Newscom The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) recently informed its workforce about sequestration cuts to Voice of America’s (VOA) shortwave and medium-wave broadcasting. Ironically, the Board is cutting the most cost-effective part of its organization: radio. It would be more rational to cut the bloated management and administration of the International Broadcasting Bureau, which accounts… Read more »
Count Michigan’s Gov. Rick Snyder among those handful of Republican governors who is not in a deep red state, and who have supported establishing their own health care exchanges, using federal dollars, and Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Snyder made an economic argument for his support. Snyder is urging the Senate to vote… Read more »
South Florida election officials have foiled a plot to fraudulently apply online for thousands of absentee ballots in three 2012 primaries, but the masterminds remain at large amid concern that the perpetrators could be successful the next time around by making minor adjustments. Source: FOXNews.com
The most awkward moment of the E! channel’s hours-long red carpet coverage came at the tail-end of Ryan Seacrest‘s interview with Oscars presenter Catherine Zeta-Jones. Before the interview was over, Zeta-Jones asked Seacrest if he wanted her to put her hand in E!’s “mani-cam” which had been capturing close-up shots of stars’ manicures throughout the… Read more »