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George Bush says he needs time to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. He's giving himself the time he WOULDN'T give the UN inspectors to find the alleged weapons BEFORE he blew up as many as 7,000 innocent civilians.
When do we start the impeachment proceedings?
The owners of the news media conspired to help Bush sell his productof a war in Iraq. Rules to be passed today by the FCC will make it just that much easier for Bush to sell us more productsthat are just as goodfor us. After all, its all just soap, isnt it? Or is it K-Y jelly?
The New York Times
TV News That Looks Local, Even if It's Not
By JIM RUTENBERG with MICHELINE MAYNARD June 2, 2003
If Mr. Hyman's tan looked out of place in central Michigan, or if his commentary seemed ill suited to a city with a large population of minority groups, there was good reason. Mr. Hyman was actually in a studio just outside Baltimore, not sharing a set with the Flint news team. As he does most nights, Mr. Hyman also addressed audiences of local news programs in cities across the country, including Pittsburgh, Oklahoma City and Rochester, from right where he sat in Hunt Valley, Md.
Mr. Hyman is part of a national team of anchors, commentators and weathercasters that, when plans are complete, will report for all 62 television stations owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair calls it "Central Casting." To the company, it is an efficient way to cut the costs of local journalism, bringing news to small stations that otherwise would go without.
But to opponents of a proposal before the Federal Communications Commission to loosen media ownership rules, the set in Maryland is a frightening sign of things to come&
Carolyn Kay
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George Bush visits Auschwitz, Poland, where his grandfather Prescott became very wealthy off the labor of slaves. Mo Paul, May 31, 2003
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