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TVNL Editor's Comments: I left my house yesterday wearing my TvNewsLIES tee shirt that said “Corporate Media – America’s #1 Enemy”, and lo and behold there was an NBC van parked right in front of my house! NBC sent Tim Minton (http://www.wnbc.com/wnbc/1169193/detail.html) and a camera man to do a story on my neighbor who wrote a book on labor unions. I waited until Tim finished his interview and I had a little chat with him.

I asked him why we have not heard one single story about PNAC. He had no idea what PNAC was. I had to explain to him who they were. I told him that journalism is not a job, it is a responsibility. I told him that he held the future of democracy in his hands. I gave him information on PNAC, 9/11 research sites and David Ray Griffin’s book on the 9/11 commission report. I told him that we have people within our administration who were culpable in the events of 9/11 and that at the very least he should start looking into this for his own interest. I told him that he should stop chasing runaway brides and he should try to bring journalism back to the broadcast world.

It felt good to vent. I am glad my anger and rage at the media did not get the best of me. There was a time in my life that I would have expressed my feelings in a less productive way, although I would have made a more lasting impression on the reporter; at least until the casts and bandages came off;-) I wanted to share my little venting story with you.

It was clear to me that Tim Minton is as uninformed as his viewers. This is not the first time I spoke with a news person who had no clue as to what PNAC is. I had similar conversations with both on air news people and news producers, none of whom knew what PNAC was. My friends at the Associated Press never even heard of them. Next time you see a talking head with a microphone consider sharing some vital information with him or her. Maybe one of them will wake up and start talking to each other about the real issues that face us. Maybe one day our efforts will make a difference. Think about it! – Jesse, Editor, TvNewsLIES.org

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WAR : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#war

· Some Bombs Used in Iraq Are Made in Iran, U.S. Says - Many of the new, more sophisticated roadside bombs used to attack American and government forces in Iraq have been designed in Iran and shipped in from there,
TVNL Comment: The setup continues.

· Chalabi's top aide assassinated in Baghdad - A top aide for Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi was killed Thursday when gunmen stormed his Baghdad house and shot him in front of his family.

· Military Says Troops Demanded 'Rent' From Iraqi Vendors - California Army National Guard troops charged unauthorized, off-the-books "rent" to Iraqi-owned businesses inside Baghdad's Green Zone in Iraq to raise money for a "soldier's fund," military officials and sources within the troops' battalion said Friday. - The disclosure is the latest to emerge from a wide-ranging investigation into the conduct of the 1st Battalion of the 184th Infantry Regiment of the Guard, which is headquartered in Modesto, Calif.

· AFGHANISTAN: TWO KILLED WHEN VEHICLE SLIDES INTO RIVER - Two U.S. service members drowned after their High-Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle slid into the Kunar River northeast of Jalalabad on August 4.

POLITICS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news#politics

· Bush's loyalty raises doubts about his political judgment - "It seems that President Bush is falling into the Nixon trap - his administration can do no wrong. His allies and people who support him can do no wrong," said Robert Dallek, a presidential historian. "Palmeiro is above suspicion, Rove is not to be questioned, John Bolton is a stand-up guy.

· C.I.A. Leak Case Recalls Texas Incident in '92 Race - These hot months here will be remembered as the summer of the leak, a time when the political class obsessed on a central question: did Karl Rove, President Bush's powerful adviser, commit a crime when he spoke about a C.I.A. officer with the columnist Robert D. Novak?

· Dean Warns That GOP Will Try to Make Immigrants 'scapegoats' in Next Election - At a rally, Dean garnered the loudest applause when he said Republicans would make immigration a pivotal issue during upcoming elections, as they did gay marriage and affirmative action in previous elections.

