• AP Distorts Poll to Support Obama's Inequality Dodge

    Updated: 2014-01-28 17:02:40
    It's hard to remember a better time for politicians to talk about the issue of income inequality. But according to the Associated Press (1/24/14), Barack Obama's State of the Union address will attempt to shift away that issue–too divisive, apparently–and opt instead for some discussion of economic opportunity. As Jim Kuhnhenn writes: The adjustment reflects an awareness that Obama's earlier language put him at risk of being perceived as divisive and exposed him to criticism that his rhetoric was exploiting the gap between haves and have-nots. He also noted:  Obama's December speech was well received by Democrats and liberals, but […]

  • China Censorship Fail: Hundreds of Millions Sent to Blocked Website

    Updated: 2014-01-22 13:48:31
    : Skip to Content TIME World Sections Home NewsFeed . U.S Politics World Business Tech Health Science Entertainment Video TIME 100 Photos Magazine LIFE.com Lists Sports Search Search TIME Follow Facebook Twitter Google+ Tumblr RSS Apps Main Middle East China India Europe Africa Latin America Asia Photos Fareed Zakaria Asia China Censorship Fail : Hundreds of Millions Sent to Blocked Website The country's censors can't be happy By Emily Rauhala Beijing Jan . 22, 2014 0 Share Read Later Send to Kindle Email Print Share Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn StumbleUpon Reddit Digg Mixx Delicious Google+ Comment Follow TIMEWorld In one of China’s largest ever Internet outages , hundreds of millions of people were unable to access some of the country’s most-popular websites Tuesday . Instead , they

  • Bill O'Reilly Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    Updated: 2014-01-22 00:06:49
    Bill O'Reilly's message on Martin Luther King Jr. Day was that blacks "have a much tougher time succeeding in the marketplace" because they don't "study and work hard."

  • Is China’s ‘Great Firewall’ Blocking the Guardian?

    Updated: 2014-01-08 10:01:02
    After blocking the New York Times and Bloomberg websites last year, it appears the Chinese government has now taken umbrage with Britain’s left-leaning daily the Guardian. Representatives from the publication said that their website was initially blocked by the “Great Firewall” on Tuesday, according to Reuters. “The reasons for the Guardian block are unclear — no China-related stories published by the Guardian in the past two days would obviously be perceived as dangerous by the country’s leadership,” the U.K. newspaper reported. [Reuters]

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