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Links to News Reports on ACORN Study

Christopher Martin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:52:31 +0000

Harold Meyerson, “For ACORN, Truth Lost Amid the Din,” Washington Post, September 23, 2009. University of Northern Iowa, “Profs: Why ACORN was in the news in ‘07-’08, and what the media got wrong,” Romenesko, September 23, 2009. Alicia Shepard, “The ACORN Videos: Did NPR Ignore Them?” NPR, September 23, 2009. Michael Calderone, “Study: Media’s been wrong on ACORN,” [...]

CD Blues: Music Industry in Upheaval

Christopher Martin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:01:33 +0000

The industryâ€™s frustration must have escalated even higher when the Grammy Award-winning British alternative rock group Radiohead decided to give away their 2007 album â€œIn Rainbowsâ€ on the Internet for whatever price fans wished to pay, including nothing at all.

What Went Wrong with Copyright

Christopher Martin — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:13:14 +0000

Corporate owners have millions of dollars to gain by keeping their properties out of the public domain. Disney, a major lobbyist for the 1998 extension, would have lost its copyright to Mickey Mouse in 2004, but now will continue to earn millions on its movies, t-shirts, and Mickey Mouse watches through 2024. Warner/Chappell Music, which owns the copyright to the popular â€œHappy Birthday to Youâ€ song, will keep generating money on the song through 2030.

Singing Like an American Idol

Christopher Martin — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 18:05:34 +0000

Quick â€“ name the winner of the Best New Artist Grammy Award in 1989. Need a hint? This group sold nearly 10 million albums worldwide that year, and dominated the U.S. charts with five top 10 hits. Another hint? Their Grammy was revoked a few months after they received it.

TV’s Moral Watchdogs

Christopher Martin — Sat, 28 Feb 2004 18:09:27 +0000

Iâ€™m not an apologist for the bad half-time show at the Super Bowl. But please, parents, donâ€™t ask the clichÃ©d question, â€œhow am I supposed to explain this to my children?â€ The National Coalitionâ€™s Schatz said much the same thing with his exasperated comment, â€œThe last thing a parent expects to see when they sit down with their family to watch the Super Bowl is Janet Jacksonâ€™s breast.â€

The Super Bowl of Hypocrisy

Christopher Martin — Sat, 14 Feb 2004 18:45:29 +0000

The official outrage brought new meaning to hypocrisy. NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue posted a statement saying the halftime show â€œwas offensive, inappropriate and embarrassing to us and our fans.â€ This, of course, from the same NFL that gladly paraded out the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders in 1972, whose style spawned barely-clad cheerleaders for all major professional team sports.