What will we tell the children? Part [Sorry, I’ve lost count]
May 1, 2012
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by David Safier High states testing has higher stakes for teachers and administrators than students. Jobs, money and prestige are often on the line. So naturally, teachers and administrators have been caught cheating to boost the numbers even though, in my experience, teachers are an extraordinarily moral bunch. It's inevitable when the stakes are that … Read more
Republicans for Ron Barber
May 1, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I had a conversation with the Barber campaign last week about when they were going to use their Republican campaign co-chairs and supporters in a public event, and well, today was the day. The Tucson Weekly reports CD8: In Giffords' Race, GOP Supporters Rally for Dem Barber: Today, a group of those … Read more
My conversation on the Buckmaster Show
May 1, 2012
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by David Safier To my disappointment, I wasn't able to work "false equivalence" into my discussion with Bill Buckmaster on his radio show this afternoon, since we didn't spend much time on the Barber-Kelly race. But we talked a whole lot about education in Arizona, which is what I know most about, so I got … Read more
Rupert Murdoch ‘is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company’
May 1, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
I could not agree more. The question is, what is anyone going to do about it?
A British parliamentary committee said on Tuesday in a scathing report of News Corp.’s handling of the phone hacking scandal that Rupert Murdoch “is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company.” Rupert Murdoch is not fit to run a major company, British panel finds | Washington Post:
The report, which culminates months of investigation by a select committee, was far more condemning of the 81-year-old media titan than expected, saying the chairman and chief executive of News Corp. had “turned a blind eye and exhibited wilful blindness” over the widespread malpractice at his now-closed News of the World tabloid.
“This culture, we consider, permeated from the top throughout the organization and speaks volumes about the lack of effective corporate governance at News Corporation and News International,” the report said.
The committee approved the report six votes to four, with the four members from Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party staunchly objecting to the description of Murdoch as an unfit proprietor.
“The issue on which no Conservative member felt they could support the report itself was the line put in the middle of the report that said that Mr. Rupert Murdoch is not a fit person to run an international company,” said Louise Mensch, a Conservative MP and panel member, at a news conference in central London on Tuesday.
So we're good on everything else, right?
The 121-page report includes a catalogue of criticisms, accusing three senior figures at News International, the British arm of News Corp., of misleading the committee. The three included Les Hinton, the former head of News International, who the panel said was “complicit” in a coverup. The lawmakers also said that Colin Myler, the former editor of News of the World and now editor at the New York Daily News, and Tom Crone, the tabloid’s former legal manager, “answered questions falsely” while testifying before the committee.
Cap’n Al Melvin’s ‘zombie bill’ for secession passed by the Senate, goes back to the House
May 1, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I warned you about this. During sine die week bad bills you thought were dead are really the living dead "zombie bills" that return to life in the crush of legislation when no one is paying any attention. Such is the case with Sen. Cap'n Al Melvin's "sagebrush rebellion" ballot measure aka secession and civil … Read more
Action Alert: Tell Governor Brewer to veto HB 2826
May 1, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In early April, the Arizona Supreme Court unanimously rejected 'Paton's Law', an attempt by the state legislature to dictate to the Charter City of Tucson how it must conduct its elections. The Arizona Supreme Court held that charter cities have rights under the Arizona Constitution upon which the state legislature cannot tread … Read more
Federal Court enjoins Texas from defunding Planned Parenthood
May 1, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This is what lies in store for Arizona if Jan Brewer signs HB 2800, the Christian Taliban aka Center for Arizona Policy bill that attempts to defund Planned Parenthood. Judge halts Texas from removing Planned Parenthood from program: A federal judge on Monday stopped Texas from banning Planned Parenthood clinics from a … Read more
Buckmaster Blogger Beat topic: the Barber-Kelly race
May 1, 2012
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by David Safier I'm doing my second Blogger Beat segment with Bill Buckmaster on his Tuesday (today's) show at 12:45pm. You can hear the show on KVOI AM 1030. Buckmaster says our main topic of discussion will be the Barber-Kelly race. Expect to hear the term "false equivalence" more than once.
