Changes To Media To Help Hearing Impaired People

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Jun 262012
 

Special thanks to Derp reader My Say for bringing this to my attention. From July 1, all TV channels, including subscription services (FoxTel), will have to provide better access to those with a hearing impairment. The Bill, which passed through parliament yesterday,  amends the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 to introduce new and boost existing requirements for captioning on all TV platforms. It includes measures to improve the readability, comprehensibility and accuracy of captioning. In something that should’ve been introduced years ago, the bill also ensures better access to emergency warnings for the hearing impaired. Senator Conroy said: “Access to television is important to all members of our community, including those with a hearing impairment. These changes will help the more than five million Australians who

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More Lies From News Limited

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Jun 252012
 

Splashed across the front page of The Daily Terrorgraph, Rupert Murdoch’s low brow Sydney tabloid is the following headline: Exclusive: School excursions hit by Swan budget cuts Taking The Lunch Money The story is written by Steve Lewis, the “journalist” responsible for the “Utegate” fabrication, and up to his eyeballs in the Slippergate scandal as well. With a pedigree like that, i guess we shouldn’t expect too much from him. It claims: CHILDREN visiting federal parliament will be deprived of free bottled water and fruit treats as Treasurer Wayne Swan plays Grinch to school groups. In the latest budget crackdown even teachers who shepherd the kids through the building will no longer get tea and coffee — all for a saving of $235,000 a year.

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Leadership Challenges And Newspoll

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Jun 242012
 

You can just about set your watch by it. Every time there is a Newspoll out in the field, the Murdoch owned News Limited fish wrappers will run a story on a supposed leadership challenge by Kevin Rudd against the Prime Minister Julia Gillard. This weekend is no exception. Newspoll is of course run by News Limited, and they are currently working the phones as I write this. Beyond doubt one of the questions they will be asking is about who voters would prefer as Prime Minister, Ms Gillard or Mr Rudd. You can bet  your house on it. To gee things up a bit on this (apparently) burning issue, one of the News Limited rags always publishes an article on an alleged leadership challenge

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The Wall Live In Chicago

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Jun 232012
 

Over the last year or so, former Pink Floyd bass player and songsmith, Roger Waters, has been touring around the world performing The Wall. The Wall album was originally released in 1979, and went on to sell an estimated 30 million copies worldwide. It is a concept album which tells the tale of an alienated rock star (Pink). Such childhood memories as the death of his father in WWII, bullying school teachers, and an overbearing mother along with the breakdown of his own marriage represent bricks which Pink uses to build a wall around his feelings. The bleak storyline managed to appeal to all sorts of musical fans, from Floyd’s more traditional “hippy” following to punks. A single from the album “Another Brick In The

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Money Power And Wall Street Part 4

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Jun 212012
 

FRONTLINE probes a Wall Street culture that remains focused on risky trades. Bankers left an ugly trail of deals extending from small U.S. cities to big European capitals. For more than three years, regulators have tried to fix an industry steeped in conflicts of interest, excessive risk taking, and incentives to cheat. New regulations are being written, but can they fend off the next crisis? Watch Money, Power and Wall Street: Part Four on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.

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Money Power And Wall Street Part 3

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Jun 212012
 

FRONTLINE goes inside the Obama White House, telling the story of how a newly elected president with a mandate for change inherited a financial crisis that would challenge his administration and define his first term. From almost the very beginning, there was a division inside the economic team over how tough the White House should be on the banks that were at the heart of the crisis. Watch Money, Power and Wall Street: Part Three on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.

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Money Power And Wall Street Part 2

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Jun 202012
 

In Part 2 of Frontline‘s Money Power And Wall Street series, we move to  the government bailout of the collapsing investment bank Bear Stearns in the spring of 2008, and examines how the country’s leaders — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner — struggled to respond to a financial crisis that caught them by surprise. Watch Money, Power and Wall Street: Part Two on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.

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News Limited Deliberately Lying Again

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Jun 192012
 

Murdoch vs Murdoch. Compare the quotes from two different Murdoch publications: From the Wall Street Journal: “We are not coming here to receive lessons in terms of democracy or in terms of how to manage our economy,” said European Commission President José Manuel Barroso. Mr. Barroso, asked by a Canadian reporter why North Americans should help pay for Europe’s crisis, broke from his conciliatory tone and effectively blamed U.S. practices for causing the European troubles. “This crisis was not originated in Europe,” Mr. Barroso said. “This crisis was originated in North America. Many in our financial sector were contaminated by unorthodox practices from some sectors of the financial market.” Meanwhile on news.com.au: In an embarrassing swipe at the PM, on the first day of the

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