"mandatory" ???!!!
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>From: Jon Cloke <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Jon Cloke <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: AlJazeera - mandatory watching
>Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:04:05 +0000
>
>Speaking of mandatory stuff, has anyone else been watching the new
>AlJazeera in English? I swear, some of the best and most original stuff
>I've seen by way of public-interest broadcasting, and (seemingly) a lot
>focussed on women in various situations/cultures... like the one on the
>only female police officer in Afghanistan.
>
>Jon Cloke
>Newcastle University
>
>
>From: Oliver Belcher <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Oliver Belcher <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Should be manditory reading in all undergraduate classes...
>Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:40:00 -0500
>
>Colleagues,
>
>Following the advice of Noam Chomsky, several months ago I stopped
>reading the main "A" section of the NY Times ("politics") and instead
>opted for the "C" section: business. In this respect, Chomsky is
>right: 'all the news that is fit to print' seems to appear in the
>pages less likely to be read by the majority of NY Times readers, but
>instead likely to be read by what can loosely be dubbed 'the elites'
>who are concerned with investment returns. An interesting article on
>the cost of war in relation to other social programs appeared
>yesterday in this section, and has proven to be a rare display of
>'investigative reporting' (note: it appears in the Economix editorial
>section) by the Times.
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/business/17leonhardt.html?em&ex=1169269200&en=0d6743c864e8ea1b&ei=5087%0A
>
>The graphic that accompanies the article is particularly effective.
>
>Cheers!
>Oliver.
>--
>Oliver Christian Belcher
>MA Student
>Department of Geography
>University of Kentucky
>Miller Hall Room 8
>859.257.8237
>Blog: meanswithoutend.blogspot.com
>
>"Communication is a successful misunderstanding." Jacques Lacan
>
>"Love is giving something you don't have to someone you don't know."
>Jacques Lacan
>
>"The desperate situation of society in which I live fills me with
>hope." Karl Marx
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