ECONOMY : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news#economy

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9/11 News : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#911

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· REPLAY: 9/11-PNAC, 9/11-PNAC" SHOULD BE THE #1 TOPIC OF DISCUSSION - A WAKE-UP CALL THE ALTERNATIVE AND LIBERAL MEDIA: TO STOP IGNORING 9/11 AND THE PROJECT FOR A NEW AMERICAN CENTURY

CONGRESS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#congress

· A Clash Over Roberts Papers - The Justice Department refused yesterday to turn over documents about Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. that Senate Democrats have demanded, escalating the most serious conflict in a confirmation process that has been more placid than either side had predicted.

· Soft-spoken senator willing to go against Republican grain - "I'm not trying to impress the base," says Mr Graham. "I'm not trying to be a critic to impress the media. I'm trying to make a point and ask a question that I think people back home would want to have asked."

DOMESTIC : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#domestic

· Top Jurists Pan Faster Death Penalty Appeals - Chief justices of state courts from around the country have urged the U.S. Senate not to pass a bill aimed at speeding death penalty appeals.

· Why America Is More Dependent Than Ever on Saudi Arabia - "The Saudis are in a great position today," said Jean-François Seznec, a professor at Columbia University's Middle East Institute. "We cannot be enemies with everybody. We need their oil desperately."

ENVIRONMENT : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#environment

· Court Nixes Effort to Redo Mercury Rules - An effort by environmental groups to block the Bush administration from implementing regulations on mercury pollution power plants was rejected by a federal appeals court.

INTERNATIONAL : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#international

· Halliburton Secretly Doing Business with Key Member of Iran’s Nuclear Team - Scandal-plagued Halliburton, the oil services company once headed by Vice President Dick Cheney was secretly working with one of Iran’s top nuclear program officials on natural gas related projects and, allegedly, selling the officials' oil development company key components for a nuclear reactor, according to Halliburton sources with intimate knowledge into both companies’ business dealings.

· Mosque chairman sparks fresh row - A Muslim leader says there are "similarities" between new powers to tackle Islamist extremism and Hitler's deionization of the Jews.

MILITARY & VETERANS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#military

· Phelps' Group Protests At Soldier's Funeral - The group has made national headlines for traveling throughout the country to picket gay churches, gay weddings, and the funeral of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student who was murdered in Wyoming in 1998.

· US military sends scientists to film school - According to the New York Times, the US military is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to send scientists on a screenwriting course in Los Angeles, with the aim of producing movies and television shows that portray scientists in a flattering light.

EDITORIAL : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#editorial

· How Bush thinks: intuition over intellect - Facts don't matter to him.

JOURNALISM & MEDIA : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#media

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HEALTH & SCIENCE : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#health

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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#rights

· Rights laws to be overhauled as Blair says 'the game has changed' - It could lead to the removal of many of the high-profile clerics and their followers who have been causing outrage by preaching hatred. Mr Blair said it would be "more than a handful", and it could lead to fresh efforts to extradite alleged terrorists who have been using Britain as a safe haven, including Algerians, who have been wanted by the French.

· Britain's Muslim scapegoats - Huge rise in race attacks on all ethnic minorities across Britain. Senior Tory MP tells Muslims: 'If you don't like our way of life, get out'. Senior Muslim tells women not to wear veils in public for fear of assault

OF INTEREST : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#interest

· The myths of Hiroshima - But although patriotically correct, the exhibit and the narrative on which it was based were historically inaccurate. For one thing, the Smithsonian downplayed the casualties, saying only that the bombs "caused many tens of thousands of deaths" and that Hiroshima was "a definite military target." - Americans were also told that use of the bombs "led to the immediate surrender of Japan and made unnecessary the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands." But it's not that straightforward.

· Calif. Church Settles Abuse Suits for $56M - Nationwide, sex abuse claims against the Roman Catholic priests has cost the church more than $1 billion.

· Thousands remember 60th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing - But Mr Koizumi, a close ally of US President George W Bush, was heckled before taking the podium by a small group.

· Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Worst terror attacks in history - August 6 and August 9 will mark the 60th anniversaries of the US atomic-bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In Hiroshima, an estimated 80,000 people were killed in a split second. Some 13 square kilometres of the city was obliterated. By December, at least another 70,000 people had died from radiation and injuries.