tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52836162007-03-29T10:54:47.982-07:00Dr ZaiusBlogger971tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-57824042897640834152007-03-29T10:50:00.000-07:002007-03-29T10:52:34.864-07:00

Tonight they cover the high cost of Mexican Immigration. Immigration: The Human Cost

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-9311131019681221512007-03-19T13:16:00.000-07:002007-03-19T13:16:13.420-07:00

Someone in the blogosphere doctored the Apple "1984" ad to make an anti - Hillary politcal ad. The ad mentions Obama at the end, but his campaign denies involvement. Remove the Obama reference and for me the video perfectly exemplifies media coverage of campaign '08. The mainstream media have already decided the race should be between Clinton and Obama, and other voices like Edwards and

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-36809035906933697602007-03-16T14:54:00.000-07:002007-03-16T14:54:23.932-07:00

A lot of folks asked me to post this. Ted Stevens (R, Alaska) explains the internet - to a techno beat.

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-33950667672225770872007-03-13T15:02:00.000-07:002007-03-13T15:11:33.655-07:00

After six years of neglect, George visits Latin America with the message: "I care". It's not playing well. The Daily Show has the best take.

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-6429681357063897572007-03-13T14:30:00.000-07:002007-03-13T14:31:03.391-07:00

Man, I can't believe how long it's been. I'm re-thinking the site again. Bear with me.

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1141875781441613442006-03-07T19:26:00.000-08:002006-11-09T12:51:52.574-08:00

On the surface, it's another merging of two industry behemoths on the way toward a monopoly, but Kevin Maney writing for USA Today has a different take. AT&T, the entity seeking the merger, is hamstrung by debt and overhead which keeps it from "using it's income efficiently". Unfortunately, they are trying to overcome this by acquiring Bell South, itself pounded on all fronts by wireless,

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1141874326059309772006-03-06T19:11:00.000-08:002006-11-09T12:51:52.376-08:00

The second week in March is National Procrastination Week, but there is some confusion in the media as to what that actually means. It's either a reminder to get things going, or a celebration of putting things off. Naturally, personal organization sites like OnlineOrganizing.com believes the former and offers some organizing tips. However, as this website has of late been the poster child for

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1141027546702511632006-02-21T20:04:00.000-08:002006-11-09T12:51:52.126-08:00

It took a trip overseas where only high quality, non-American news media was available to remind me what this blog was all about. I haven't posted for a while. You see, this blog was originally meant to document items from the media business, under-reported and censored news, and media omissions and distortions. The last one was what burned me out. I started with a story or two on some lie

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1140741243795095642006-02-22T16:34:00.000-08:002006-11-09T12:51:51.235-08:00

Remember while you were watching the State of the Union Address (or better yet, the highlights on The Daily Show) the president came up with this bizarre statement: Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical research: human cloning in all its forms, creating or implanting embryos for experiments, creating human-animal hybrids, and buying, selling, or

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1118942465411695292005-06-16T10:21:00.000-07:002006-11-09T12:51:43.357-08:00

I thought I'd go ahead and post this from the BBC. In a statement released by the White House, Bush said: Iran is ruled by men who suppress liberty at home and spread terror across the world. I passed out briefly from the intense irony and am now waiting for my HMO to say it's okay to see a doctor.

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1118899429789872382005-06-15T21:04:00.000-07:002006-11-09T12:51:43.218-08:00

This blog is barely read, so imagine my utter surprise when I got a comment on a throwaway post titled Hello Portland. In it, I used the phrase "republican propaganda radio". You know what I meant, the standard radio talking heads all spewing the exact same talking points every single work day, with repeats on the weekends. Here's where you can find the big ones in the Portland metro area (AM

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1118808544734805372005-06-14T20:30:00.000-07:002006-11-09T12:51:42.673-08:00

Remember Philip Cooney, the chief of staff for the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and former lobbyist at the American Petroleum Institute? As reported in the New York Times, he was the guy who, with no scientific training whatsoever, removed or adjusted descriptions of climate research that government scientists and their supervisors, including some senior Bush administration

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1115405406020719592005-05-06T11:50:00.000-07:002006-11-09T12:51:42.583-08:00

He'd threatened to do it, and now it's official. Thursday, the Bush administration removed bans on road construction and other forest protections for some 60 million acres of national forest, and moved them into states hands asking states to re-submit justification. Roads in forests and other remote wilderness opens the door for things logging, recreation and other commercial uses. In the case

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1115305431839058672005-05-05T07:40:00.000-07:002006-11-09T12:51:42.483-08:00

Willamette Week named Portland Teacher's Credit Union their Rogue of the Week. I like being a credit union member. Members all own a stake in the credit union, and that's reflected in better dividends and member input to the running of the credit union. Brandon Hartley's article pointed to some surprising behavior from the board of the PTCU. It started with Scarlett and Shamus Lynsky who

