It’s Mother’s Day – or Matronalia if you prefer – and I’m wishing all the Mommies a fun day! Thursday night was interesting. I had just dyed my hair a bit darker than usual (I feel silly now with light blonde hair), and it was almost dry but full of that super-rich conditioner that you put on afterward. I went outside to enjoy the moonlight and the cool breezes. I lit some charcoal, and threw a couple of rosehips and…
The Center for Media and Democracy has produced a report that documents 98 instances that TV stations used “fake news” – segments that look like journalism but are actually produced to sell a product – by corporations like Pfizer, Intel, General Motors, and Capital One. Last year, the New York Times (13 March 2005) reported that at least 20 federal agencies also distributed “Video News Releases†on topics such as Iraq and the Medicare prescription drug act. The FCC announced…