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Survey of Broadcasting: Assignment 1, Question 3: Describe in detail the four “core” departments usually found at most radio stations.
3: Describe in detail the four “core” departments usually found at most radio stations.
http://www.ablongman.com/stovall1e/chap06/radioorgchart.html
The four “core departments” usually found at most radio stations are sales, operations, engineering, and programming.
The sales department led by a sales manager is responsible for the sale of all commercial time to local, regional, and national sales advertisers. Larger stations may have a sales manager for local advertisers and a national sales manager of spot advertising accounts. The sales department usually includes a promotions director and research manager.
The operations department or traffic department led by an operations manager is responsible for placing the advertising on the air in compliance with the contracts executed with advertisers. This can be a complicated and difficult task in that there may be dozens of different contracts each requiring scheduled air time, position and length. Therefore many stations have automated their traffic functions to varying degrees using computer applications and systems.
The engineering department led by the chief engineer is responsible for keeping the station on the air with the best signal possible. The improvement of electronic equipment, competition from other businesses for engineering talent, and relaxed Federal regulations has led to smaller or streamlined engineering departments at most stations. Some stations also employ a part-time consulting engineer to keep the station operating optimally.
The programming department led by the program director is responsible for the audio sound and format of the station including news, music and public affairs coverage. Stations with a news/talk format may have a news director to coordinate news and public affairs coverage. Stations with a music format may have a music director to coordinate the development and implementation of the station’s music format.
The general manager or station manager has overall responsibility for leading the four “core departments” and the day-to-day operation of the radio station. The general manager must hire the department heads and establish their goals and monitor and evaluate their performance. The general manager has overall responsibility for the station’s business performance including profits and losses, business and financial matters, budgeting, and forecasting revenues and expenses. The general manager must maintain the station’s reputation in the community. Finally the general manager must run the station in compliance with all local, county, state and Federal government laws and regulations.
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News Journal: Number 29, October 26, 2010: American People’s No Confidence Voting Wave Wipes Out Democrats–It’s The Economy Stupid!–Videos
Republican Governors 35
Republican Senators 51
Republican Representatives 255
The Republicans will pickup a net total of 77 seats in House of Representatives for a total of 255.
The Republicans will also pickup a net total of 10 seats in the Senate for a total of 51 seats.
The American people want to stop the massive Government spending, deficits and bailouts and rising National debt of the Obama Administration.
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Issue number 1 is jobs and the economy with nearly thirty million Americans looking for a full-time job and continuing high rates of unemployment.
Issue number 2 is massive Federal Government spending, deficits, bailouts and a rising National debt.
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Issue number 3 is Obamacare– the American people want it repealed as soon as possible and no money bills or appropriations to fund Obamacare.
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Issue number 4 is illegal immigration–the American people want it stopped by immigration law enforcement and a completed border fence that is heavily patrolled.
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The American people expect the Republican Party to balance the Federal Budget by significantly reducing Government spending and permanently closing Federal Departments including Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, and Transportation.
The number of Federal employees should be cut from over 2,000,000 to less than 1,000,000.
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The American people expect the Republican Party to make the Bush tax cuts permanent for all taxpayers and pass the FairTax–it is time!
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Should the Republican Party fail to balance the budget and cut the size and scope of the Federal Government by permanently shutting down the above departments, these Republicans will be wiped out by the 2012 wave of tea party patriots.
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Editor in Chief Insights: Obama’s Job Approval Trajectory
President Obama Heads into Midterms at Lowest Approval Rating of Presidency
Two-thirds of Americans believe country going off on the wrong track
“…Currently, two-thirds of Americans (67%) have a negative opinion of the job President Obama is doing while just over one-third (37%) have a positive opinion. This continues the president’s downward trend and he is now at the lowest job approval rating of his presidency.
These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 3,084 adults surveyed online between October 11 and 18, 2010 by Harris Interactive.
It’s perhaps not surprising that nine in ten Republicans (90%) and Conservatives (89%) give the job the president is doing negative ratings. What may be surprising is that one-third of Democrats (34%) and Liberals (33%) also give him negative ratings, as do seven in ten Independents (70%) and six in ten Moderates (60%).
Americans who give the president the highest positive ratings are those with a post-graduate education (48%), a college education (47%), and those living in the West (42%). On the other end of the spectrum, almost three-quarters of those with a high school education or less (72%) and two-thirds of Midwesterners (66%) and Southerners (66%) give the President negative marks on his overall job.
While the president is at a low point, there is a political body with ratings much lower than his. Just one in ten Americans (11%) give Congress positive ratings on the job they are doing while nine in ten (89%) give them negative marks. While Congress may be under Democratic control, even four in five Democrats (81%) give them negative ratings.
Part of this negativity may have to do with the way Americans believe the country as a whole is going. Just one-third of U.S. adults (34%) say the country is going in the right direction while two-thirds (66%) say it is going off on the wrong track. While not close to the low it was before the 2008 election (11% said things were going in the right direction), this is one of the lower points of this year. …”
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/Hi_assets/TopHitPageNews.html
Rasmussen Reports
Trust on Issues
Voters Trust Republicans More on Eight of 10 Key Issues
“…Voters now trust Democrats over Republicans in only two areas – government ethics and corruption by a 41% to 36% margin and education where Democrats have a slight 42% to 40% edge.
