Palin vs. McCain: The Conflict Over Global Warming

A Washington Post article published today discusses the rift developing on the Republican side of the field over global warming. While McCain has recognized that humans are the main catalyst for global warming, Palin remains publicly skeptical. The article also covers Palin's environmental policies back in Alaska, which appear to be based on the premise of "adapting" to and not halting global warming.

Walter Lippmann from Public Opinion

If I had known the whole book was on-line I would have made you read some of it! Here's the link to the whole thing. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~Hyper/Lippman/contents.html

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~Hyper/Lippman/header.html

The NYT McCain/Lobbyist Story

Remember this story from February? How does it compare to the Vanity Fair Piece on Clinton?

How Small Stories Become Big News

This is Politico doing a mea culpa for the Hillary coverage of the last few days.

BBC's World Have Your Say

The BBC is the gold standard in radio. In addition to it's main news site, which is linked in the column on the right side of this page, take a look at this new attempt to capture eyes and ears.

Here is how the producers are handling coverage in Burmahttp://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=burma&x=36&y=12&scope=all&tab=ns&recipe=all

Here is coverage of debate in UK on changing abortion laws. http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?go=homepage&scope=all&tab=all&q=uk+abortion+debate&Search=Search

Budget Game

This is one way serious news organizations are trying to engage the public (find eyeballs) and impart information. Does it work? The producer of this game sent me three others produced at Minnesota Public Radio. I'm sure he would be grateful for your feedback.

www.consumerconsequences.org

http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/engage08/selectacandidate/

http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/engage08/healthcare/widget/widget.shtml

The Narrative So Far - You Tube Version

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