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Media & Technology Newsletter December 19th, 2008 More from Media & Technology »

Kids Learn That Killing Is Fun at the Army's Lethal New Theme Park By Penny Coleman, AlterNet The Army's new recruitment tool lets high-tech video game centers desensitize, condition, train and even enlist America's youth. Read more »   The Newspaper Industry Is Dying Before Our Very Eyes By Bill Boyarsky, Truthdig Newspaper management is hastening the industry's demise by chasing away talented journalists. Read more »   Letter From Athens: Greek Riots and the News Media in the Age of Twitter By Andrew Lam, New America Media The protests and riots in Greece were organized by young people, who text-messaged each other and used social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Read more »   Study: U.S. Media Keep People Uneducated About Health Issues By Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check Less than 4 percent of news is health-related. And shoddy reporting on sexual health may be doing more harm than good. Read more »   Bondage, Cum Shots, Violence -- Sexist Ad Trends That Refuse to Die By Alex Leo, Huffington Post The advertising world continues to use stereotypes and violence to prey on our most vile desires. Read more »   Bush Tries to Whitewash History; Portrays Himself as a Victim By Matthew Yglesias, The American Prospect Even after all this time, Bush views the Iraq War with regret not over anything he did, but rather, over something that was done to him. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Fox Gives Racist, Out of Control Cop His Own TV Show By Angela Kelley, America's Voice "Smile, You're Under Arrest" -- that's the name of a new reality TV show starring none other than Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Read more »   Rachel Maddow Mocks Bush for His Taliban Lie By Jason Linkins, Huffington Post "Why is that ringing the big 'YOU'RE TELLING A LIE' bell in my head?" Read more »   Rick Warren, Obama's Invocation Choice, Causing Real Rift With Progressives By Sam Stein, Huffington Post The press may now have its conflict moment. And it comes in the form of the spiritual leader chosen to launch Obama's inauguration. Read more »

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