{"id":653,"date":"2008-06-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=653"},"modified":"2008-06-22T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-22T13:00:00","slug":"tv-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/tv-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whatcha doing tonight? Spending quality time with the family, you say? Ha! I knew you weren’t doing anything important. You have no excuse not to watch this<\/a> ProPublica\/60 Minutes report<\/a> on the U.S.-funded Alhurra television network, which spews anti-American propaganda in the Middle East, with a dash of Holocaust denial to add flava. If you can’t get to the TV, you can read the story here<\/a>. (Remember, ProPublica is Mr. B’s project<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Former 60 Minutes journalist Mike Wallace turned 90 in May!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Speaking of 60 Minutes, I recently saw a Family Guy<\/a> episode where Death is sitting in an easy chair, reading a newspaper, as retired 60 Minutes dude Mike Wallace types at a desk. When Mike Wallace stops typing, Death looks up from his paper expectantly. Wallace resumes typing and Death goes back to the paper. I thought this was screamingly funny, but then I thought, “How would Mike Wallace feel if he saw this?!” Then I laughed even harder. I know! I’m going to hell. See you there. Mike Wallace will probably live to be 190 and bury us all.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Family Guy’s Death on a date<\/p>\n

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UPDATED TO ADD: I’ve just seen the show and think the Propublica.org story<\/a> is much, much stronger than the 60 Minutes version.<\/p>\n

UPDATED AGAIN TO ADD: Oh, look who is late to the party! The Washington Post has the story a day after the 60 Minutes\/Propublica broadcast. I’m not going to bother to link to it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Whatcha doing tonight? Spending quality time with the family, you say? Ha! I knew you weren’t doing anything important. You have no excuse not to watch this ProPublica\/60 Minutes report on the U.S.-funded Alhurra television network, which spews anti-American propaganda in the Middle East, with a dash of Holocaust denial to add flava. If you…<\/p>\n

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