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Find out more at http://newstrust.net/ This is Your Brain On Fox Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8728128/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8728128/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/daily_beast?ref=rss">The Daily Beast</a> - By David Frum - May. 22 (News Analysis) - when quizzed on current affairs, people who watched only Fox scored worse than people who watched no news at all.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8728128?ref=rss">3.7 average</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8728128?ref=rss">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8728128/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Ethics in Journalism Journalism Corruption Today's GOP: Worst Political Party Since the Civil War Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8727230/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8727230/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/alternet?ref=rss">AlterNet</a> - By Martin Longman - May. 22 (Opinion) - What about the Jim Crow laws, or the Palmer raids, or the Japanese internment camps, or McCarthyism, or the Vietnam and Iraq wars? But when I started to think about it, I realized that many of the big mistakes our country has made since the Civil War were not really the result of one political party's actions.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8727230?ref=rss">4.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8727230?ref=rss">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8727230/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Republicans Well: Sleep Apnea Tied to Increased Cancer Risk Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8725056?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8725056?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/new_york_times?ref=rss">New York Times</a> - By Anahad O'connor - May. 21 (Opinion) - Two new studies associate a common disorder of sleep that causes pauses in breathing with a higher risk of cancer.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8725056?ref=rss">4.3 average</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8725056?ref=rss">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8725056?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care Cancer Money Unlimited Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8714038?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8714038?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/new_yorker?ref=rss">New Yorker</a> - By Jeffrey Toobin - May. 21 (Special Report) - When Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was first argued before the Supreme Court, on March 24, 2009, it seemed like a case of modest importance. The issue before the Justices was a narrow one. The McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law prohibi</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8714038?ref=rss">4.1 average</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8714038?ref=rss">11 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8714038?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Law U.S. Congress U.S. Supreme Court Republicans Campaign Reform Election Reform Money and Politics Elections Advertising Corporate Governance Campaign Finance Presidential Election 2012 Under A Withering Industry Assault, Nuclear Safety Chief Resigns Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8726278/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8726278/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/huffington_post?ref=rss">Huffington Post</a> - By Ryan Grim - May. 21 (News Report) - Under a withering assault from the industry, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko is stepping down, effective upon the confirmation of his successor, according to a statement from Jaczko. The resignation follows months of bureaucratic knife-wielding by the four industry-backed members of the five-person panel.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8726278?ref=rss">4.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8726278?ref=rss">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8726278/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Law Enforcement Obama Administration Nuclear Power Corruption With the Affordable Care Act Hanging by a Thread, It's Time for Single-Payer Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8726839/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8726839/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/huffington_post?ref=rss">Huffington Post</a> - By Pearl Korn - May. 21 (Opinion) - Co-written by Jonathan Stone While the Affordable Care Act is being deliberated in the Supreme Court -- with no decision expected until the end of June -- progressives and all other rational human beings should ramp up their efforts to build the movement</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8726839?ref=rss">4.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8726839?ref=rss">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8726839/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Supreme Court Health Care Advocates: '12 Budget Dance Has Heavier Beat Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8726275/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8726275/toolbar?ref=rss <span>bkbureau.org - May. 21 (News) - After years of austerity, advocates say the annual ritual of protests against proposed cuts has taken on a more urgent tone.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8726275?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8726275?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8726275/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Poverty Money and Politics Obama Administration Youth Hispanic Bachmann’s Fundraising Whopper Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8714978/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8714978/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/factcheck?ref=rss">FactCheck</a> - By Robert Farley - May. 20 (Fact Check) - In several urgent fundraising appeals, Rep. Michele Bachmann falsely claims that biased “liberal judges” redrew her congressional district “in retaliation for repeatedly standing up to President Obama.” The truth is that only two of the five judges were Democratic appointees, and Bachmann’s Minnesota district has become even more Republican than … More >></span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8714978?ref=rss">3.