The economy continues to be the most important issue on voters’ minds this election, and 49% place their trust in Republicans to handle this issue. Thirty-nine percent (39%) trust Democrats more. These findings show little change from early June 2009.
On the issue of health care, which voters place second on the list of important issues, Republicans hold a modest 47% to 40% advantage. Democrats were trusted more on this issue until the debate over a proposed national health care bill began to heat up in early September of last year.
Most voters continue to favor repeal of the national health care law, but the number of voters who expect the law to increase the deficit has fallen to the lowest point since its passage by Congress in March.
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Two surveys of 1,000 Likely U.S. Voters each were conducted October 12-13 and October 14-15, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Government ethics and corruption rate number three in terms of overall importance, but voters have been narrowly divided for the past several months over which party to trust more on this issue. Democrats have held small leads since February.
As for education, both parties have held very modest leads on the issue at different times for months now.
Forty-eight percent (48%) of voters nationwide place their trust in the hands of Republicans when it comes to the issue of taxes. Thirty-nine percent (39%) would rather the Democrats handle this issue. The GOP has held a solid lead over Democrats on this issue since early July 2009.
But most voters believe that Democrats in Congress want to raise taxes and spending, while Republicans in Congress want to cut taxes and spending.
When it comes to immigration, 45% trust Republicans, while 33% trust the Democrats more. The gap between the two parties has widened since the beginning of January as the debate over the immigration law in Arizona intensified. At the beginning of the year, voters were essentially evenly divided on which party to trust.
Voters feel more strongly than ever that the federal government is encouraging illegal immigration and that states like Arizona have the answer to the problem, but the Obama administration is challenging the Arizona law in federal court.
Republicans continue to be trusted more on national security issues and the war on terror, with 49% of voters trusting the GOP versus 39% who trust the Democrats more. When it comes the war in Afghanistan, Republicans hold a six-point advantage, 42% to 36%.
Similarly, voters trust Republicans more than Democrats to handle the war in Iraq, 43% to 37%. …”
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/trust_on_issues
Historical Federal Workforce Tables
Executive Branch Civilian Employment Since 1940
(end-of-fiscal-year count, excluding Postal Service, in thousands)
Fiscal Year | Total Executive Branch | Department of Defense | Civilian Agencies | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Agriculture | HHS, Education, Social Sec. 1 | Homeland Security | Interior | Justice | Transportation | Treasury | Veterans | Other | |||
1940 | 699 | 256 | 443 | 98 | 9 | 18 | 46 | 11 | … | 45 | 40 | 176 |
1941 | 1,081 | 556 | 525 | 91 | 10 | 20 | 50 | 15 | … | 52 | 43 | 244 |
1942 | 1,934 | 1,291 | 643 | 95 | 11 | 20 | 49 | 22 | … | 55 | 44 | 348 |
1943 | 2,935 | 2,200 | 735 | 109 | 11 | 21 | 43 | 23 | … | 69 | 53 | 406 |
1944 | 2,930 | 2,246 | 683 | 78 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 21 | … | 81 | 51 | 378 |
1945 | 3,370 | 2,635 | 736 | 82 | 11 | 20 | 45 | 19 | … | 84 | 65 | 409 |
1946 | 2,212 | 1,416 | 795 | 97 | 12 | 20 | 51 | 17 | … | 95 | 169 | 335 |
1947 | 1,637 | 859 | 777 | 88 | 12 | 20 | 53 | 17 | … | 82 | 217 | 288 |
1948 | 1,569 | 871 | 698 | 82 | 13 | 18 | 57 | 20 | … | 79 | 196 | 233 |
1949 | 1,573 | 880 | 694 | 87 | 12 | 19 | 59 | 19 | … | 77 | 195 | 226 |
1950 | 1,439 | 753 | 686 | 84 | 13 | 20 | 66 | 20 | … | 76 | 188 | 219 |
1951 | 1,974 | 1,235 | 738 | 81 | 16 | 21 | 65 | 25 | … | 79 | 183 | 269 |
1952 | 2,066 | 1,337 | 729 | 79 | 15 | 22 | 61 | 25 | … | 75 | 175 | 278 |
