How Deep are our Shallow statements???

SKIN is one of the most moving stories to emerge from apartheid South Africa: Sandra Laing is a black child born in the 1950s to white Afrikaners, unaware of their black ancestry.

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Until recently, patients whose doctors kept them waiting for hours without explanation, brushed off their questions or seemed downright incompetent had little recourse, other than complaining to family, friends or, in egregious cases, the state medical board.

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An in-depth analysis of Twitter from a radical perspective.

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Twitphilia & Twitanoia: Controlling Technology

An in-depth analysis of Twitter from a radical perspective.

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WASHINGTON — On the plane, no longer Air Force One but now Special Air Mission 28000, they talked about the speech. George W.

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Movie Rating Web Sites Explained and Critiqued: Part 1

There once a day when movie-goers would pick up their newspaper or turn on the television to listen to what a movie critic had to say about the latest flick. This was a time when "two thumbs up" was gospel and anyone who cared about cinema adhered to its word. Those days are over.

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Blogger Brian Yerkes critiques the "Web-2.0-ability" of Obama's and McCain's sites.

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Actor Tim Robbins, noting that he has been labeled a traitor for previous comments he made about this nation and its pre-emptive war in Iraq, pre-empted a planned dialogue on new media at the National Association of Broadcasters' annual show and launched a humorous, profanity-lad …

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A backlash was inevitable.

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An ironic look at opinions on immigration and race relations in the US.

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Why U2 Really Is "The Best Band in the World"

That's right, music fans: I'm back by popular demand. However, in the interest of experimenting and staying fresh, I'm going to give things a twist. So, today I'll be defending famous artists, rather than slandering them.

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Imagine, if you will, a load of horse@!$%#. And we're not talking just your average load of horse@!$%#; no, we're talking colossal load of horsehit. An epic load of horse@!$%#.

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Very astute article pointing out many of the areas that Apple needs to change in order to take the IPhone to the next level.

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Movies you "should" hate -- but love anyway.

As a counterpoint to Brian Ford's excellent article on the popular movies we all dislike, I offer this opportunity to highlight your guilty pleasures, those movies you've enjoyed time and time again, but are so disliked by the masses that you'd be afraid to speak a positive word  …

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Movies you "should" love -- but hate anyway.

In a recent post about "best covers" Newsvine CEO extraordinaire Mike D. slammed one of my favorite movies, by (possibly) my favorite director: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

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After These Messages is making it big! With coverage from all over the world, the new way to evaluate and critique advertising and communications is now available.

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Video examining whether Israel's response to Hezbollah's threat was disproportionate.

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Views of Sexuality in Our Culture - Critique and Discussion

I need some feedback from people on the topic of sexual prefence and discrimination, especially those that face discrimination on your sexuality or views thereof. The piece to the right is a project for my photo communications class.

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People think that digg is democratic but it is the furthest thing from it. As this blog post here shows, 66% of all stories posted on digg that make it to the homepage and pushed there by the same 60 people. The same can probably be said of Newsvine.

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Your critique of CNN's war coverage indicates that you, reader, are on the 'fringe.' --- On the other hand, this quote from Jonathan Klein of CNN is rather 'interesting:'

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Great read, recommended :)

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REVIEW: Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Today I decided to see what the hype surrounding Brokeback Mountain was all about. I bought my ticket, walked into the theater, and braced myself for some "hawt ghey butt secks". Unfortunately there was only about five seconds of that ...

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