| Nov 1, 2010 | Economy / BusinessThe unemployment rate remains near double digits and many Americans have simply stopped looking for work. Yet somehow an NBC sitcom about U.S. jobs going overseas is becoming a hit. The show, called Outsourced, revolves around an American manager running a call center...
| Oct 25, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyAsked by a reporter what he thought of Western civilization, Mahatma Gandhi supposedly replied, “I think it would be a good idea.” The same could be said about U.S. public television. Public TV was created 40 years ago because the public understood that...
| Jul 13, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyPBS, which has often refused to broadcast films it deemed to be suffering from conflicts of interest, is now distributing a work that violates its own policies, according to the media watchdog Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). PBS is running in three...
| Jul 12, 2010 | Economy / BusinessHere’s what you’ll find in the latest OtherWords editorial package, which features an op-ed by Karen Dolan and a cartoon by Khalil Bendib about the congressional failure to extend unemployment benefits. In his weekly column, Donald Kaul channels how other...