1953 | 2,026 | 1,332 | 694 | 78 | 35 | 22 | 59 | 23 | … | 71 | 178 | 226 |
1954 | 1,875 | 1,209 | 666 | 76 | 35 | 21 | 56 | 24 | … | 67 | 179 | 207 |
1955 | 1,860 | 1,187 | 673 | 86 | 40 | 21 | 54 | 24 | … | 65 | 178 | 206 |
1956 | 1,864 | 1,180 | 684 | 89 | 46 | 20 | 53 | 24 | … | 64 | 177 | 210 |
1957 | 1,869 | 1,161 | 708 | 96 | 53 | 20 | 55 | 24 | … | 65 | 174 | 222 |
1958 | 1,817 | 1,097 | 720 | 101 | 55 | 20 | 56 | 24 | … | 64 | 172 | 227 |
1959 | 1,805 | 1,078 | 727 | 97 | 59 | 20 | 55 | 23 | … | 63 | 171 | 238 |
1960 | 1,808 | 1,047 | 761 | 99 | 62 | 21 | 56 | 24 | … | 62 | 172 | 265 |
1961 | 1,825 | 1,042 | 782 | 103 | 70 | 20 | 59 | 25 | … | 67 | 175 | 265 |
1962 | 1,896 | 1,070 | 827 | 111 | 77 | 20 | 63 | 25 | … | 69 | 177 | 284 |
1963 | 1,911 | 1,050 | 861 | 116 | 81 | 21 | 73 | 25 | … | 73 | 173 | 300 |
1964 | 1,884 | 1,030 | 855 | 108 | 83 | 21 | 70 | 26 | … | 72 | 172 | 302 |
1965 | 1,901 | 1,034 | 867 | 113 | 87 | 21 | 71 | 27 | … | 74 | 167 | 307 |
1966 | 2,051 | 1,138 | 913 | 119 | 100 | 21 | 75 | 27 | … | 76 | 170 | 324 |
1967 | 2,251 | 1,303 | 949 | 122 | 106 | 24 | 77 | 27 | 52 | 79 | 173 | 289 |
1968 | 2,289 | 1,317 | 972 | 123 | 117 | 23 | 78 | 29 | 56 | 79 | 176 | 292 |
1969 | 2,301 | 1,342 | 960 | 125 | 113 | 21 | 75 | 30 | 58 | 79 | 175 | 283 |
1970 | 2,203 | 1,219 | 983 | 118 | 112 | 23 | 75 | 33 | 62 | 84 | 169 | 308 |
1971 | 2,144 | 1,154 | 989 | 120 | 115 | 25 | 72 | 38 | 66 | 86 | 180 | 288 |
1972 | 2,117 | 1,108 | 1,009 | 118 | 114 | 29 | 72 | 40 | 65 | 90 | 184 | 295 |
1973 | 2,083 | 1,053 | 1,030 | 113 | 128 | 29 | 74 | 43 | 66 | 90 | 198 | 289 |
1974 | 2,140 | 1,070 | 1,070 | 116 | 142 | 30 | 77 | 46 | 68 | 97 | 202 | 292 |
1975 | 2,149 | 1,042 | 1,107 | 121 | 147 | 31 | 80 | 47 | 69 | 101 | 213 | 297 |
1976 | 2,157 | 1,010 | 1,147 | 128 | 155 | 32 | 82 | 48 | 71 | 105 | 222 | 303 |
1977 | 2,182 | 1,009 | 1,173 | 132 | 159 | 32 | 87 | 48 | 70 | 107 | 224 | 313 |
1978 | 2,224 | 1,000 | 1,225 | 138 | 161 | 37 | 84 | 49 | 70 | 110 | 229 | 348 |
1979 | 2,161 | 960 | 1,201 | 128 | 161 | 40 | 78 | 48 | 67 | 102 | 226 | 352 |
1980 | 2,161 | 960 | 1,201 | 129 | 163 | 40 | 77 | 48 | 66 | 102 | 228 | 346 |
1981 | 2,143 | 984 | 1,159 | 129 | 162 | 38 | 76 | 47 | 54 | 100 | 232 | 321 |
1982 | 2,110 | 990 | 1,121 | 121 | 153 | 38 | 79 | 48 | 57 | 98 | 236 | 291 |
1983 | 2,157 | 1,026 | 1,131 | 124 | 152 | 39 | 80 | 50 | 57 | 104 | 239 | 286 |
1984 | 2,171 | 1,044 | 1,127 | 119 | 150 | 39 | 79 | 53 | 57 | 109 | 240 | 283 |
1985 | 2,252 | 1,107 | 1,145 | 122 | 147 | 40 | 80 | 55 | 56 | 110 | 247 | 286 |
1986 | 2,175 | 1,068 | 1,108 | 113 | 138 | 39 | 74 | 56 | 56 | 114 | 240 | 277 |
1987 | 2,232 | 1,090 | 1,142 | 117 | 132 | 44 | 74 | 60 | 57 | 125 | 250 | 284 |
1988 | 2,222 | 1,050 | 1,172 | 121 | 128 | 48 | 78 | 63 | 58 | 135 | 245 | 297 |
1989 | 2,238 | 1,075 | 1,162 | 122 | 127 | 49 | 78 | 66 | 60 | 126 | 246 | 289 |
1990 | 2,250 | 1,034 | 1,216 | 123 | 129 | 49 | 78 | 71 | 61 | 132 | 248 | 326 |
1991 | 2,243 | 1,013 | 1,230 | 126 | 135 | 50 | 82 | 77 | 64 | 139 | 256 | 302 |
1992 | 2,225 | 952 | 1,274 | 128 | 136 | 56 | 85 | 82 | 64 | 133 | 260 | 329 |
1993 | 2,157 | 891 | 1,266 | 124 | 135 | 56 | 85 | 82 | 63 | 127 | 268 | 326 |
1994 | 2,085 | 850 | 1,235 | 120 | 133 | 55 | 81 | 83 | 59 | 128 | 262 | 315 |
1995 | 2,012 | 802 | 1,210 | 113 | 132 | 56 | 76 | 87 | 58 | 128 | 264 | 297 |
1996 | 1,934 | 768 | 1,166 | 110 | 130 | 62 | 71 | 88 | 58 | 118 | 251 | 279 |
1997 | 1,872 | 723 | 1,149 | 107 | 131 | 64 | 71 | 93 | 59 | 112 | 243 | 270 |
1998 | 1,856 | 693 | 1,163 | 106 | 130 | 68 | 72 | 95 | 59 | 112 | 240 | 281 |
1999 | 1,820 | 666 | 1,155 | 105 | 130 | 69 | 73 | 97 | 58 | 113 | 219 | 290 |
2000 | 1,778 | 651 | 1,127 | 104 | 126 | 70 | 74 | 98 | 58 | 113 | 220 | 265 |
2001 | 1,792 | 647 | 1,145 | 109 | 129 | 73 | 76 | 99 | 59 | 117 | 226 | 258 |
2002 | 1,818 | 645 | 1,173 | 98 | 130 | 76 | 77 | 96 | 96 | 118 | 223 | 258 |
2003 | 1,867 | 636 | 1,231 | 100 | 131 | 153 | 72 | 102 | 58 | 132 | 226 | 257 |
2004 | 1,882 | 644 | 1,238 | 111 | 130 | 153 | 77 | 104 | 57 | 111 | 236 | 257 |
2005 | 1,872 | 649 | 1,224 | 108 | 131 | 147 | 76 | 105 | 56 | 108 | 235 | 258 |
