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]>
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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.
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Oliver Christian Belcher
MA Student
Department of Geography
University of Kentucky
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Blog: meanswithoutend.blogspot.com
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"Love is giving something you don't have to someone you don't know."
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