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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

News Corp.'s race problem | Media Matters for America

News Corp.'s race problem | Media Matters for America

Glenn Beck's comment that President Obama is a "racist" with a "deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture" justifiably garnered a great deal of attention, but that remark was by no means an isolated incident at News Corp., owner of Fox News. Indeed, Beck's comments are indicative of a corporate culture in which racially charged commentary is frequent, goes all the way to the top, and is too often tolerated.

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TOP HEADLINES Tuesday, December 22, 2009

· Video: Big Mac attacked

· Chicago-area home sales jump 72% in November

· Wyndham O'Hare hotel to close

· New Century Bank's Pantazelos staying put, after all

· Chicago area jobless rate creeps down to 10.3%

· Kraft moves $40 million Lunchables ad biz to McGarryBowen from DraftFCB

· Boeing buys control of 787 assembly plant in South Carolina

· Most city offices closed Thursday under cost-cutting plan

· Blackhawks legend Mikita victim of identity theft; MB Financial reimburses $100K losses

· FDA hits ADM-owned Canadian canola plant with restrictions

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· Giannoulias settles Bright Start suit; Dump Daley? Web site ponders new names for mayor: Greg Hinz

· Grandkids — and grandparents — may benefit from estate-tax lapse: Taking Names

· Hawks cash in with alternate jerseys: Biz of Sports  

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· U.K. clears Ticketmaster, Live Nation deal MarketWatch

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· Burris rhymes his healthcare message ABC7

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Bond was set at $750,000 for a Lockport police officer charged in a fatal DUI crash on the Stevenson Expressway.

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Democrats and Republicans have agreed to take the vote on final passage of Senate health reform legislation at 8 a.m. Christmas Eve, far earlier in the day Thursday than originally expected, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev. ) announced.

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Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, will announce this afternoon that he’s switching parties to become a Republican

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First, a memo from Democratic pollster Mark Mellman to Senate Dems, pushing Democrats to focus on the plan's details and educate voters on its content. His thesis: "Voters support the content of health care reform, while opposing the 'content-less' plan identified with Congress."

Second, the Senate's list of measure that take effect early like, say, before the 2010 elections. Many of them are regulations making it harder for insurers to deny coverage to, among others, kids with pre-existing conditions.

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Senators today are closer to passing a health care bill. Democrats cleared the second of three procedural hurdles...