2006 | 1,880 | 653 | 1,227 | 105 | 129 | 154 | 72 | 107 | 54 | 107 | 239 | 260 |
2007 | 1,888 | 651 | 1,237 | 103 | 129 | 159 | 72 | 107 | 54 | 104 | 254 | 254 |
2008 | 1,960 | 670 | 1,289 | 104 | 132 | 172 | 76 | 109 | 55 | 106 | 274 | 261 |
2009 | 2,094 | 737 | 1,357 | 104 | 139 | 180 | 75 | 113 | 57 | 109 | 297 | 283 |
http://www.opm.gov/feddata/HistoricalTables/ExecutiveBranchSince1940.asp
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Percentiles Ranked by AGI |
AGI Threshold on Percentiles |
Percentage of Federal Personal Income Tax Paid |
Top 1% |
$410,096 |
40.42 |
Top 5% |
$160,041 |
60.63 |
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$113,018 |
71.22 |
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$66,532 |
86.59 |
Top 50% |
$32,879 |
97.11 |
Bottom 50% |
<$32,879 |
2.89 |
Note: AGI is Adjusted Gross Income
|
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It is not the Federal Government’s money, it is the money or income of the American people.
President Obama wants to increase taxes on the top 3% of U.S. tax payers that currently pay over 50% of all taxes and create most new jobs.
By increasing taxes on the wealth and job creators–small and medium size businesses, the Federal Government is destroying jobs in the private business sector to pay for more government spending.
The Federal Government should stop spending and close down permanently entire Federal Departments and agencies.
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Instead, President Obama is expanding the Federal Government while those in the private sector cannot find jobs or are losing their jobs.
Cutting spending by closing down whole departments and agencies is what needs to done–not borrowing or taxing the American people to pay a monster Federal Government.
President Obama’s economic policies have been a disaster.
Increasing taxes on the job creators when there are over 25,000,000 Americans looking for a full time jobs is simply crazy and irresponsible.
How dare President Obama do this?
He actually believes he can lie to you and you are stupid and not paying attention.
On November 2, 2010 vote all the Democrats out of office and do the same in November 2012.
Send a message to President Obama by giving the Republicans majorities in the House and Senate and in the state houses and governor offices.
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Stop stupidity.
Stop spending.
Stop socialism.
Presidents Kennedy and Bush tax cuts were right.
President Obama and Keynes stimulus spending were wrong.
Free markets and small government produce economic growth, prosperity and job creation.
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )News Journal: Number 06, August 3, 2010–Cordova Community Center With Mosque Approved For Ground Zero–Videos
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“Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not only to abstain from it themselves, but according to their stations, to prevent it in others.
~ George Washington, letter to the Religious Society called the Quakers, September 28,1789,
quoted from Albert J Menendez and Edd Doerr, The Great Quotations on Religious Freedom, also in Gorton Carruth and Eugene Ehrlich, The Harper Book of American Quotations (1988)
Just because you can do something, does not mean you should do it.
There are over2,000mosques in the United States and over 200 in New York City and New York State.
The United States of America is a very religious tolerant nation with a strong tradition of separating state from religion.
The United States is the exception.
In many countries around the world, there is no separation of state and religion nor is there toleration of other religions.
In Saudi Arabia only the Islam religion can be practiced and no other religion ares tolerated:
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Saudi Arabia does not permit the building of churches in their country.
The building of a 15 story, $100 million Islamic community center, only three blocks from ground zero, is perfectly legal but completely insensitive to the family and friends of those who died on September 11, 2001.
