We Are All Rupert Murdoch Now
So the practices of Murdoch’s News Corp have led to a wider inquiry into so-called “phone hacking” and other illegal activities in the media in general. But who’s looking at the legal activities?
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So the practices of Murdoch’s News Corp have led to a wider inquiry into so-called “phone hacking” and other illegal activities in the media in general. But who’s looking at the legal activities?
How to turn junk mail into a form of protest, what it’s like to be clinically dead for an hour, and bizarre beach creatures.
Anyone who read WhoWhatWhy’s investigation of seeming ties between Saudi royalty and the alleged 9/11 hijackers knows that Lloyd’s of London had sued powerful Saudi interests, then abruptly withdrew its suit. Good news: WhoWhatWhy is now making available that here-and-gone legal filing.
Here’s your chance to give us feedback about WhoWhatWhy. Will you answer just 12 questions? This will help us better deliver what you want from the site. In appreciation, we’ll enter you in a raffle to meet WhoWhatWhy founder and editor Russ Baker, and get an inscribed copy of his book, Family of Secrets.
The New York Times’ Public Editor ponders how to cover the protests breaking out throughout America and the world, and turns to colleagues at other news organizations for guidance. How clueless can the establishment be? Read on.
The documentary that brought a new perspective on the Iraq fiasco, told from the point of view of both the invaders and the insurgents.
WhoWhatWhy editor Russ Baker on KGO talk radio with Pat Thurston, on Libya, the Texas Rangers, and much more. Oct 30, 2011 Click HERE to listen. (2hrs 50min)
So you think George Bush and his circle “lost” with the World Series? Guess again. The sports ownership situation tells us something profound about the one percent.
Video explains how the answer to some of the world’s biggest problems can be found in the smallest of places.
For many of those sick of the inadequacies of Western news organizations, the answer is Al Jazeera. But how independent-minded, really, is this Middle Eastern television network? Not very, we’re afraid. It’s the same old gang in a new, improved outfit.
The Texas Rangers made it to the top of their game. And the Texas Rangers helped George W. Bush get to the top of the political game. Here is the chapter on the Rangers from WhoWhatWhy editor Russ Baker’s book, Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, America’s Invisible Government and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years–the real story of the shenanigans that set Bush up for the big time.
Protests Then and Now, Space-Age Science, And Stone-Age Art.