NPR Reports On U.S. Liberal Bias — Tilted to Theorist Who Laments Reporters Aren’t Openly Liberal Enough
January 8, 2011 No Comment
On the morning before NPR announced its internal review of its leftist purge of Juan Williams for appearing on The O'Reilly Factor, media reporter David Folkenflik was “reporting” that the problem with the American news media is its painful lack of bias. Come again? “Mainstream news reporters don't tell you what they think enough of the time.” That came from the star of the Folkenflik story, journalism professor Jay Rosen, a favorite of Bill Moyers . On the website, the story was headlined: “American Media's True Ideology? Avoiding One.” Anchor Steve Inskeep began: Yesterday on this program, we heard a story from London about the boisterous world of British newspapers and how they, unlike their American counterparts, openly embrace a point of view. Today, NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik brings us an influential media critic who argues that mainstream American journalists do cling to their own ideology. It's not exactly on the right, not exactly on the left. He calls it the voice from nowhere.” It's not hard to imagine that Jay Rosen is “influential” in liberal media circles when he tells them they're not being liberal enough for him. Folkenflik set up his theory and his hopes and dreams for more bias: read more
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Acer didn’t just land in Vegas with Iconia tablets galore — it brought along its new Liquid Mini and BeTouch E210 Froyo smartphones. The 3.2-inch Liquid Mini is the most interesting of the two, and like its larger older brothers , it’s made of a black glossy plastic, which is bound to pick up more fingerprints than Sherlock Holmes. It will be actually be available in quite a number of hues, but Acer only had the black one on display. Still it’s one cute phone, and with a 600MHz Qualcomm 7227 processor, 512MB of memory, and a 5 megapixel cam it’s bound to fill Acer’s mid-range smartphone offering quite nicely. That said, the unit we saw hanging around Acer’s private suites wasn’t working all that well — in fact, it rebooted itself twice. This one was running Acer’s own software layer on top of 2.2; the BeTouch E210 seemed to be running stock Froyo. Speaking of the BeTouch, it’s a lot like the E130 with its BlackBerry-like form factor and awesome physical keyboard, except the E210 has been slimmed down and upgraded to that aforementioned 600MHz Qualcomm CPU. The E310 on display was working much better than the Liquid and while it wasn’t blazing fast, it kept up with our scrolling and navigating in and out of menus. No word on US availability, but they should be hitting the UK market sometime soon. Hit the break for some beauty shots. Gallery: Acer Liquid Mini and BeTouch E210 hands-on Acer Liquid Mini and BeTouch E210 hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 07:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …With a Super Green Noah’s Ark Theme Park, Conservative Christians Embrace Environmentalism
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Image: ArkEncounter.com Conservative religion and environmentalism are often seen as mutually exclusive. They’re filed under right wing and left wing, along with issues such as evolution, creationism and birth control. But as more and more religious leaders are calling on their followers to protect the environment, a new biblical theme park is challenging those categories by using a wide range of sustainable technologies to make itself one of the greenest new attractions in the US…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Philips bringing ultrawidescreen TV, wireless Blu-ray player, apps and eventually Android TV to USA
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And here we were worried that Funai’s takeover of the US arm would lead to a falloff. Whatever its name or corporate structure, Philips has brought plenty of US-bound heat to CES 2011, with none bigger than the news that we will see the company’s sweet 3D-capable 21:9 ultrawidescreen HDTV on this side of the Atlantic in the second half of 2011. Today it also announced plans for a Blu-ray player with wireless HDMI, the world’s first (meaning you’ll probably need a dongle on any TV to use it until compatible displays arrive later in the year) but no surprise for an outfit that’s been pushing HD streaming for some time . On a similar front its MediaConnect app on new TVs and Blu-ray players will let it stream anything playing on a PC to the TV screen WiDi-style (video embedded after the break.) Gallery: Philips CES 2011 TVs and Blu-ray player Continue reading Philips bringing ultrawidescreen TV, wireless Blu-ray player, apps and eventually Android TV to USA Philips bringing ultrawidescreen TV, wireless Blu-ray player, apps and eventually Android TV to USA originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 07:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr burnished his anti-U.S. credentials on Saturday by urging supporters to resist all occupiers of Iraq and oppose the United States, but not necessarily with arms. A boy holds a portrait of anti-U.S. Shi’ite…
Continue reading …Iogear GW3DKIT wireless 3D media kit banishes your components to the closet
January 8, 2011 No Comment
We went hands-on with Iogear’s wireless HD system last year at CES, and now we’ve managed to do the same with a prototype of the boutique brand’s new GW3DKIT 3D wireless streamer. The kit consists of a 3D transmitter and receiver that each feature four HDMI inputs as well as one component, composite, VGA, and USB input. Each box also features one HDMI and USB output. Together the system is designed to stream full 1080p 60Hz HD video / 5.1 audio along with 3D content over WiFi (802.11n) from as far as 100 feet away with supposedly little latency or wireless interference. Iogear says to expect the system sometime in Q1 of 2011, and no official pricing is available yet, but we’ve been told it would be around $499 by Iogear’s CES booth staff. If everything performs as advertised, it sounds like a great solution for you home theater minimalists out there who prefer components out of sight. We’ll reserve official judgment though until we can go eyes-on with some extended tested. For more information, be sure to check out the full PR after the break. Continue reading Iogear GW3DKIT wireless 3D media kit banishes your components to the closet Iogear GW3DKIT wireless 3D media kit banishes your components to the closet originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 05:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Hauppauge debuts Broadway live TV streamer for iPhones and iPads, WinTV-Aero-m receiver for PCs
January 8, 2011 No Comment
It may look vaguely like an accessory to a late-80s PC that’s sprouted antennas, but Hauppauge’s new “Broadway” live TV streamer does have a few more modern tricks up its sleeve: it can stream live TV to your iPhone or iPad. That can be done over WiFi in your house or over the internet anywhere else, and the device packs a multi-format receiver that can tune in both digital cable TV channels and ATSC over-the-air broadcast channels (or analog TV, for that matter), which are all conveniently compressed for streaming. Alongside it, Hauppauge has also rolled out its new dual-format WinTV-Aero-m USB receiver for PCs (pictured after the break), which will let you receive Mobile Digital TV broadcasts designed for mobile TV reception, as well as high definition ATSC digital TV broadcasts. Look for it to be available soon for $69, while the Broadway streamer will be available in “about six weeks” for $199. Continue reading Hauppauge debuts Broadway live TV streamer for iPhones and iPads, WinTV-Aero-m receiver for PCs Hauppauge debuts Broadway live TV streamer for iPhones and iPads, WinTV-Aero-m receiver for PCs originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 04:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Christopher Tierney, the actor badly hurt when he tumbled from the stage at the Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” returned to the theater for the first time since his accident. (Jan. 8)
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Chemistry is a subject we don’t usually delve to deeply into here at Engadget, but this year is a special year for the science, marking the International Year of Chemistry. This event, which was made official by the United Nations , seeks to bring worldwide attention to the achievements in the field of chemistry which have contributed the welfare of humankind. Sponsored by 23 nations and various organizations, including the American Chemical Society, it includes the very interesting 365: Chemistry for Life calendar, which marks nearly every day of the year with a significant development in chemistry, such as January 8th, which commemorates Aircraft De-icers, which we are very, very grateful for. Hit up the source links to check out the full calendar. International Year of Chemistry 2011 seeks to educate and commemorate originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 03:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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