Early plans call for a 15-story building Islamic community center that would have an art studio, auditorium, basketball court, cullinary school, library, meditation rooms, swimming pool, mosque and a memorial dedicated to the victims of the 9/11 attacks.
The community center should not be built so close to ground zero.
Relocate the community center to another location several miles away from ground zero.
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“…The controversial Islamic center proposed to be built near the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks won a major victory today when a New York City board voted unanimously to allow the demolition of a building to make way for construction.
Approval to build a Muslim community center a half block from WTC sparks debate.The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission’s vote rejected the landmarking of a 19th century building with its Italian Renaissance Palazzo style that most recently served as a Burlington Coat Factory. That designation would have prevented its demolition and foiled plans to build a 13-story Islamic community center that includes a prayer room.
The vote was the last municipal approval needed to start development on the site. Developer Shanif al-Gamal declined to give a date for construction to start, but said they still have $100 million to raise. …”
John Esposito, Islamophobia, and the Ground Zero Mosque
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“…Esposito asks, “Why should Muslims who are building a center be any more suspect than Jews who build a synagogue or center or Christians who build a church or conference center?” Answer: Neither Jewish nor Christian houses of worship are overwhelmingly financed from outside U.S. borders, and neither the Jewish nor Christian faith communities in America are overwhelmingly dominated by radicals. But too many of the major mosques in America are financed by Saudi Arabia’s ultra-radical, fundamentalist, and supremacist Wahhabi sect, while the “Wahhabi lobby” of extremist groups — the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) at the forefront — crush American Muslims, suppressing any dissent from radical ideology. For these reasons, as I wrote in the Canadian National Post in April 2010, American Islam is intellectually impoverished. Esposito, as an academic chieftain in Middle East studies, has contributed to this sad condition.
- Insensitivity toward non-Muslims. American Muslims — especially their leaders and the large body of Islamophile academics led by Esposito — have a great deal of work to do to convince a significant share of non-Muslims that Islam can function alongside other faiths in the panorama of American religious communities. Traditional Islamic guidance calls on Muslims living in societies with a non-Muslim majority to avoid giving offense to their neighbors. The Koran states (29:46), “Be considerate when you debate with the People of the Book” — i.e., Jews and Christians. Could anything appear more offensive and less considerate of American non-Muslims than erecting a large Islamic building close to Ground Zero?
- Disregard for the security of American Muslims. Islam teaches that a Muslim’s first interest is to obtain security for his or her family and fellow Muslims. Al-Gamal and Rauf have argued that the intent of the Ground Zero project is to further understanding of Islam and to help heal the collective wound inflicted on 9/11. But rather than a patient, calm effort to advance conciliation, the Ground Zero mosque project appears to be a heedless venture that will inexorably increase suspicion of Muslims. What could do more to undermine the security of American Muslims than an insult, intended or not, to the memory of the dead of 9/11?
- Radical and otherwise suspect associations maintained by Rauf. It has become widely known that Rauf is a leading figure in the so-called Perdana Global Peace Organisation, which is headed by one of the Islamic world’s most offensive Jew-haters, former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir bin Mohamad. Perdana was instrumental in organizing the Turkey-based attempt to run the Israeli naval embargo of Hamas-run Gaza at the end of May. The group’s roster of “Role Players & Contributors” begins with Mahathir, listing Rauf as second below him. Incredibly, the same list includes Michel Chossudovsky, a Canadian leftist professor known for his ardent defense of Slobodan Milosevic, the late Serbian demagogue. What could be more Islamophobic than to join in a public enterprise with such an individual?
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Group to Fight Ground Zero Mosque Ruling
“…Plans for an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero moved forward as a city panel opened the way for developers to tear down a building that was struck by airplane debris on Sept. 11.
Even as the project’s backers celebrated the decision, a conservative advocacy group founded by the Rev. Pat Robertson announced it would challenge the panel’s vote in state court Wednesday.
Brett Joshpe, an attorney for the American Center for Law and Justice, said the group would file a petition alleging that the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission “acted arbitrarily and abused its discretion.”
The panel voted unanimously on Tuesday to deny landmark status to a building two blocks from the World Trade Center site that developers want to tear down and convert into an Islamic community center and mosque. The panel said the 152-year-old lower Manhattan building isn’t distinctive enough to be considered a landmark. …”
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Controversy over Mosque at Ground Zero- Fox and Friends [AIFD]- Fox News Channel, May 26, 2010
SAUDI ARABIA – UNDER THE VEIL
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Rob Shapiro on Fox News re Unemployment Benefits
Daniel J. Mitchell talks unemployment benefit extensions on CNN Newsroom
http://www.cato.org/mediahighlights/index.php?highlight_id=1382
Both political parties support the extension of unemployment benefit to 99 weeks or almost two years.
The Republicans have recommended that the unspent stimulus package funds be used to pay for the extension of unemployment benefits instead of funding the benefits by issuing more Federal Government debt.
Should the Democratic Party let the Bush tax cuts expire at the end of the year, the result will be a tax increase for those who pay taxes and create most of the jobs, namely small and middle size business.
