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FOX, Lies & Videotape: debunking an internet myth. Much ado is being made about the supposed “war” between the Obama White House and FOX News. As the New York Times reports: Attacking the news media is a time-honored White House tactic but to an unusual degree, the Obama administration has narrowed its sights to one specific organization, the Fox News Channel, calling it, in essence, part of the political opposition.

“We’re going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent,” said Anita Dunn, the White House communications director, in a telephone interview on Sunday. “As they are undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House, we don’t need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave.”Her comments are only the latest in the volatile exchange between the administration and the top-rated network… While some appear concerned that the White House feud with FOX News raises First Amendment concerns, we at the Center for Competitive Politics are not among them. The St.

No. NEW WORLD COMMUNICATIONS OF TAMPA INC WTVT TV v. AKRE, No. 2D01-529., February 14, 2003 - FL District Court of Appeal. NEW WORLD COMMUNICATIONS OF TAMPA, INC., d/b/a WTVT-TV, Appellant, v. Jane AKRE, Appellee. No. 2D01-529. -- February 14, 2003 William E. McDaniels and Thomas G. New World Communications of Tampa, Inc., d/b/a WTVT-TV, a subsidiary of Fox Television, challenges a judgment entered against it for violating Florida's private sector whistle-blower's statute, section 448.102, Florida Statutes (Supp.1998). In December 1996, WTVT hired the appellee, Jane Akre, and her husband, Steve Wilson, as a husband-and-wife investigative reporting team. In September 1997, WTVT notified Akre and Wilson that it was exercising its option to terminate their employment contracts without cause.

In April 1998, Akre and Wilson sued WTVT alleging, among other things, claims under the whistle-blower's statute. The FCC has never published its news distortion policy as a regulation with definitive elements and defenses. Reversed and remanded. No further motions for rehearing will be entertained. 1. KELLY, Judge. The Iran-Contra Affair . Reagan . WGBH American Experience. Ronald Reagan's efforts to eradicate Communism spanned the globe, but the insurgent Contras' cause in Nicaragua was particularly dear to him. Battling the Cuban-backed Sandinistas, the Contras were, according to Reagan, "the moral equivalent of our Founding Fathers. " Under the so-called Reagan Doctrine, the CIA trained and assisted this and other anti-Communist insurgencies worldwide. Corbis Oliver North Assisting involved supplying financial support, a difficult task politically after the Democratic sweep of congressional elections in November 1982.

What followed would alter the public's perception of the president dramatically. In 1985, while Iran and Iraq were at war, Iran made a secret request to buy weapons from the United States. Reagan during the Iran-Contra Affair The arms-for-hostages proposal divided the administration. Poindexter resigned, and North was fired, but Iran-Contra was far from over. Consortiumnews.com. Before the Iraq War spins further out of control, former President George H.W. Bush should sit down his son, George W. Bush, and level with him about the real history of U.S. relations with Iraq, Iran and Israel’s Likud Party – even if the father has to admit to illegal and unethical conduct in the process.

The latest Iraq embarrassment – allegations that the longtime U.S. favorite Ahmed Chalabi and the intelligence chief for Chalabi’s Iraqi National Congress were Iranian spies – derives from the younger Bush’s continuing failure to see the Middle East as it is, not how he might like it to be. While Bush junior crafts hopeful nation-building plans, he doesn’t seem to have the foggiest notion who the players are, where their true allegiances may lie or why these conflicting interests could undermine U.S. policy. These are relationships that the senior George Bush knows well because he was there as they took shape over the past quarter century. Back to front. POPVOX - Your Voice. Verified. Quantified. Amplified.

Issue Spotlight: Firearms and Gun Control. News, analysis, business, culture, travel from Your Middle East - yourmiddleeast.com. Youth At Work: Home Page. Welcome to Youth@Work, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) website for youth in the workforce. The EEOC's goal is to eliminate illegal discrimination from the workplace for all workers. This website is designed to teach you about some of your rights and responsibilities as an employee. Use the menu on the left to learn about different types of discrimination affecting young workers and what you can do to help prevent discrimination in the workplace. Be an informed employee - Know your real world rights and responsibilities! The Youth@Work website is part of EEOC's Youth@Work initiative - a national education and outreach campaign to promote equal employment opportunity for America's next generation of workers.

In addition to this website, the Youth@Work Initiative includes (1) free outreach events and (2) partnerships with industry, education, and human resource leaders. EEOC Home Page. The CQ Researcher Online. People’s Bailout. The Official Website of Author and Activist Gloria Steinem - Home. Washington Week. The White House.

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