AlterNet - Wed, 9 Aug 2006

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Megachurches 4 Teens | Oliver Stone's 9/11

 

 

 

 

Top Stories from AlterNet's MediaCulture Special Coverage Area

August 9, 2006

 

Don't miss AlterNet's first original author interview with

Courtney Martin, accompanying her Megachurch story

below...

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FROM THE VIDEO BLOG:

 

Daily Show skewers Rumsfeld, Gonzales, Rice

http://alternet.org/blogs/video/40109/

 

Olbermann: Bush vacations as Middle East burns

http://alternet.org/blogs/video/40039/

 

Galloway rips pro-Israel media bias

http://alternet.org/blogs/video/40071/

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FROM THE BLOGS:

 

Olbermann and the O'Reilly 'Sieg Heil'

http://alternet.org/blogs/peek/40099/

 

Bush's AT & T case is B.S.

http://alternet.org/blogs/themix/40002/

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MEGACHURCHES COURT COOL TO ATTRACT TEENS

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet

An evening at the New Life Church gives the author a clue

to how evangelical right-wing Christians are attracting

'Generation Me.' PLUS: A video interview with the author.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/39427/

 

OLIVER STONE REWRITES 9/11

Anthony Kaufman, AlterNet

In his new film, 'World Trade Center,' the director turns

the events of 9/11 into an easily digestible myth of

American heroism, with an almost happy ending. Huh?

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/40004/

 

COMEDY, LIKE REALITY, HAS A LIBERAL BIAS

Jessica Clark, In These Times

As Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have shown, Americans are

now turning to comedy to find the real story.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/40051/

 

HOW 9/11 COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet

A new book explores the 'stupidity, hubris and dereliction

of duty' behind the pre-9/11 intelligence failure.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/40005/

 

BLOG MENACE

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet

There's a new threat to free speech, and it comes

from the software that lets you read blogs.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/40006/

 

COMPUTER HACKERS SHARE THEIR SECRETS

Liz Cole, AlterNet

The sixth annual Hackers Conference explored privacy,

coupons, intelligence and Scooter Libby.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/39825/

 

'WIKIS' TAKING OVER THE WORLD

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet

Community-built websites -- 'wikis' -- are growing in

ways unimaginable to their inventor.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/39819/

 

YOU'RE THE DIRECTOR NOW

Lisa Voyticki, AlterNet

Welcome to the world of the Wikimentary -- where you're

the director and the audience.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/39821/

 

These stories and more can be found in

AlterNet's MediaCulture Special Coverage Area

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/

 

 

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