This will only prolong the current recession/depression and increase those Americans who are unemployed.
When the first extension to unemployment benefits was passed last November, President Obama stated they were fully paid for and as a result did not require deficit spending and incurring more debt to pay for the benefits.
Now upwards of $30 billion of new debt must be issued to pay for this new extension of unemployment benefits.
Paul Ryan is right, the Democrats are out of controll in spending money and increasing deficits and the national debt.
This is simply irresponsible and the American people are waking up and will throw them out of office.
Background Articles and Videos
The Heritage Foundation
Heritage Foundation 2010 Budget Charts–Federal Spending
Heritage Foundation 2010 Budget Charts–Federal Revenue
Heritage Foundation 2010 Budget Charts–Federal Debt and Deficits
Heritage Foundation 2010 Budget Charts–Federal Entitlements
Pres. Obama regarding Unemployment and Economy
Keynesian Economics is a Failure – Why is Obama trying it again? Repeal the Stimulus Package
Obama Changes Tune on Paying for Unemployment Benefits Extension
Posted by Mark Knoller
“…In signing the bill restoring unemployment benefits to 2 ? million Americans jobless for more than 26 weeks, President Obama is also adding $34 billion to the deficit and the National Debt.
That’s the reason nearly all Republicans voted against the measure. They wanted the cost of the benefits paid for with unspent government funds or by other budget cuts.
The White House dismissed GOP concerns as partisan game-playing.
In two speeches over the last week, Mr. Obama argued that in the past, presidents and Congresses of both parties have treated unemployment insurance for what it is: an emergency expenditure.
“Suddenly, Republican leaders want to change that,” he said.
He portrayed Republicans as hypocrites for demanding that jobless benefits be paid for but not applying the same standard to their call for an extension of Bush Administration tax cuts that will expire this year.
“So after years of championing policies that turned a record surplus into a massive deficit, including a tax cut for the wealthiest Americans, they’ve finally decided to make their stand on the backs of the unemployed,” the president said last Saturday in his radio/internet address.
But Republicans were quick to remind Mr. Obama what he said after signing a previous extension of unemployment benefits on November 6th of last year.
“Now, it’s important to note that the bill I signed will not add to our deficit. It is fully paid for, and so it is fiscally responsible,” he said.
So eight months ago, he said paying for the benefits was the right thing to do, but now he sees no need to do so.
Asked about the contradiction, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said he needed to examine what Mr. Obama said last November and would get back to this reporter. He didn’t. …”
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20011420-503544.html
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Unit 2 Advertising–History of Advertising
Unit 2 Advertising_ History of Advertising .ContentGo to the following link and answer the questions in your Assignment Blog
Title: Unit 2_ Assign 1
A Brief History of Advertising:
A. Go to the following link and read through the brief history of advertising.
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/ads/intro.html
-Complete the quiz “Match the Ad to its Purpose.”
-Answer the following questions in your blog:
1. What three devices did Benjamin Franklin use in his publication the Pennsylvania Gazette to reach out to readers?
The three device that Benjamin Franklin used in his Pennsylvania Gazette to reach out to reader were headlines, illustrations, and advertising placed next to editorial material.
Franklin also published stories on politics, political cartoons to illustrate these stories, the community’s weather and current events, foreign affairs, and under Pennsylvania Gazette header used the tagline–“Containing the freshest Advices Foreign and Demestick”.
Background Information
History of Advertising 2/9
“…This political cartoon (attributed to Benjamin Franklin) originally appeared during the French and Indian War, but was recycled to encourage the American colonies to unite against British rule. From The Pennsylvania gazette, 9 May 1754. Abbreviations used: South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and New England. This is a somewhat odd division: New England was four colonies, and Delaware and Georgia are missing …”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Franklin_-_Join_or_Die.jpg
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/past/past.html
“…Selections, 1730-1743
In 1750 in New England, almost 70 percent of white men and 45 percent of white women could read; in the southern colonies, about 50-60 percent of men and 40 percent of women. With a literacy rate greater than Britain, the colonies by mid century hosted more newspapers than the mother country.1 A sample of this expansive output is this collection of brief items from Benjamin Franklin’s newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette, “containing the freshest Advices Foreign and Domestick.” Together they offer a window into life in the middle colonies in the mid 1700s: fire, earthquake, weather extremes, smallpox, the revival tour of Rev. George Whitefield, the king’s birthday, the mayor’s feast for the city’s citizens, fundraising for a “Negro school,” return of a castaway, the birth of triplets, the exhibition of a live camel from Arabia, a fraudulent marriage, spousal abuse, a false charge of rape, the murder of an enslaved boy, death by alcohol, a hunting accident, robberies, obituaries, advertisements, and Franklin’s announcement of his editorial policy. …”
http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/ideas/text5/pennsylvaniagazette.pdf
Benjamin Franklin
“…Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette provided information about politics to the people. Ben Franklin used political cartoons to illustrate news stories and to heighten reader appeal. The May 9, 1754 issue included Join, or Die, which is widely considered the first American political cartoon. Devised by Franklin, the cartoon reflected concern about increasing French pressure along the western frontier of the colonies.
