Egypt PM Shafiq Apologizes for Wednesday’s Violence; Crackdown Continues
Ahmed Shafiq, the new prime minister installed over the weekend by embattled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, has made public apology for the violence that occurred yesterday in Cairo’s Midan Tahrir,...
View ArticleHundreds of Thousands Gather at Tahrir Square to Oppose Mubarak (video)
The “Day of Departure” rally has swelled the ranks of pro-democracy demonstrators occupying Tahrir Square. Reuters reports the prime minister has instructed the army to “assist” journalists and...
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Mubarak Has Spilled Blood, Must Leave Power & Face Charges
Over the last two days, Hosni Mubarak has made Cairo the most dangerous place in the world for journalists. After Mubarak’s new prime minister issued an “apology” for the lethal violence waged by...
View ArticleAl Jazeera Offices Ransacked, Burned by “Gang of Thugs”
Al Jazeera says the campaign of persecution has escalated dramatically, as a “gang of thugs” broke into their offices, destroyed equipment and set fires, threatening the staff and carrying out what...
View ArticleFreed Activist Stirs Egypt with Passion for Democratization
After intense pressure from Amnesty International, foreign governments, private business and the press, Egypt’s new vice president Omar Suleiman pledged yesterday that Wael Ghonim, a Google executive...
View ArticleOlbermann to Serve as Chief News Officer for Current
Keith Olbermann, who shocked the media world last month when he stepped down from his post at MSNBC, where he was the network’s most visible and successful primetime host, will be joining Current TV,...
View ArticlePublic Broadcasting Makes us Free
IndependentsOfPrinciple.com :: Public broadcasting in the United States is not like state-run television in other countries, where the ruling party often influences the editorial stance and the...
View ArticleCBS Reporter Sexually Assaulted While Covering Egypt Unrest
The revelation that Lara Logan was sexually assaulted, after being abducted, falsely accused, then released, by Mubarak regime, has renewed accusations Mubarak used sexual assault to intimidate female...
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Fact-based Reporting as Heroic Defense of Freedom
What is democracy? That is the first question that is always asked by pro-regime elements, whether in 18th-century Britain or France or 21st-century Egypt or Bahrain, because their aim is to muddy the...
View ArticleRepublican Attack on NPR is Assault on First Amendment Rights
National Public Radio is a resource that belongs to the American people. It is not government controlled, has no editorial bias in terms of ideology or party, and is the nation’s most extensive...
View ArticleMurdoch Papers Accused of Illegal Hacking Against PM Brown, 9/11 Victims
Newspapers in the UK and TV networks around the world are reporting that UK prime minister Gordon Brown says his bank accounts, property records, his children’s medical accounts and other private...
View ArticleProtests Demand Change in Jordan, as Police Attack Demonstrators
The mounting protest movement in Jordan is organizing massive new demonstrations, calling for constitutional reform that will maintain the monarchy, but establish a fully elected, democratic...
View ArticleCyber-security Must Aim for 100% Non-military Cyberspace
TheHotSpring.net :: As the Pentagon issues its official cyber-security posture, it is imperative that we move into the era of strategic cyber-security with one paramount aim: that cyberspace not be...
View ArticleRupert Murdoch’s Media Empire Under FBI Investigation
News Corp., the New York-based multinational media conglomerate whose majority shareholder is the controversial billionaire Rupert Murdoch, is now facing an FBI investigation for illegal activity in...
View ArticleMurdoch Favorite Rebekah Brooks Arrested; Scotland Yard Chief Resigns
The downward spiral of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has deepened, as Rebekah Brooks, former editor of the News of the World tabloid, accused of bribery and illegal hacking of private phone messages...
View ArticleIs it Time for a Wall Street Journal Rescue Buyout?
The Wall Street Journal is an historic and storied publication, known for top-quality journalism and meticulous reporting of facts relevant to financial markets and economic activity more broadly. It...
View ArticleNews Corp. Phone-hacking Whistleblower Found Dead
In a shocking development, a former News of the World reporter and key whistleblower in the phone-hacking scandal now sweeping the News Corp. media empire and British political landscape has been...
View ArticleThe Murdoch Testimony
Rupert Murdoch has, today, told a Parliamentary committee in London that he was “clearly” misled by unknown persons within News Corp. Several of the committee members have sought to clarify who may...
View ArticleRash of Unfettered Assault by Police Against Protesters Shames America
The spreading Occupy movement has seen one after another sit-in, protest camp or march brutally and inexcusably assaulted by paramilitary police actions, using chemical agents and other weapons of...
View ArticleThe Problematic Case of PFC Bradley Manning
We have to ask ourselves, constantly and with serious attention to specifics, whether as we build our democratic universe of human relationships, we might be getting things wrong. Private First Class...
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