Twenty years since its last national election--and with that election's winner under house arrest for nearly every day of that twenty-year span--the nation of Myanmar (mee-an-mar--formerly BURMA) has just held a national election. One of Burma's internationally respected critics says the election "merely aims to legitimize the horrible regime of General Than Shwe, who has ruled his country with an iron fist."

Here is a very good summary of a real, very jacked-up situation:

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/11/07/opinion/Burmas-cynical-bid-for-approval-a-rigged-ballot-30141680.html

--For up-to-date reports on Myanmar/Burma and its election results, check out this Reuters blog-report page:

http://live.reuters.com/Event/Myanmar_elections

PEACE--CW

The best Mon-Fri daily national/international news program in the United States:
Democracy Now, hosted by Amy Goodman (avail. online 24-7)

--and the network her show is based at, KPFA / Pacifica Radio, 94.1fm in the Bay Area--totally listener-supported radio

http://www.kpfa.org

One very interesting show on KPFA is Hard Knock Radio—on the radio in the Bay Area Mon-Fri on 94.1fm, 4-5pm and online anywhere, anytime at:

http://kpfa.org/archive/show/35--The show starts with the national news headlines, followed by interviews, reporting, and sometimes music with an urban, human rights focus.

BIAS NOTICE: KPFA (Pacifica radio and internet) is seen by many as having a progressive-liberal-activist bias, mainly among believers in the “liberal vs. conservative” false dichotomy .)

Fox News’ Shepard Smith and Geraldo Rivera reporting from New Orleans during Katrina:

A brief, intense report during a human tragedy, and a rare day for Fox http://www.spike.com/video/geraldo-rivera/2678976

“60 Minutes” segment about the Islamic center being developed in New York

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6902812n&tag=contentBody;housing

SPECIAL SECTION: JON STEWART AND THE MEDIA

Here’s a link to Stewart’s show’s homepage—then you can look to the lower-left for “more episodes”:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/

Who is America’s most trusted news anchor? According to a July 2009 national poll...

http://www.timepolls.com/hppolls/archive/poll_results_417.html

This guy says “why” very well—especially in section 3: “The Truth Factor”

http://newsflavor.com/politics/us-politics/why-is-jon-stewart-americas-most-trusted-newscaster/?44934#comment-44934&reload

Radio interview with Stewart on NPR Oct. 4 2010. (National Public Radio) “I have become increasingly unnerved by the depth of corruption that exists at many different levels. I'm less upset with politicians than [with] the media. . . somebody's gotta be the zookeeper.”

http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=130321994&m=130324991

(From 20 minutes to 30 is the most interesting part of the interview regarding media.)

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Some very deep water: Fascinating global-focus interview with John Perkins, an author who worked to influence business and government activities in central and south america for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency:

http://www.truth-out.org/the-economic-hit-man-confesses-again-an-interview-with-john-perkins63885

Thande Chimurenga’s reporting on the trial of J. Mehserle:

http://twitter.com/OscarGrantTrial

http://www.therealnews.com/t2/about-us

—interesting site with a stated set of standards—this link is to their “About Us” page, where those standards are stated!

http://drudgereport.com/

BIAS NOTICE: The Drudge Report—a news hub, with an anti-liberal bias apparent in some advertisements and in the selection, placement and prioritization of headlines--and sometimes their wording.

More news organizations: (These are URLs for now—please copy and paste into a web browser’s address bar.)

bbc.com

msnbc.com

cnn.com

pbs.org/newshour

ft.com

abcnews.com

sfgate.com

indybay.org

newser.com

nyt.com

npr.org

gregpalast.com

thomhartmann.com

Real News for Real People

Sunday, November 7, 2010

A Reality Report for Veterans Day

http://newamericamedia.org/2010/10/after-service-veteran-deaths-surge.php

Saturday, November 6, 2010

The civil war that is happening RIGHT NOW: BURMA / MYANMAR.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

jon stewart on CNN's Crossfire in 2004

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

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