Statesmen
To protest the Stamp Act provisions, which required newspapers be printed on imported, stamped paper, Franklin had the November 7, 1765 edition of the Pennsylvania Gazette printed without date, number, masthead, or imprint. In doing so, he highlighted the impact of royal policies on colonial freedom and exerted colonists’ autonomy.
http://inventors.about.com/od/fstartinventions/a/Franklin.htm
2. What does the article say was a particularly disturbing form of advertisements in the 18th and 19th century?
A disturbing form of advertisement were notices of slave sales or appeals for the capture of escaped or runaway slaves with rewards for their return. (see photos below)
Background Information
Collecting 19th Century Authentic Newspapers
Rare News Papers
3. How did mass production of goods in the 1880’s affect advertising revenues and methods?
The mass production of goods in the 1880s such as canned food, soap, and cigarettes in great quantities required these businesses to first find buyers and second persuade the buyers to purchase their products.
In addition to the manufactures of mass produced goods, other businesses such as large retail department stores in rapidly growing cities turned to advertising to sell their goods.
As a result the total advertising volume increased from $200 million dollars in 1880 to nearly $3 billion in 1920.
Advertising agencies that before 1880 primarily sold advertising space in local newspapers and a limited number of magazines, expanded their service for national advertisers by designing copy and artwork and positioning the advertisements to attract buyer attention. Advertising agencies and their employees sought legitimacy and public approval with many in the advertising business dissociating themselves from the fraud and swindles of the patent medicine peddlers.
Background Information
History of Advertising 3/9
4. What character, introduced in 1955, changed one cigarette company’s target and launched the company into becoming the best-selling brand? What changed?
Marlboro cigarettes were originally targeted for woman as being “Mild as May”.
In 1955 the Philip Morris & Co. targeted the Marlboro brand of cigarettes at men in the ”Tatooed Man'” campaign.
The character was became known as The Marlboro Man.
The target of the advertising campaign changed from women to men.
In 1955 a number of medical research studies found that cigarettes may cause lung cancer.
In response to this, a number of cigarette companies added filters to their cigarettes.
Philip Morris used this opportunity to expand its customer base by adding men who were concerned about cancer by switching them to the Marlboro brand whose tobacco flavor was mild but now also had a filter and came in a flip top box.:
“Man-sized taste of honest tobacco comes full through. Smooth-drawing filter feels right in your mouth. Works fine but doesn’t get in the way. Modern Flip-top box keeps every cigarette firm and fresh until you smoke it.” –
~Phillip Morris Marlboro Advertisement
Background Information
The Marlboro Man
History of Advertising 1/9
The Marlboro Man
“…The Marlboro Man is a figure used in tobacco advertising campaign for Marlboro cigarettes. In the United States, where the campaign originated, it was used from 1954 to 1999. The Marlboro Man was first conceived by Leo Burnett in 1954. The image involves a rugged cowboy or cowboys, in nature with only a cigarette. The ads were originally conceived as a way to popularize filtered cigarettes, which at the time were considered feminine.
The Marlboro advertising campaign, created by Leo Burnett Worldwide, is said to be one of the most brilliant ad campaigns of all time. It transformed a feminine campaign, with the slogan “Mild as May”, into one that was masculine, in a matter of months. Although there were many Marlboro Men, the cowboy proved to be the most popular. This led to the “Marlboro Cowboy” and “Marlboro Country” campaigns.[1] …”
The Marlboro Man Meets the Surgeon General
“…Philip Morris saw its chance to reintroduce Marlboro in the early fifties when the first studies linking cigarette smoking to lung cancer were released. Consumers began feeling mislead by the established brands and dropped their old allegiances. They were willing to try other brands but were unable to break away from smoking completely, due to what would later be attributed to nicotine addiction. Disillusioned consumers turned to Marlboros, the new “safer” filtered brand. Ross B. Millhiser, president of Philip Morris in 1968, looked back on Marlboro’s window of opportunity and explained that “the filter revolution caused more switching than all the cigarette manufacturers with all their money could have induced.”(White 121) Unfortunately for Marlboro, formerly known to be “Mild as May”, the new filters were considered effiminate. The dilemma would be to appeal to the attitudes of an old group of customers with a new concern, addicted men who feared lung cancer.
