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Interview With BP Gulf Disaster Commissioner Fran Ulmer

Zach Roberts interviews BP Gulf disaster commissioner Fran Ulmer at the University of Alaska at Anchorage.

iPad Won’t Save The News Business–Not Yet At Least

iPad Won’t Save The News Business–Not Yet At Least

So will the iPad be the savior of the news industry? Or just another $500 down the drain for this news junkie? Two years ago I bought the iPhone with the goal of being able to keep constantly up to date on breaking news. It did its job – reading short blogs, AP updates, listening and watching podcasts were all easy to do and as long as I remembered to sync everything in the morning I was set for my ridiculous commute in the morning (1.5 hours underground). But for real news, lengthy articles and for books the iPhone just wasn’t cutting it and my paper copies of the Wall Street Journal were just being dropped in my recycling bin.

‘Don’t Panic, It’s just a Documentary’

‘Don’t Panic, It’s just a Documentary’

Opening my e-mail, the other day, after coming back from seeing “Collapse” for a second time, I’m immediately inundated with links to a new article on the Guardian’s website: “Key oil figures were distorted by US pressure, says whistleblower. Watchdog’s estimates of reserves inflated says top official.”

Jonathan Tasini, Author of The Audacity of Greed, Discusses His U.S. Senate Campaign

This is the final installment of a three-part interview with author an U.S. Senate candidate Jonathan Tasini. Please click here to view part 1 and here to watch part 2. To read an excerpt from Mr. Tasini’s book, The Audacity of Greed, please click here. Zach Roberts has produced DVD’s with award-winning investigative reporter Greg [...]

Author and U.S. Senate Candidate Jonathan Tasini Talks About CEO Pay Restrictions

This is the second installment of a three-part interview with author an U.S. Senate candidate Jonathan Tasini. Please click here to view part 1. To read an excerpt from Mr. Tasini’s book, The Audacity of Greed, please click here. Zach Roberts has produced DVD’s with award-winning investigative reporter Greg Palast including Big Easy to Big [...]

Zach Roberts Interviews U.S. Senate Candidate And Author Jonathan Tasini

To read an excerpt from Mr. Tasini’s book, The Audacity of Greed, please click on this link. Zach Roberts has produced DVD’s with award-winning investigative reporter Greg Palast including Big Easy to Big Empty and Palast Investigates. Follow Zach on twitter at zdroberts and on The Public Record’s documentary review feed DocuTweets. He can be [...]

Call to Action – The Cove

Call to Action – The Cove

This week, the small town of Taiji, Japan will be flush with cash. The next couple of months for this coastal community will be their boon season, for this is when the dolphin drive happens. More than 20,000 porpoises and dolphins will be herded into a lagoon in this unassuming tourist town over the next handful of months. Some will be chosen for places like Sea World and aquariums but the majority will be slaughtered.

The Shill and Doctor Astroturf

The Shill and Doctor Astroturf

In early August, Sarah Palin made a claim that ObamaCare would create ‘death panels’ – that the elderly would essentially have to make pleas for their life in front of a panel of bureaucrats. Ms. Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ McCaughey has been identified as the creator of the ‘death panel’ myth. McCaughey has done this before. She killed HillaryCare more than a decade ago.

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