From AlterNet.org - The stinkiest examples of corporate media malfeasance, spin and just plain outrageousness.

WASHINGTON - December 22 - For 17 years our colleagues Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon have worked with FAIR to present the P.U.-Litzers, a year-end review of some of the stinkiest examples of corporate media malfeasance, spin and just plain outrageousness.

Click here for full article and ‘award-winners’.

Well, I am not sure how many people read the previous post, but maybe they will pay attention to this one-From consumerist.com :

5 Questions To Make A Doc’s Head ExplodeRegence Blue Cross Blue Shield has a microsite game called “Resist The System” where if you ask too many questions the health care receptionist’s head explode.—–Seems like they went to a lot of trouble to persuade folks that universal healthcare is bad, though.

I don’t have cable, so I may be  bit behind the curve on this one- but Jon Stewart does a good job of skewering CNN for its propaganda. Of course it could apply to most ‘news shows’ these days.

For all you aspiring economists, policy wonks, and politicians…a little game.

Courtesy of UrbanSurvival.com :

“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”

– Eric Hoffer

…..and the Capitol Steps…but this one has its moments..

Living in Richmond for more than a few years, and you tend to get a bit jaded about all of the lobbying that comes with General Assembly. How many times can you stand in the cold holding a sign and hope you are making a difference? Its not easy but it can be important. Tonight I saw the following and got geekily re-inspired: Join the Linux users of VA in the fight for a Windows Free VAI know that there are probably many windows users in this community who are against what I’m about to say. But I support having windows-free businesses and bars in Virginia, and this message is for people who feel the same; that people who don’t like linux should not run linux establishments or go to linux establishments, or should shut their pie holes.The Linux Users of VA needs you!This session, the General Assembly will once again consider making the Commonwealth windows-free. We need your help to convince the legislators that the people of Virginia support open software and awesome desktop environments.We need you at Lobby Day 2009!On Wednesday, January 21, the Linux Users of Virginia will march on the General Assembly in Richmond to give voice to the 5% of Virginians who actually care about the government ditching Windows in favor of free, open software. With your help, we’ll meet with legislators to explain the dangers of Micro$oft and ask for their support to not use M$ products.Lobby Day also includes free lunch and the chance to win a free Ubuntu CD. We want to make it worth your while to join us. We’ll also provide training and information for you to share with your legislator.Please comment here if you’re interested in joining the Linux Users of VA on Lobby Day, or you e-mail me at linuxdude69@gmail.com.For more info about Linux, check out http://www.ubuntu.org   

Dear American: I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude. I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most profitable to you. I am working with Mr. Phil Gram, lobbyist for UBS, who will be my replacement as Ministry of the Treasury in January. As a Senator, you may know him as the leader of the American banking deregulation movement in the 1990s. This transactin is 100% safe. This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check. We need the funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer these funds in the names of our close friends because we are constantly under surveillance. My family lawyer advised me that I should look for a reliable and trustworthy person who will act as a next of kin so the funds can be transferred. Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund account numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov so that we may transfer your commission for this transaction. After I receive that information, I will respond with detailed information about safeguards that will be used to protect the funds. Yours Faithfully Minister of Treasury Paulson