I like to take a look back to see what was going on in the world on a particular date. I think of if we are capable of withstanding, coping or even being able to communicate the information and importance such events carry, today . It seems we are inundated with trivial gossip instead of real news. Back in the day the likes of Walter Winchell,Hedda Hopper and Louella PArsons were in charge of gossip and it was not confused with the news, nor allowed to dilute the importance of world events.Politics were important but not given the reigns to the information we would need to understand what was happening in the world. Today we live in a world where politics come first and truthful passing of information is long-lost to us, so it seems. At the end of the post please find a list of links to Media Watchdog groups-and please ignore Media Matters, which has been proven to be more than bias, if its possible.
A year ago, I got up early to watch a beautiful wedding; no matter what the media said or says, I thought it was beautiful and heartwarming, so let me say: Happy Anniversary Kate & William, God Bless you.
Have a great Sunday everyone~Kat
Today is an important as you look back in history. Many events seem to have occurred on this date in history to free human beings in different wars and conflicts.
1945 – The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
- 1945 – The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces.
- 1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes
Going Backwards:
- 1861 – American Civil War: Maryland‘s House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
- 1862 – American Civil War: New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut.
1951 – Tibetan delegates to the Central People’s Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy
- 1974 – Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings related to the scandal.
- 1975 – Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.
1992 – Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
2005 – Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation.
- Accuracy in Media- Conservative watchdog group for fairness, balance and accuracy in news reporting.
- Adbusters- Foundation with goal of changing the way society and the mass media interact.
- Center for Media and Democracy- A wiki-based investigative journalism collaborative focused on the public relations industry and whistle-blowing manipulative or misleading practices. Contribute to a quarterly investigative journal, the Weekly Spin listserv, donate or draw on newsfeeds.
- Center for Media and Public Affairs- Nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization in Washington, D.C., conducting scientific studies of the news and entertainment media.
- Columbia Journalism Review- Publication serving as a watchdog of the press in all its forms.
- ConWebWatch- From Terry Krepel, a watchdog of conservative Internet news sources. About the site, criticism, reader letters, archives, links and books for sale.
- FactCheck.org – Annenberg Political Fact Check- Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Offers email newsletter.
- Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)- National media watchdog group advocating independence and criticism in journalism.
- Global Media Monitoring Project- A twice-a-decade study of the media’s news coverage to be undertaken worldwide with the aim of documenting the participation and portrayal of men and women in the world’s news media.
- Media Matters for America- A non-profit progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media. Founded by David Brock.
- Media Monitors Network- Grass roots watchdog of media coverage which seeks to uncover journalistic and media bias and provide contrary information and opinions.
- Media Research Center- Conservative group founded to bring political balance to the news media and responsibility to the entertainment media.
- Media Watch- Organization focusing on media literacy and the challenging of stereotypes commonly found in the media.
- Media Watch (ABC TV)- A leading forum for Australian media analysis. Summary, news, bungled stories and viewable episodes of the weekly program, plus archive of previous coverage.
- MediaChannel.org- Nonprofit site dedicated to the political, social, and cultural impacts of the media.
- Morality in Media- Established in 1962 by Father Morton A. Hill, S.J. (1917-1985), to combat obscenity and to uphold decency standards in the media. MIM maintains the National Obscenity Law Center, a clearinghouse of legal materials on obscenity law.
- National Institute on Media and the Family- Providing research and education on the media’s effect on families and children.
- News Hounds- Volunteer watchdog group focused on FOX News. Includes blog, video, newsletter, forum and how to support.
- NewsTrust- Online social network that aims to help people identify quality journalism. Sign-in to rate news and opinions.
- On the Media- Site representing weekly, one-hour National Public Radio program devoted to media criticism and analysis.
- PR Watch- Investigative reporting on the practices of public-relations and public affairs industry, from the Center for Media and Democracy.
- Press Complaints Commission- Independent organisation monitoring British newspapers and magazines to ensure they adhere to ethical guidelines. Deals with issues such as inaccuracy, privacy, misrepresentation and harassment.
- Project Censored- Locating stories about significant issues of which the public should be aware, but is not, for one reason or another.
