Bill Henson Porn Debate Goes International

Bill Henson Porn Debate Goes International A year ago I wrote a post on the controversy surrounding world renowned Australian photographer Bill Henson whose use of images of naked adolescent boys and girls made...

Viktor & Rolf Premieres Spring 2009 Online

Viktor & Rolf have broken the tradition of high fashion and moved their runway to the virtual world: the designers premiered their Spring 2009 collection online and made it available for everyone anyone to...

Blue whale photographed for the first time in Irish waters

A Blue Whale was photographed for the first time off of Ireland's County Kerry coast. Amaetuer whale-watcher Ivan O'Kelly didn't realize the importance of his snapshot until he sent the photograph into the Irish...

NASA watches over South Ossetia

Two day's after Russian forces crossed the border into of Georgia, a Cosmonaut aboard the International Space Station took photographs of the South Ossetia region.  According to the ISS Daily Report:"...working...

Buy evidence of adultery on eBay

Under developmentRevenge is a drink best served Hot."CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian woman has taken revenge on her cheating husband by putting a photograph of his lover's underpants up for sale on the auction...

Google, Get Offa My Street: Daily Mail

The Daily Mail has an article about Google Streets, with plenty of breathless language about privacy, though the article makes no reference to the surveillance culture in which the UK already lives."The internet...

British treatment of asylum seekers never been worse

Diane Abbott has recently become more known for her  safe sofa media pundit role of late than for her championing of the underdog that she was once famous for so good to see her pushing on this abuse of...

Australia PM in new nude art row

The debate over the portrayal of children in the magazines are hotly debated in Australia and the current debate has got even Prime Minister involved. "A photograph of a nude six-year-old girl on the front cover of an Australian art magazine has re-ignited a row over the...

The Story Behind A NYT Zimbabwe Child Victim Photo--and Why You Won't See ...

This is a fascinating analysis of how a photo of a child, both legs broken by Mugabe thugs, not only came to be--but how it came to not be on the internet. Question: should the New York Times, and Poynter Institute, have with-held internet publication of a photo published in...

Altered Martin Luther King memorial statue

The 28-foot statue planned for Martin Luther King Jr national memorial is getting a bit of a makeover. The US Commission of Fine Arts has agreed to change the face of the statue as before they said he looked 'too...

Guantanamo 9/11 suspects on trial

Trial for 5 terrorists, considered as mastermind of attack on World Trade Centre,  have started at a miltiary tribunal in Guantanamo Bay. All five men face the death penalty if convicted by the US tribunal in Cuba. " The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on the...

BIG WOMAN ON CAMPUS: PELOSI'S HISTORIC RISE - NY POST

"THE ISSUE: House speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi's ascension after the Dems' Election Day sucess. The smirk on Nancy Pelosi's face depicted in the photograph accompanying "Diss and Make Up" (Nov. 10) is a clear...

ReCount the Movie, 90 minutes of Hanging Chads

The Florida Re-Count the Movie By Albert N. Milliron, Iron Mill Interactive Media inc. Donald LaFontaine starts with, "Just when you thought it was safe to vote again in Florida, another recount is ready to blow",...

A dearth of news accounts from Myanmar

The LA Time's coverage of the Cyclone discusses NowPublic's role:"Previous disasters have proved to be opportunities for "open-source" reporting, in which citizens post photographs, videos and written accounts that...

China won't confirm new Hainan nuclear sub base

China would not confirm or deny the existence of a new undergroundnuclear submarine base off the southern island of Hainan, Reutersreported. Analysts from Jane's Information Group said a satellitephotograph showed the facility's existence, and that such a base wouldbe key to...

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