Ivins: FCC travel scandal prompts public trust fear
Molly Ivins cites a Center for Public Integrity study alleging extensive industry funded travel by FCC personnel. The report claims 2500 trips costing nearly 2.8 million dollars over eight years, plus about 2 million annually in taxpayer funded travel, with officials attending events worldwide in Paris Hong Kong and Rio de Janeiro.
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Center For Public Integrity
Federal Communications Commission
Public Trust
Vegas
Public Integrity
FCC
Telecommunications
Broadcast
Paris
Hong Kong
Rio de Janeiro
A Tale of Two Economies Echoes in Hard Times
The piece weighs a rosy Greenspan view against a grim postwar jobless recovery. It notes nearly 3 million lost payroll jobs since 2001 and a 5 to 1 ratio of unemployed to job openings, arguing policy must act to prevent living standards from slipping further as the recovery stalls.
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Greenspan
Jared Bernstein
Media trend a threat to democracy debate grows
The five member FCC plans a Monday vote to ease limits on newspaper, broadcast, and cable ownership. If approved, a single owner could control two TV stations with nearly half of national viewership and possibly a third in large cities. Critics warn consolidation harms diversity. Moyers calls it the central democratic issue.
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Federal Communications Comm
Michael Powell
FCC
Ruben
Clay
Mass Communications
Federal Communications Commission
Cause.org
Bill Moyers
President Bush asks for money in campaign letter
The author recalls receiving a letter on Presidential letterhead signed by George W. Bush seeking a donation of 1000 or at least 750 to fund his re election. The note frames the appeal as necessary to wage and win the War on Terrorism and focus on the nation s business.
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United States
George W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
Enn
Bush
America
JFK Biography Reveals 19 Year Old White House Affair
Washington observers note Robert Dallek’s new JFK biography confirms a sexual relationship between John F Kennedy and a 19 year old White House intern from 1962 until his death. The disclosure follows prior reports on Kennedy’s health and medication.
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Washington
Robert Dallek
John F. Kennedy
Dailek
Jfk
Kennedy
White House
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