- SourceWatch – Regulating Media Content- Encyclopedia article focused U.S. bills aimed at regulating social media.
- Stats- Weblog and articles highlight abuses of science and statistics regarding policy issues.
- Stinky Journalism- Art Science Research Laboratory’s Media Ethics Project works to improve journalistic methodology, holding the media accountable by examining concrete, measurable errors of fact and ethical breaches encountered in the press.
- Tyndall Report – Monitoring the American television networks’ weekday nightly newscasts.
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Yet this is what our President has to say at the WH Correspondence dinner, about then Senator Clinton, candidate against him 4 years ago:
Four years ago, Obama recalled, he was locked in a tough primary fight with Hillary Clinton, now his secretary of state. “She can’t stop drunk texting me from Cartagena,” he said, referring to their recent trip to the Summit of the Americas in Columbia.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/04/28/obama-to-speak-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fmost-popular+%28Internal+-+Most+Popular+Content%29#ixzz1tQvBZGSI
And people wonder why this kind of humor isn’t funny. I tell you what if this passes for politically correct humor, I want to know where the comics in black face were, and why that isn’t funny?HMMMMM? Yeah, I thought so. We don’t need a latent teenager occupying the white house anymore, its time to elect a grown up.
B. Hussein Obama is a pig.
Hey Ferd, pigs are loyal and noble creatures and very intelligent. Barry is none of those things…lol
Pardon me, I meant scumbag.
I have lost all respect for Bill Clinton for campaigning for backtrack. this man for years has insulted Hillary Clinton and her husband not only puts party before country , he throws his wife under the bus by doing so.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/bill-clinton-to-join-obama-for-fundraiser-in-virginia/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
What a great list of “anniversaries”…So interesting…Thank you!
And regarding Obama’s “humor”…He’s about as funny as his policies.
That is the truth Cindy, his jokes fall short of the mark, or a select in their target for humor, just like his policies. My Mimae(Grandmother) used to say you can tell alot about a human being by the sense of humor they have(or don’t have).
which is not funny at all.
great post Kat.thanks
Hi fxylady, you are very welcome. I had the urge this morning to check this day in history and the one that really stood out for me, was Dachau Concentration camp being liberated. We have no concept; but we can never, ever forget.
wow thank you Kat…..
I think the one thing that struck me was Kate and William…For I thought of Great Britian and the difference now between their people and ours….Where it seems that the British still have some decorum even in the young people we have lost it …
H3LL most(if not all) of the British schools still have a dress code and the kids are so much more respectful than ours are.
Because I love those two boys, and I have a huge repect for the royal family; or maybe I am just a fan of Britians history and people, I was struck by the same thing Kin. The people in England have had more than their fair share of horrors over the centuries, and still they stand. We may have become independt of them, but they are part of our “American” family in my eyes.
Agreed. It would seem that most of today’s kids here in America are spoiled, self-entitled brats, taught by their parents that they can do anything they want–and these kids follow their advice and actually DO anything they want, without regard to consequences. The parents, in addition, are too self-absorbed to actually tell their children that they can BE anything they want along with the second part, which is that they actually have TO WORK to get it. Parents today are bone lazy for the most part and couldn’t be bothered with the actual job of rearing children.
It just doesn’t seem like a whole year since Wills and Kate were married. Happy Anniversary to the two of them. Princess Diana’s death really did me in and it still doesn’t seem like she’s really gone.
I watched a rerun of the royal wedding last night and a show on what Will and Kate have done in the past year. These are two people to be admired.
I have daughters that are Diana’s age and I wanted to write to her when she was going through the divorce and the pain, Hey he has big ears and never had a real job, you can do better.
She did a great job with both boys and the are a credit to her
also for the first time in history we have gone three years with a budget. Which under the law congress is supposed to bring to the table and pass.
holder;s DOJ and the southern states. It is not pretty
http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2012/04/29/doj-employee-contempt-for-mississippi-citizens-on-facebook/
under the can’t fix stupid we have this. occupiers
http://pjmedia.com/zombie/2012/04/29/meet-the-new-farm-same-as-the-old-farm/?singlepage=true