Monday, April 21, 2008

Noteworthy News of the Week

This is out latest feature here at DisPro, where we'll collect some of the news from the past week that's actually worth noting and put it together for you in a convenient, streamlined format. We slave for you.

  • The Guardian has an excellent, must-read excerpt from Philip Sands' new book, The Torture Team.
  • Chris Floyd has an incredibly sad/funny post about the blind spot Americans have for the unfolding Somalian tragedy.
  • The New York Times finally got around to "uncovering" the fact that the Pentagon and Bush Administration have used Generals working as "analysts" for major news broadcast companies as part of the government's pro-war propaganda machine. Glenn Greenwald has a very insightful post about the article here.
  • The new trailer for Juno II is already out.

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