Baithak World Jun 14: Robert Fisk, How We Read Online, News & Views, Videos, Comics, RealNews
Mofaz was maybe trying to walk tall beside the increasingly powerless Ehud Olmert, or maybe he was just trying to make up for having been a spectacularly unsuccessful chief of staff in his previous incarnation. But why do we have to listen to all this? In fact, why must we take it seriously at all? "Israel warns" has become one of the great clichés of our journalism – along, of course, with "Arabs threaten". Robert Fisk: The Middle East never tires of threats
Lazy BastardsHow we read online.
You're probably going to read this.
It's a short paragraph at the top of the page. It's surrounded by white space. It's in small type.
To really get your attention, I should write like this:
- Bulleted list
- Occasional use of bold to prevent skimming
- Short sentence fragments
- Explanatory subheads
- No puns
- Did I mention lists?
News & Views
Are Bloggers Journalists? Let’s ask Thomas Jefferson by: Christopher B. Daly
BBC's Pro-Israeli Bias
RIP: Tim Russert and Tim Russert Dead At 58 and OBIT: Tim Russert of NBC News passes away
Al Jazeera wins prestigious award
Bush pledges on Iraq bases a ruse
'If you want to help Iran, don't attack' - interview with the Iranian Nobel Winner Shirin Ebadi
Palestinians barred from Dead Sea beaches to 'appease Israeli settlers'
Joystick Jihad: Was Grand Theft Auto IV Inspired by Al-Qaida?
Thousands march for fired Pakistan judges
Pakistan lawyers descend on capital
Rattled Pakistan looks to Musharraf
The Supreme Court’s Guantánamo ruling: what does it mean?
In Guantanamo rulings, profile is everything
Exposing Bush Administration Corruption
From Water Torture to ‘Waterboarding’: Media rehabilitate torture as aquatic sport
India's perch ruffles China's feathers
SCIENCE: Paint that Purifies the Air
Toasting the Joys of Imbibing Properly
THE MOGAMBO GURU : Investing made simple
Mr. Sinclair Goes to Washington
Book review: "Where Now for Palestine? The Demise of the Two-State Solution"
Huffpollstrology: Candidates' Horoscopes, Polls And More For June 13
Writers recommend the perfect literary travelling companions
Ma Jian: The west is doing China no favours by rushing to apologise for every perceived slur
Review: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
Manners matter in Facebook
The Impracticality of Poets By Kristen Hoggatt
Book Review: A Nuclear Family Vacation
Book Review: The Israel Lobby and US
Book Review: Asia's awesome threesome - Rivals by Bill Emmott
Portugal's literati up in arms at plan to sell Aleister Crowley Papers
Book Review: Howard Zinn: A Radical American Vision
SCIENCE: Paint that Purifies the Air
"Artistic" Spiders Trap Prey With Light, Study Finds
In animals
 | A type of Australian spider builds bizarre patterns into its webs to reflect certain wavelengths of light that lure prey to their deaths. |
In photo_in_the_news
 | Before-and-after pictures from a new atlas show how Africa is altering from the shrinking of Kilimanjaro's snows to the expansion of an "instant" lake. |
In video_in_the_news
 | A deer nicknamed "Unicorn" that has a single antler in the center of its head is drawing attention to a Tuscan nature reserve. |
Comic for June 13, 2008
Doonesbury@SLATE
Paul Jay presents RealNews
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