-The eXile, Moscow’s venerable English-language alt-weekly, is under investigation by the Federal Service for Mass Media, Telecommunications and the Protection of Cultural Heritage and may be shut down. After 11 years of proudly mocking government authorities, it’s not clear what finally brought the hammer down. It could have something to do with Eduard Limonov, novelist and leader of the banned National Bolshevik Party, who is friends with editor Mark Ames and a frequent contributor.-
-What used to be “the buck stops here” is now “the news stops where the bucks begin”-
Dan Rather
-The New Deal didnt happen because FDR was a swell guy, it happened because the alternative was revolution-
-You can help Obama by mobilizing and putting pressure on him and the elites supporting him, He will have no choice but to tell his sponsors “Those people are crazy”-
Naomi Klein
-If we want to know whether the mainstream media has learned anything from Iraq and Afghanistan, look into their current coverage of Iran for the answer-
Sonali Kolhatkar
*The last few quotes are paraphrased as I just heard them
* Don’t expect this every week, this week is just a special week in terms of alternative media.
A Fox news crew is there in order to pick up clips to broadcast out of context. Guess they have something to be afraid of.
Update: 6/9/08:
Porter Berry’s question “What are you doing at a partisan left-wing conference” is loaded and should not be dignified with an answer. I don’t know the history of Moyers and O’Reily’s invitations though.