1. Paul J. Balles: Weapons of mass deception; TIME TO TURN TO ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
For me, as a journalist, the web offers the most interesting and often most reliable sources because they are shorn of the consensual bias, and a censorship by omission, that pervades broadcasting.—John Pilger
Today, increasing numbers of people have become fed up with lies, omissions and cover-ups by both governments and the mainstream media.
One reason for the current interest in WikiLeaks is the fascination of confidential and embarrassing secrets exposed.
What constitutes the mainstream media? Twenty years ago several journalists expressed concern that the number of major news sources in America had diminished to fifty.
Today, conglomerates have bought up most of those news sources; and the number of major news sources has been reduced to six! These six control all the news reported in America and much of what gets reported in the UK and Europe.
Rupert Murdoch, one of the world's biggest media moguls, owns outlets in Australia (The Mirror), England (News of the World, Sun and the Times, BSkyB), Asia (Star TV) and the USA (20th C. Fox and Fox TV).
2. Rand, Israel & Greenspan (a must watch video)
Ayn Rand was born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1905.
Rand became influential in America in the 1950's. As it happens, Alan Greenspan, the man who managed to dismantle America's economy was one of her followers. Greenspan began his association with the famed novelist and philosopher in the 1950's. It lasted until her death in 1982. Rand stood beside Greenspan at his 1974 swearing-in as Chair of the Council Of Economic Advisers.
To learn more about Alan Greenspan read: Credit Crunch or rather Zio Punch?
Sunday, January 9, 2011 
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