Boiler rooms, foreclosure mills: The story of America’s mortgage industry

By Michael Hudson

The news about the nation’s foreclosure scandal has been coming fast and furious, driven by tales of backdated documents, false affidavits a

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"… ing. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan would later explain to CBS’ 60 Minutes: “While I was aware a lot of these practices were going on …"

Commentary: Profiteering from democracy

By Charles Lewis

In his January 1998 State of the Union address, after decrying the campaign-fund-raising "arms race," Preside

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"… ind of big-name lobbyists: former Republican Party chairman Haley Barbour (CBS); Patton Boggs Tommy Boggs, son of long-deceased House Majority Leader Hal …"

"… st, Univision Communications Inc.); and former FCC chairman Richard Wiley (CBS). After all, from copyright issues to broadband access to media ownership …"

"… and FCC chairman made their rule-making move, the broadcast networks, ABC, CBS and NBC, were already targets of criticism. They were excoriated for reapi …"

"… co-chaired by former presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford and by former CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite, has been calling for the networks and 1,30 …"

Starr Struck: Part three

By Florence George Graves

BOSTON, April 1, 1998 — While the tradition of resisting subpoenas was already established in print journalism, it didn't start to develop i

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"… manding journalists’ records, pictures and TV outtakes.In April of 1971, CBS received a congressional subpoena demanding that the network produce outta …"

"… for the First Amendment, Dunham, the former NBC general counsel, recounts CBS President Frank Stanton’s refusal to comply at the risk of being held in …"

"… ld have been afraid they would wind up before a congressional committee.”CBS pressed the principle again in 1978 when the House Select Assassinations C …"

"… Assassinations Committee was investigating the death of President Kennedy. CBS officials said Congress formally requested — but did not subpoena — th …"

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Starr Struck: Part one

By Florence George Graves

BOSTON, April 1, 1998 — The Kenneth Starr assailed by the Clinton administration as an agent of a vast right-wing conspiracy is the same Ken

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"… ys the network has received one subpoena, for the Susan McDougal outtakes. CBS associate general counsel Susanna Lowy says the network received one subpo …"

Reporters without boundaries

By Bill Birnbauer

Most of the reporting we do, even the in-depth investigative projects, stretches only as far as our borders

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"… igative reporter at the ABC and a producer with the American 60 Minutes at CBS.When I read that Australian journalist and author Phillip Knightley was a …"

Commentary: Clamping down on freedom of the press

The clamp-down on the freedom of the press by the executive and judicial branches of the U.S. government, begun in the wake of September 11

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"… the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, personally had implored CBS’s 60 Minutes II to keep its exposé off the air in the name of national …"

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Marc Rich inquiry highlights strange bedfellows

By Josey Ballenger

WASHINGTON, March 9, 2001 — Buried in the furor over former President Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich is the role the fugitive commodities tra

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"… sitive economic things, instead of punitive economic things,” he said on CBS Face the Nation in July 1986. Hatch voted for a weaker Senate sanctions bi …"

On the road again—and again

By Morgan Jindrich

FCC officials rack up $2.8 million travel tab with industries they regulate

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"… the current FCC rules limiting media ownership in place.Viacom, which owns CBS, sponsored seven trips on its own, costing $9,581. Viacom spent $6,901 to …"

"… from the Center.That was not always the case, however. Major networks Fox, CBS and NBC left the NAB two years ago because of the association's support fo …"

Captive audience

By John Dunbar

A few big media firms dominate 4 of 5 FCC commissioners' hometownsA few big media firms dominate 4 of 5 FCC commissioners' hometowns

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"… rced to divest itself of its "Blue Network," which would later become ABC. CBS (Viacom), Fox (News Corp.) and NBC (GE) are all in favor of eliminating th …"

"… are largely controlled by media giants AOL Time Warner Inc., Viacom Inc. (CBS), Walt Disney Co. (ABC) and Hearst Corp. These four companies own 12 …"

Behind closed doors

Top broadcasters met 71 times with FCC officials

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"… sp;News Corp., which owns Fox, and Mel Karmazin of Viacom, which owns CBS, virtually dashed from one FCC office to another for a series of private m …"

"… op broadcasters, such as News Corp./Fox, General Electric/NBC, Viacom/CBS and Disney/ABC, teamed together to lobby for the proposed changes.The clos …"

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