All Things Considered’s Independence Day edition featured an excellent piece about The Songs That Make You Proud Of Your Country.
(No surprise, The Boss was the boss of them all, with not just “Born in the USA” but “Rosalita” as well.)
Just one quibble:
Introducing Marvin Gaye’s performance of the Star Spangled Banner at the 1983 NBA All Star Game, ATC host Michele Norris said “Never have so many women cheered so wildly for the national anthem.”
Obviously, she’s never been at a Boston Bruins playoff game.
Regardless, the great Marvin Gaye’s anthem:
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OK, the Fourth is over, back-to-work. Today and for the next few days, monitor the Fox Right-Wing Propaganda Network to determine whether or not they provide any coverage of the Newscorp hacker case in England. NYTimes.com ties it in with Newscorp, but not theFRWPN or the Murdoch crime family.
As of 5:25 pm, I can find two stories on the Fox News website:
http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/07/05/ford-motor-pulls-advertisin g-from-news-world/
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/07/05/pressure-on-murdoch-over-new-h acking-allegation/
Both are wire service stories and both appeared on Fox Business, which of course means they didn’t make a sound.