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8714978?ref=rss">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8714978/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. House of Representatives Republicans Media and Politics Obama Administration Elections Fake News Campaign Finance Michele Bachmann How to peek through Dan Schultz’s Truth Goggles, the B.S. detection software Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8724771/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8724771/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/nieman_watchdog?ref=rss">Nieman Journalism Lab</a> - By Andrew Phelps - May. 20 (Opinion) - Last November I wrote about Dan Schultz and his Truth Goggles, a piece of software he’s developing in partnership with PolitiFact that highlights suspicious claims in news articles. It’s as simple as spellcheck. Now, as Schultz finalizes his graduate thesis at the MIT Media Lab, he’s conducting a user study to understand how people (anonymously) respond to a prototype of the tool. It’s our first look at the software in action, and he wants you to give it a try.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8724771?ref=rss">3.6 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8724771?ref=rss">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8724771/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Media and Politics Internet Fake News Journalism How Crazy Is Wall Street, New York Times? Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8724770/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8724770/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/daily_beast?ref=rss">The Daily Beast</a> - By Edward Jay Epstein - May. 20 (Opinion) - The New York Times published an opinion piece on May 12, 2012, concerning the question of whether the rich, from a moral standpoint, are good or bad. The story reported, “A recent study found that 10 percent of people who work on Wall Street are ‘clinical psychopaths’ and that they exhibit an ‘unparalleled capacity for lying, fabrication, and manipulation.’ ” The vivid term “clinical psychopath” brings to mind the berserk buzz-saw-wielding investment banker played by Christian Bale in the film American Psycho. Since some 3.9 million people work in the financial-services industry, a clinically diagnosed horde of lunatics numbering almost 400,000 people would certainly be a matter of public concern, though it might only confirm some journalists’ view of American capitalism.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8724770?ref=rss">3.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8724770?ref=rss">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8724770/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Money and Politics Corporate Governance Finance Psychology Wealth The Most Powerful Special Interest in Washington: The Acronym Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8723838?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8723838?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/new_york_times?ref=rss">New York Times</a> - By Micah Cohen - May. 20 (Opinion) - A linguistic plague is creeping through the nation's capital - the "bacronym," where a PAC or bill name is chosen so that the initial letters of each word form a desired word.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8723838?ref=rss">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8723838?ref=rss">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8723838?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Congress U.S. Senate Media and Politics Money and Politics Elections Housing Campaign Finance Michele Bachmann Maryland Presidential Election 2012 Do You Want the Good News First? Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8723679?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8723679?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/new_york_times?ref=rss">New York Times</a> - By Thomas L. Friedman - May. 19 (Opinion) - I’ve spent the last week traveling to two of America’s greatest innovation hubs — Silicon Valley and Seattle — and the trip left me feeling a combination of exhilaration and dread. The excitement comes from not only seeing the stunning amount of innovation emerging from the ground up, but from seeing the new tools coming on stream that are, as Amazon.com’s founder, Jeff Bezos, put it to me, “eliminating all the gatekeepers” — making it easier and cheaper than ever to publish your own book, start your own company and chase your own dream. Never have individuals been more empowered, and we’re still just at the start of this trend.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8723679?ref=rss">3.9 average</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8723679?ref=rss">5 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8723679?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> China Foreign Policy Immigration Innovation Technology Jobs Facebook Romney Embraces Growth, Leaving Austerity To Europe Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8723636/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8723636/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/huffington_post?ref=rss">Huffington Post</a> - By Jon Ward - May. 19 (Opinion) - Austerity is out. Growth is in. And Mitt Romney's campaign has taken notice. Politicians in Europe and in President Barack Obama's administration can't get enough of the G word these days. "Growth must be a priority, at the same time as we put in place some fiscal compact to improve our finances," said the new French President Francois Hollande, during a visit with Obama in the Oval Office on Friday.