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1115303882394963732005-05-05T07:22:00.000-07:002006-11-09T12:51:42.341-08:00

I just got back from a few days in Houston and I must say after being in a heavily red state, being back in a blue one, even a slightly blue one, is quite refreshing. It's great to be back in Little Beiruit. While I was out, I didn't have access to the internet, so I was stuck with cable television and Republican party propaganda radio. I flipped on the TV this morning and there was Katie

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1114485427481870392005-04-25T19:45:00.000-07:002006-11-09T12:51:42.220-08:00

Look to the feds whenever you're in trouble. With a deficit of $200 million, Oregon legislators take the Bush administration's lead and start approving millions in tax breaks for profitable corporations and wealthy individuals. The Oregon AFL-CIO maintains a legislative update site that keeps track of the latest bills. According to the site: Last week, House members approved two new tax

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1114477434819541822005-04-25T18:03:00.000-07:002006-11-09T12:51:42.104-08:00

Bloggers watch you asses! Go over to Nick Lewis: The Blog and read this fascinating account, CNN Guerrillas in the Midst: A Viral Marketing Campaign Exposed. Nick posted an article critical of CNN programming. Later an odd comment was posted that agreed with his position while at the same time plugging CNN programming. Closer inspection revealed an attempt at "keyword stuffing". Stuffing a

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1114288586901024672005-04-23T13:35:00.000-07:002006-11-09T12:51:41.959-08:00

What the hell is this? Believe it or not, this diagram to the left is the the NEW food pyramid brought to you by our very own USDA. Reaction is mixed, but it seems to be mostly a combination of confusion, sarcasm, and outright derision. Remember the old pyramid with its recommendations for what foods to eat in what relative quantities? This new one is a lot more vague and less specific, as

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1114219604033230442005-04-22T17:56:00.000-07:002006-11-09T12:51:41.821-08:00

Okay, that hiatus was shorter than I thought. Thanks to activist_kaza over at kazablog (check out his site) for pointing out that giving up television for 40 days definitely softened me up. It made me forget how ridiculous local news is (anybody remember Portland news stations and their all day continuing coverage of Ice Storm 2005?). After announcing a hiatus, I went looking through my old

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1113928124993477332005-04-19T08:56:00.000-07:002006-11-09T12:51:41.703-08:00

It all started as a post talking about the content of my local FOX newscast. On one night on KPTV, FOX12 Oregon (Portland), there was a story about a guy who fought off some intruders, a heartbreaking story about some children taken into protective custody after being exposed to chemicals from their parents making meth in their tiny mobile home (parents and two other children missing), MethWatch

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1113366160999927632005-04-12T21:22:00.000-07:002006-11-09T12:51:41.541-08:00

I gave up television for Lent. The question I got asked the most was, "How to you find out what's going on?" Seriously, that's what most said. Like I couldn't read a paper, a magazine, listen to the radio, or get on to that newfangled "internet" thing that all the kids are into these days. I mean really, have you actually seen television news? It should come as no surprise to readers of this

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1112891700649029242005-04-07T09:35:00.000-07:002006-11-09T12:51:41.441-08:00

They have certainly never heard of THIS blog, that's for sure. In other Gallup news, Editor and Publisher cites the latest Gallup poll to question whether the newfound influence of blogs is overhyped. Those of us in the blog world must have a skewed view, because I certainly thought the blog phenomenon was pretty well known. The poll however suggests that 75% of the U.S. public uses the

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1112886299056504912005-04-07T08:04:00.000-07:002006-11-09T12:51:41.345-08:00

Editor and Publisher has this article, Gallup: Bush Approval Rating Lowest Ever for 2nd-Term Prez at this Point, detailing the latest Gallup Approval Poll released April 5th, and putting it in historical context. President Bush's approval rating of 45% is at the lowest level of any president since World War II at this point in his second term. The numbers are as follows: Truman, 1949: 57%

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1112822445660506312005-04-06T14:20:00.000-07:002006-11-09T12:51:41.261-08:00

Ladies and gentlemen, journalism is not dead! Right here in Portland, Nigel Jaquiss, reporter for Willamette Week won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for his investigation of former governor Neil Goldschmidt's sexual abuse of a teenage girl in the 1970s. This is a REAL award, not one of those Bill O'Reilly imaginary Peabody awards. Those outside of Portland who haven't heard of

Dr Zaiustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283616.post-1112628990382509132005-02-07T08:36:00.000-08:002006-11-09T12:51:41.112-08:00

Remember "Bulgegate", the incident in the first presidential debate where a rear shot of Bush showed a mysterious outline protruding from his jacket? the internet community was rampant with speculation all seeming to point to some sort of receiver that was feeding the intellectually and discourse challenged Bush responses. That would seem to explain why his campaign demanded TV cameras be barred

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