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This week on The Listening Post, we look at media reaction in the US to an incendiary new Washington tell-all memoir: 'What Happened', by former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. And British supermarket giant Tesco attracts bad publicity for its pursuit of libel damages against journalists in Thailand.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: June 6, 2008 at 5:33 am
Author: AlJazeeraEnglish

Length: 00:12:55
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TaskiyahEmaani (October 12, 2008 at 7:30 am)
for a scarf? a scarf? thats just rediculous. alot of the college students i see nowadays wear it becuase it looks and has a warm feel to protect against the autum cold. "terrorist"?, give me a break, such cowards.
coloardokid103 (June 18, 2008 at 8:53 pm)
i cant wait till it becomes the black then my homeboy Obama will rule the world
andreleroux12 (June 7, 2008 at 3:33 pm)
Yes, once again AlJazeera shows the truth....
Why isn't this channel freely availeable in Us and Canada? Why?

The power of the media, in it's ever growing power, causes great distress!

And, who cares about the messenger..the ...don't kill the messenger..
alza3tar (June 10, 2008 at 3:01 pm)
Yup. I agree. I wish this channel was available in the US and Canada
tacklinfuel2 (June 7, 2008 at 8:28 am)
check out the Glasgow Media Institute's report and also Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent. Also perhaps Walter Lippmann's 'Public Opinion'.
aaronjhill (June 7, 2008 at 7:52 am)
Don't be so stupid, please.
goread41 (June 7, 2008 at 1:29 am)
All I know is that we've been fighting World War 3 for quite some time now. However it is fought using 1's and 0's.

"Faced with information overload, we have no alternative but pattern recognition" —Marshall McLuhan.
jammoexii (June 6, 2008 at 2:45 pm)
It would've been pretty intense to see Rachel Ray in one of those Hamas headbands though. That'd at least justify a comment.
sharshur (June 6, 2008 at 1:54 pm)
What does FTW mean?
cradle2light (June 6, 2008 at 11:16 am)
Lets learn from History and Destroy any Media machinary that PARTICIPATE with any govt esp in the SPINNING of Stories in the runup before any INVASION or WAR!!!!
we must RELENTLESSLY seek the TRUTH despite the ODDS and Barriers put in front of us...