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8723636?ref=rss">3.3 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8723636?ref=rss">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8723636/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Global Economy European Union U.S. Economy Nicolas Sarkozy Mitt Romney The Wright stuff: President Obama and the Ricketts smear Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8722071/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8722071/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/the_guardian?ref=rss">The Guardian</a> - By Ana Marie Cox - May. 19 (Opinion) - Republicans are rightly shamed by a Super Pac ad plan to tag Obama as a black radical. The irony is his very lack of radicalism Nebraska has already supplied the right with a billionaire boogeyman: Warren Buffet, hero of the secretarial pool and worldly philanthropist. Now, the left has a Husker to hate: Joe Ricketts, the man for whom a group of Republican troublemakers dreamed up the perhaps-intentionally hilarious, to-be-sure-intentionally shocking "Plan to Defeat Barack Hussein Obama" . The document's deadpan staccato phrasing has the punctuation-agnostic urgency and livid prose of a "Mission: Impossible" assignment memo (or an Austin Powers trailer). "The Plan. An Overview," reads the titular section: "A five-minute unusually unique" – sic! – "film bringing his tutorship beneath Reverend Wright and others to the forefront of popular discourse … We start by raising an eyebrow. Teasers, hints of dark clouds to come. Buying print space, newspaper ads, kiosks at the airport, around the ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8722071?ref=rss">3.3 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8722071?ref=rss">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8722071/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Money and Politics Presidential Election 2012 Is GOP trying to sabotage economy to hurt Obama? Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8723678?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8723678?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/associated_press?ref=rss">Associated Press</a> - By Charles Babington - May. 19 (News Analysis) - Are Republican lawmakers deliberately stalling the economic recovery to hurt President Barack Obama's re-election chances? Some top Democrats say yes, pointing to GOP stances on the debt limit and other issues that they claim are causing unnecessary economic anxiety and retarding growth.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8723678?ref=rss">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8723678?ref=rss">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8723678?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Congress U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate Democrats Republicans Obama Administration Presidential Election 2012 Mitt Romney's flip-flops Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8721953/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8721953/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/politifact?ref=rss">PolitiFact</a> - By Bill Adair , Louis Jacobson - May. 18 (Fact Check) - For the 2012 presidential campaign, we're using the Flip O-Meter to assess the statements of President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. This article includes links to the Flip-O-Meter items we've published on Romney. We'll update it as we publish more in the future.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8721953?ref=rss">3.9 average</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8721953?ref=rss">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8721953/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Gun Control U.S. Economy Republicans Taxes Mitt Romney Climate Change Presidential Election 2012 Twitter and Reddit as crowdsourced fact-checking engines Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8718494/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8718494/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/gigaom?ref=rss">GigaOM</a> - By Mathew Ingram - May. 17 (News) - New research about how news is verified through Twitter and a crowdsourced debunking of some fake Wikipedia entries reinforce the point that social networks and online communities can be powerful tools for the real-time verification of events, something that used to take place behind closed doors.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8718494?ref=rss">3.9 average</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8718494?ref=rss">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8718494/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Media and Politics Citizen Journalism Journalism Social Networks "End This Depression Now" Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8721062/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8721062/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/democracy_now?ref=rss">Democracy Now</a> - By Paul Krugman, Amy Goodman - May. 17 (Interview) - Right now, there just is not enough spending, and we need the government, which can do it, to step in and provide the demand we need. ... We’ve had austerity in the face of a recession, in a way that we have never had before since the 1930s. ... And the results are clear: it’s disastrous."</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8721062?ref=rss">4.6 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8721062?ref=rss">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8721062/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Poverty U.S. Economy Money and Politics Jobs Mitt Romney Debt Speech Ignores Key Facts Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8716373/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8716373/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/huffington_post?ref=rss">Huffington Post</a> - By Tom Raum - May. 16 (News Analysis) - When Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney decried the "prairie fire" of U.S. debt Tuesday, he ignored some of the sparks that set...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8716373?ref=rss">4.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8716373?ref=rss">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8716373/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Budget Money and Politics Elections Finance Taxes Mitt Romney Presidential Election 2012 Crony Capitalism: After Lobbying Against New Financial Regulations, JPMorgan Loses $2B in Risky Bet Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8717221/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8717221/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/democracy_now?ref=rss">Democracy Now</a> - By Amy Goodman - May. 15 (News Analysis) - The loss has renewed calls for tougher regulation of Wall Street, with critics saying JPMorgan could have avoided it under regulations the bank opposed.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8717221?ref=rss">3.9 average</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8717221?ref=rss">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8717221/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Law Money and Politics Finance OpEdNews - Article: Romney, Unzipped & Exposed as Babbitt Clone Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8716201/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8716201/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/op_ed_news?ref=rss">Op Ed News</a> - May. 15 (Opinion) - What if it turns out Romney is little more than Sinclair Lewis' Babbitt on steroids, with more money, clout, and ability to do harm? A classic satire has much to teach about today's politics.