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	ALTERNET MEDIA: TOP STORIES THIS WEEK MARCH 2ND, 2011
<--->	<---> Is Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes Going to Jail? Ailes, who runs Fox News as his personal fiefdom, has been thrust into the spotlight for potentially breaking the law, allegedly telling an employee to lie to feds.READ MORE Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America Confirmed: Union-Bashing Right-Wing Media Stars Hannity, Limbaugh and O'Reilly Are AFL-CIO Union-Affiliated Members In spite of their criticism of unions in Wisconsin, AlterNet has confirmed that leading right-wing pundits are American Federation Television and Radio Artists union members. READ MORE Ted Cox / AlterNet UK Judge Rules Assange Can Be Extradited; Could Eventually Face US Death Penalty Lawyers for Assange immediately said they would appeal against the decision, which they fear could eventually result in Assange facing imprisonment in the US. READ MORE / Agence France Presse -- - Corporate-Funded Online 'Astroturfing' Is More Advanced and More Automated Than You Might Think Every month more evidence piles up, suggesting that online comment threads and forums are being hijacked by people who aren’t what they seem to be. READ MORE By George Monbiot / The Guardian - 'The Social Network' Nails Harvard's (and America's) Diseased Obsession with Elitism The protagonist's angry fixation with elite social clubs exists in American life--as class resentment channeled into a perverse identification with the privileged. READ MORE By Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet - What Role Is Social Media Playing in the Mideast Revolts? It seems that Al Jazeera on the one hand and social media on the other have locked into a highly effective feedback loop that is truly explosive. READ MORE By Bob Ostertag / AlterNet - Fox News Reporter Appears to Have Lied About Being 'Punched' by Protester Fox News has been making a lot of hay about one of their reporters allegedly being "punched" by a protester in Madison, Wisconsin. Turns out, that didn't happen. READ MORE By Stephen C. Webster / Raw Story O'Reilly Misleads With Footage of Violent 'Wisconsin' Protesters--With Palm Trees in Background By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet USA Today Shows How to Lie with Statistics; Claims Public Employee Pay is Higher than in Private Sector By Joshua Holland | AlterNet You are subscribed as: ignoble.experiment@arconati.us --	<--->
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