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11/06/11--05:00: Corporate Media Stumped on How to Cover the Occupy Movement (chan 1792900)

The New York Times’ Public Editor ponders how to cover the protests breaking out throughout America and the world, and turns to colleagues at other news organizations for guidance. How clueless can the establishment be? Read on.


11/06/11--18:26: WhoWhatWhy Editor Russ Baker – QA on FAMILY OF SECRETS (chan 1792900)

Investigative journalist Russ Baker talks about his book ( http://www.familyofsecrets.com ) and his news project http://www.whowhatwhy.com at a talk in Santa Fe, New Mexico.


11/07/11--20:02: Tell Us What You Think Of Us (chan 1792900)

Here’s your chance to give us feedback about WhoWhatWhy. Will you answer just 12 questions? This will help us better deliver what you want from the site. In appreciation, we’ll enter you in a raffle to meet WhoWhatWhy founder and editor Russ Baker, and get an inscribed copy of his book, Family of Secrets.


11/09/11--19:41: WhoWhatWhy Editor Russ Baker Talks Occupy Wall Street With Thom Hartmann, Nov. 9, 2011. (chan 1792900)

WhoWhatWhy Editor Russ Baker Talks Occupy Wall Street With Thom Hartmann, Nov. 9, 2011.


11/10/11--19:24: Saudi 9/11 Alert: Here’s That Missing Lloyd’s Lawsuit (chan 1792900)

Anyone who read WhoWhatWhy’s investigation of seeming ties between Saudi royalty and the alleged 9/11 hijackers knows that Lloyd’s of London had sued powerful Saudi interests, then abruptly withdrew its suit. Good news: WhoWhatWhy is now making available that here-and-gone legal filing.


11/12/11--20:47: Worth Watching: Videos From Around the World This Week (chan 1792900)

How to turn junk mail into a form of protest, what it’s like to be clinically dead for an hour, and bizarre beach creatures.


11/16/11--05:58: We Are All Rupert Murdoch Now (chan 1792900)

So the practices of Murdoch’s News Corp have led to a wider inquiry into so-called “phone hacking” and other illegal activities in the media in general. But who’s looking at the legal activities?


11/18/11--05:00: When Innovation Meets Irrigation (chan 1792900)

The recent winner of the 2011 James Dyson Award offers a low-tech and original solution to one of the world’s major problems.


11/19/11--09:33: Free for the 99 Percent (Even the One Percent): Music. Enjoy. (chan 1792900)

Hey—it’s the weekend. Time to chill.


11/21/11--04:50: The Gulf Oil Spill: the Other Shoe Dropping (chan 1792900)

Think the BP oil spill was cleaned up? Think again.


11/28/11--05:00: NY Times’ Umbrella Man Exposed (chan 1792900)

The web is buzzing about that clever Errol Morris anti-conspiracy video on the NY Times’s website. WhoWhatWhy interviewed the expert featured in the video about the strange JFK assassination figure “Umbrella Man,” and found a big problem with the central assertion. In fact, our research casts doubts not only on the most recent JFK propaganda, but on the New York Times itself.


12/05/11--05:00: JFK Umbrella Man—More Doubts (chan 1792900)

Here’s more evidence of cover-up regarding “Umbrella Man” and the JFK assassination. And more questions about the New York Times’ discouragement of investigative zeal in the matter.


12/07/11--05:00: The Saudi Arab Spring Nobody Noticed (chan 1792900)

When it comes to the media, all uprisings are not equal. Not when the oppressor is an ally and sitting on gobs of oil.


12/10/11--06:02: The Dominique Strauss-Kahn Case Revisited (chan 1792900)

We never did get resolution on the scandal that brought down a contender for the French presidency. Here are some further elements worth exploring.


12/13/11--05:00: The Military and Those Strange Threats to Obama (chan 1792900)

A number of curious security breaches have dogged Obama. Are these simply bizarre, random events, or is someone sending someone a message? There’s a military thread running through it all, and we’d be prudent to take a closer look.


12/15/11--16:21: Operation “Save Romney” (chan 1792900)

The New York Times is all over Romney. There’s precious little digging or deep analysis, but a lot of superficial stuff that adds up to this: The establishment is a-ok with this guy, and you should be too.


12/17/11--05:00: Russ Baker on Google Satellite Pictures of Drone Base (chan 1792900)

Video Interview


12/19/11--01:44: Russ Baker on KUNM-FM Albuquerque, talks about the state of the media. Nov. 15, 2011 (chan 1792900)

Listen to mp3 audio interview.     Image:  http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E4b9KlHFHwo/TtPrMLKIv4I/AAAAAAAAMYk/jtsgPD1Qr2E/s400/run-a-radio-station-off-of-your-pc.jpg


12/20/11--05:00: Ron Paul and God (chan 1792900)

Politicians certainly get religion when they have an eye on the White House. Even the no-nonsense Ron Paul knows he has to play the game to have a chance.


12/23/11--06:43: Fed Economists Urged DC to Help Homeowners Directly (chan 1792900)

In early 2009, at the height of the housing disaster, economists from a regional Federal Reserve Bank proposed something eminently reasonable: the government could and should provide direct aid to homeowners rather than to the reckless banks. They were ignored. Now is a good time to look at these ideas.