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8716201?ref=rss">3.8 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8716201?ref=rss">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8716201/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Occupy Wall Street "Has Created Something That Didn't Really Exist" in U.S. — Solidarity Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8715297/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8715297/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/democracy_now?ref=rss">Democracy Now</a> - By Amy Goodman - May. 14 (Interview) - Noam Chomsky says the Occupy movement has helped rebuild class solidarity and communities of mutual support on a level unseen since the time of the Great Depression. "The Occupy movement spontaneously created something that doesn't really exist in the country: Communities of mutual support, cooperation, open spaces for discussion ... people doing things and helping each other," Chomsky says. "That's very much missing. There [has been] massive propaganda going on for a century, that you really shouldn't care about anyone else, just yourself ... To rebuild [class solidarity] -- even in small pieces of society -- can become very important, can change the conception of how society ought to function." Chomsky also gives his assessment of President Obama, whom he says has attacked civil liberties in a way that "goes beyond George W. Bush."</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8715297?ref=rss">3.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8715297?ref=rss">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8715297/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Obama Administration Sick U.S. Army Chants Describe Rape, Killing Kids Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8713471/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8713471/toolbar?ref=rss <span>infowars.com - May. 14 (News) - Lew Rockwell Blog | "One, two, three, four. Every night we pray for war. Five, six, seven, eight. Rape. Kill. Mutilate."</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8713471?ref=rss">4.2 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8713471?ref=rss">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8713471/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Military How to Use the Internet Wisely, for Your Health and Your Country's Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8712835/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8712835/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/atlantic_monthly?ref=rss">Atlantic Monthly</a> - By Howard Rheingold - May. 13 (Opinion) - Use the following methods and tools to protect yourself from toxic bad info. Use them and then pass them along to others. Promote the notion that more info literacy is a practical answer to the growing info pollution. Be the change you want to see. Although the Web undermines authority (by enabling anybody to publish), authority is still useful as one clue to credibility in a detective hunt that accounts for many other clues. Claims to authority, however, need to be questioned. I might add credibility to my assessment if a source is a verified professor at a known institution of higher learning, an authentic MD or PhD, but I would not subtract it from people without credentials whose expertise seems authentic. If you are going to grant credibility to people whose expertise is based on being a professor of something, make sure that assertion is accurate. Don't stop at simply verifying that the claim to be a professor is valid if you are looking for scientific credibility. The next step is to use the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index that derives a score from the scholar's publications, citations by other scholars, grants, honors, and awards. If you want to get even more serious, download a free copy of Publish or Perish software, which analyzes scientific citations from Google Scholar according to multiple criteria. Or use the h-index to calculate how many times other scientists have cited a particular source. Again, don't trust just one source; triangulate.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8712835?ref=rss">3.9 average</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8712835?ref=rss">5 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8712835/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Media and Politics Internet Technology Psychology Citizen Journalism Fake News Journalism Social Networks Social Change Digital Learning News Literacy How the five web literacies are becoming essential survival skills Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/8710737/toolbar?ref=rss http://newstrust.net/stories/8710737/toolbar?ref=rss <span><a href="http://newstrust.net/sources/nieman_watchdog?ref=rss">Nieman Journalism Lab</a> - By Justin Ellis - May. 13 (News Report) - Howard Rheingold isn’t too concerned about whether Google is making us stupid or if Facebook is making us lonely. Those kind of criticisms, Rheingold says, miscalculate the ability humans have to change their behavior, particularly when it comes to how we use social media and the Internet more broadly. “If, like many others, you are concerned social media is making people and cultures shallow, I propose we teach more people how to swim and together explore the deeper end of the pool,” Rheingold said Thursday. Rheingold was visiting the MIT Media Lab to talk about his new book, Net Smart: How to Thrive Online, which examines how people can use the Internet not just to better themselves, but also society as a whole. Rheingold has a longer online history than most, going back to The WELL, one of the first online forums back in the 1980s. Ever since writing about that experience, Rheingold has developed a habit for dropping the kind of book that not just probes what it means to be online, but charts what that means for all of us.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8710737?ref=rss">3.8 average</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8710737?ref=rss">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/8710737/toolbar?ref=rss">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Media and Politics Innovation Internet Psychology Social Networks Future Digital Learning News Literacy