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Day May 21, 2004

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Open Secrets, Fundrace & the donor class

May 21, ’04 9:28 PM


Tom McNichol discusses fundrace.org, a web site that follows political money to your front door. www.opensecrets.org is another great resource, to keep up with the donor class.
Use the internet to be active and informed!

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Fresh Cicadas Served Here

May 21, ’04 10:53 AM


D.C. resident Jacques Tiziou has a taste for cicadas. Watch him as he collects and prepares the young, tender, winged insects for brunch

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More on Corporate Culture and Leadership: Herb Kelleher

May 21, ’04 10:31 AM


Herb Kelleher on the survival of an airline; a recent talk to Southwest’s Senior Leaders:

In a wide ranging discourse on the current state of affairs in the airline industry, Herb?s talk was packed with historical truths and current observations based on over 35 years of industry experience. Here is a synopsis of his remarks.
  • As an airline executive, his prime goal and proudest accomplishment has been job security for the People of Southwest.

  • Nothing is as injurious to one?s quality of life as a layoff or furlough.
  • In spite of being in one of the worst businesses in the history of business, Southwest has prospered because of its People.

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Tuning out the Media

May 21, ’04 3:23 AM

Dot Com era Billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on why we’re tuning out the media…

We are now in an era where media searches for stories that will generate media coverage of the story. Stories are written not for the value they bring the readers, viewers or listeners, but rather the volume of coverage they will bring.
The question I had then, is the same question I have now? What is the goal of these media outlets? How do they define what is ?newsworthy.? It sure appears to me that the newsmedia has evolved from ?all the news that is fit to print? to ?How much free publicity can we get from this story??

Thanks to Glenn Reynolds who correctly states: “They’re churning out Granadas and Chevettes and telling us that we’re idiots for complaining.”

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