neowiccan ([info]neowiccan) wrote,
@ 2009-06-15 10:56:00
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Current mood:inspired

thanks, andrew sullivan
i'm so disgusted with just about all the news media i can get via direct tv that i almost never watch it any more, and i've been in summer laze mode about keeping up through newspapers. after my news gorge during the presidential election i've been in abstinence mode, i guess.
so i've been woefully uninformed about the incredible events in iran. my ignorance is largely my own fault for not looking, but partially the major media's fault for not focusing. the big news outlets have almost uniformly become entertainment variety shows and vomit all over them.
i'm glad i finally clicked on the daily dish today. my heart thrills to the bravery of the iranian people, defying their own oppressive strangling theocratic regime to demand transparency in their election process, risking possibly even their lives.
whoda thunk iran could teach us something about how democracy ought to look?
khairete
suz



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[info]droops
2009-06-15 03:15 pm UTC (link)
Sullivan began following Iran with more interest after they started executing young males accused of homosexuality. His coverage was good when I last checked. I'll have to go and take a look now.

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[info]neowiccan
2009-06-15 05:22 pm UTC (link)
my ears would perk up if there was a focus on hellenismos or horses. nobody's free of bias. so long as the coverage is good (and more importantly that it's there), that's what i'm interested in.
khairete
suz

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[info]ursus_of_unrv
2009-06-15 04:42 pm UTC (link)
But more importantly, that's a cool icon!

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[info]neowiccan
2009-06-15 04:49 pm UTC (link)
the boys and i rewatched 'pitch black' last night as well as daniel craig's 'defiance.' i'm all about the boyfriends.
:) khairete
suz

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[info]sassenach_lass
2009-06-15 07:54 pm UTC (link)
'I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.' ~ T. Jefferson

'The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.' ~ T. Jefferson

My two favorite Jefferson quotes ever. I expect they refer to the news on TV these days too.

*G*

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