Psssst Wanna Buy A TV Building?

     The New York Times Regional Newspaper's Dana Beyerle reports the Alabama Public Television Building in Montgomery is now for sale. That's me almost exactly three years ago leaving that building and carrying my tie collection with me.
     Dana's story says APT wanted to buy a $600,000 building in Birmingham, but the commission that oversees it said no.

Santorum on Women in Combat

The candidate says he opposes women in combat positions because...

 "people naturally may do things that may not be in the interest of the mission because of other types of emotions that are involved."

Or whatever.

Weapon testing!

Students from Monroeville Alabama meet with the president, as he
tests a new "weapon" against the forces of evil at The White House Science Fair video, courtesy Jay, Editor in Chief of all things scientific on timlennox.com

New Nuke

     The NRC has approved the first new nuclear power plants in the US in three decades...and they will be owned by Alabama Power parent company The Southern Company.
     The location? At the existing plant Vogtle in Eastern Georgia, almost exactly 200 miles from the Alabama state line.
     And yes, they say the lessons learned from the Japanese plant destruction will be used in building these new reactors.

Sister Angelica's TV Network vs Women's Reproductive Rights

     The Irondale Alabama based EWTN has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against the Federal Government's rule that all companies must provide birth-control as part of their health insurance plans...even TV Networks who are proselytizing machines for the Catholic Church.

     I'm a bit confused about the controversy here. The health insurance reform act approved by Congress doesn't say anyone has to use birth control...only that it must be offered along with all of the other medical services most people in this century use. EWNT and others, especially Catholics, say their religious freedom permits them to refuse to provide birth control for their employees, regardless of that employee's faith.

     By that same logic, would a company owned by a group that doesn't believe in any man-made medicine, relying on the power of prayer alone, be allowed to provide only new Bibles as a health benefit for their employees? Or could a Catholic firm also refuse to provide coverage for AIDS and STD treatments? Or could Mitt Romney's firm...do whatever a Mormon company might do to follow its theology? 

     The easy answer here is don't go to work for a company with such restrictive benefits. Sometimes easier said than done.

A Headline Today.

It reads : Kodak to stop making cameras. Really.


Next? Chevy to stop making cars?
          Clorox to stop making bleach?


It almost would have been better to have the Kodak brand just go away.

Sigh.

M(W)M(N)MM #185 --- Awards for Reporters

     OK, I missed posting last monday's Morning Media Memo..this is a one person operation after all (-:

     But in lieu of that, let me point you to an article about a CBS Reporter being ctiticised for accepting an award from a right-wing organization.
Here's the story.
     I agree with the critique...awards from truly non-partisian groups like The Associated Press or The Society of Professional Journalists are one thing, but when there is an agenda...and I even extend that to groups like Trial Lawyers Associations and Medical Associations..avoid accepting them.
    They're lobbying groups, after all, and journlaists shouldn't be in bed with them.

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