Sikh man recounts double tragedy of his wife death on the bombed Air India...
Two decades ago, Air India flight 182 was bombed over the Atlantic ocean. The main suspects were militant Sikhs devoted to creating a homeland independant of India, and protesting the Indian army...
View ArticleJournalists reporting on Mubarak's health land jail sentence
Back in August, opposition newspapers in Egypt reported that president Hosni Mubarak's health has deteriorated, as well as speculation about the succession. It seems that this is a sensitive topic...
View ArticleMedia bias and slant: Christians celebrating Christmas in Gaza
Media bias is a well known fact. Here is an example on how two Canadian news organizations are reporting on Christmas celebrations by the Christian Palestinians in Gaza. While CBC highlights the...
View ArticleObama, and the Blackberry as an information conduit
US President-Elect Barack Obama was on an interview with Barbara Walters on ABC yesterday. Among the things that was discussed, was his intention on keeping the Blackberry he currently uses. What...
View ArticleBritish and Arabs agree: unrealistic expectations from TV dramas
A while back, the Turkish TV soap opera Noor saw wide viewership in the Arab world, in subtitled form. Several divorces has been attributed to this show, with social scientists attributing this to...
View ArticleIts Official: Canadian Prime Minister is called "Graves"
The White House has a gallery of Obama's visit to Ottawa yesterday. One of the photos has a caption of Obama with "Canadian Prime Minister Graves". Here is a screenshot, since it will probably be...
View ArticleSwine Flu, social networks and media spreading misinformation
Two recent articles from Al-Jazeera show the misinformation that is widespread about Swine Flu. The first was an article lamenting how some Arab countries has imported pork meat, including Egypt,...
View ArticleBlogs and conservative "echo chamber" of "liberal media bias"
An academic paper by Elizabeth Anne Roodhouse titled The voice from the base(ment): Stridency, referential structure, and partisan conformity in the political blogosphere analyzes six top political...
View ArticlePakistan floods affect more people than the Haiti Earthquake and the Indian...
According to this AP article, the U.N. says that the number of people affected by the Pakistan floods of 2010, worse than the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti...
View ArticleHow to get Free HD TV using an Antenna in Waterloo, Ontario
This article describes how to install an HD TV Antenna to get free over the air channels, so you can get rid of the cable or satellite subscription. Here is my TV Fool report. Note that some channels...
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