greatest
weakness- his pathological dishonesty; With
evaluation of all debates, and strategy-
Oct 2-16
HOWARD DEAN and the WORLD - (columnized doc) MIRROR Dems are asking who can stop Dean,
but they should ask, should we even try? Dean's world view is solidly in the mainstream,
inc. Iraq- increasingly strident attacks on him are
sign of desperation, but may doom Party candidate;
With analysis of Dean's foreign policy; inc.
questioning him and reporting from NH; AUDIO of NH Town Meeting TALK SHOW (audio) on subject w Barry Farber- 38min- Jan 6
JFK- LINGERING SHADOWS - 40 years ago the greatest murder mystery
of our time occured and the echos still reverberate;
The conspiracy theories defeat themselves,
multiplying like mutant strains, till the
truth itself is just another aberation, another
chip in a pile of chips; With interview of historical
conspiracist - Nov 17
JACKSON DESERVES A SEAT AT THE TABLE - Seattle Times- Jackson's energy, eloquence, careful reasoned
arguments, + superb performance in 1988 debates
has earned him a shot at Sec. State
MOVIES + TV
MOVIE REVIEW- Tombstone-- Moscow Radisson Slavjansky Hotel- Moscow News-Jan 94 HTML vers.
PLUS GRAPHIC of BOTH
A BOY NAMED SUE - (Mos News- Feb 94) -scroll right- Funny reflection on Russian penchants + redundancy of names: 60% of country are Sergei, Oleg, Lena, + Natasha; COMMUNIST names- Tractor, Vladlen; Persecution of "unsafe" names so better stick w old stalwarts HTML Vers.
MOVIE REVIEWS- Internet Movie Database- City of God (2002), Badlands (1973) , The Bear (1990), Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Jackal (1997), Magnolia (1999), The Omen (1976), Summer Lovers (1982), Zulu (1964), Life of David Gale (2003), Mission to Mars (2000), The Invisibles (1999), Max Headroom (1987), The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Altered States - RI Times
SNOW ON THE TUBE - scroll right (Jackson Hole News- Weekly column on television- funny, hip, snide reflections on trends, shows, movies, + actors
FUNNY (see boy named sue + snow on tube above)
THE BLUES CALLING- (Moscow News Nov 5,93) Funny take on diseased Moscow phone system and a listing of it's many ailments