Philip Morris took the challenge to a midwestern agency, the Leo Burnett Company of Chicago, and reintroduced Marlboro to the nation in 1955 with the “Tattooed Man” campaign. Joseph Cullman, then president and chief executive officer of Philip Morris Inc., explained, “We felt that West of the Alleghanies we could secure a better understanding and feel of grass-roots America and what it wanted in a cigarette.”(Esquire 8/60 146) The resulting campaign assured buyers, with television commercials and printed pages, that “You get a lot to like with Marlboro, filter, flavor, flip- top box.” The image of the “new Marlboro smoker as a lean, relaxed outdoorsman–a cattle rancher, a Navy officer, a flyer–whose tattooed wrist suggested a romantic past, a man who had once worked with his hands, who knew the score, who merited respect,”(Esquire 6/60 146) proved that there was nothing sissy or feminine about these filtered cigarettes. The first advertisements spoke directly to the masculine audience suggesting in a descriptive paragraph that they try “old fashioned flavor in a new way to smoke.” They reassured men that the filter did not change Marlboro quality and the
Man-sized taste of honest tobacco comes full through. Smooth-
drawing filter feels right in your mouth. Works fine but doesn’t
get in the way. Modern Flip-top box keeps every cigarette firm
and fresh until you smoke it. (Made in Richmond, Virginia, from
a new Marlboro Recipe) …”
“…Philip Morris, with the Marlboro cowboy, has capitalized on what the cigarette advertising industry realized as an unique quality in its products. “The physical characteristics of the standard brands are nearly identical and their individual demands are highly elastic, yet despite close similarity, consumers are not indifferent to the choice of brands but show enduring loyalties based upon very slight physical differences or upon irrational grounds.”(Tennant 163). The irrational appeal of the strong individual is bolstered by the strong geometric design of the red, white and black-lettered flip-top package. It was designed by Frank Gianininoto in 1954 and carefully tested through consumer surveys by Elmo Roper&Associates and the Color Research Institute.(Advertising Age 11/9/88) When displayed on open cigar counters consumer reaction was gauged on hidden cameras as their eyes settled on the bright packaging(Esquire 6/60). Like a cowboy’s holster for his favorite gun the packaging makes a statement. It is estimated that the average smoker removes his or her cigarettes 20-25 times a day. In 1987, Thirty-two years after the box was designed, Forbes magazine(2/9/87) polled smokers and offered them Marlboro cigarettes unaltered except in a generic brown box and at half price. Only 21% were interested. The public embraced the red box as a symbol of membership to the club that recognized the Marlboro Man as their spokes-person. A 1959 ad showed the Flip-top box as a unifying element “From the Klondike to Key West…. Every man is a ‘Marlboro Man’ once he discovers that Marlboro is for real smoking.” [Image 3]. The box is a carrying card available to everyone. It is visable proof of participation in or appreciation for a certain idealized way of life that not many actually get to experience. Consumers carrying the box were now investing themselves and their reputation in the positive image of the Marlboro Man. …”
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~class/marlboro/mman3.html
Marlboro Cigarettes
“…Since Marlboro filtered cigarettes were previously oriented mainly to the female smoking audience, Phillip Morris decided to extend the range of customers, touching the group of addicted male smokers who were afraid of acquiring lung cancer. Therefore advertising strategies were completely revised.
As a result the “Tattooed Man” campaign got under way in 1955. The new advertisements popularized the image of rugged men (a cattle rancher, a Navy officer, a flyer), – “whose tattooed wrist suggested a romantic past, a man who had once worked with his hands, who knew the score, who merited respect”. The new Marlboro smokers were portrayed smoking while performing manly tasks. “Man-sized taste of honest tobacco comes full through. Smooth-drawing filter feels right in your mouth. Works fine but doesn’t get in the way. Modern Flip-top box keeps every cigarette firm and fresh until you smoke it.” – Phillip Morris Marlboro Advertisement.
The campaign proved that there was nothing feminine about the filtered cigarettes and tripled sales by 1957. In 1954, the cowboy image was introduced and became the most popular Marlboro advertisement character ever. By 1963, the Marlboro cowboy became the only character in the marketing of Marlboro cigarettes. The geometric design of the red, white and black-lettered flip-top Marlboro package boosted the appeal of a strong independent individual.
By 1972, Marlboro cigarettes had become the most popular world-wide and have stayed that way for majority of years that have followed. By 1992, Financial World ranked Marlboro the world’s No. 1 most valuable brand, with a market worth of $32 billion. Currently, Philip Morris’ tobacco brands are in 180 markets, have a 38% market share in the US, are the top-selling cigarettes in the world, and the tenth-most valuable product brands overall.
http://www.cigoutlet.net/cigarettes/marlboro-cigarettes.html
Trivia: Marlboro Was a Woman’s Cigarette
“…Filtered cigarettes were considered feminine as reflected by Marlboro’s original slogan “Mild as May.” In the 1930s, Marlboro even changed the cigarette tips from ivory to red so they wouldn’t smear ladies’ lipstick.
In 1955 Philip Morris & Co. tried to change Marlboro’s feminine image with the “Tattooed Man” campaign, where a rugged cattle rancher, a Navy officer, and a flyer (all with muscular, tattooed hands) were shown holding a cigarette. Supposedly the tattoo was suggestive of “romantic past.” Later, ad genius Leo Burnett used the image of a cowboy to prove that the cigarettes weren’t for sissies, and thus “The Marlboro Man” was born. ..”
Marlboro
“…Marlboro (US: /ˈmɑrb(ə)roʊ/[1]) is the largest selling brand of cigarettes in the world. It is made by Philip Morris USA (a branch of Altria) within the US, and by Philip Morris International (now separate from Altria) outside the US. It is famous for its billboard advertisements and magazine ads of the Marlboro Man.
The brand is named after Great Marlborough Street, the location of its original London Factory. Richmond, Virginia is now the location of the largest Marlboro cigarette manufacturing plant.
Philip Morris, a London-based cigarette manufacturer, created a New York subsidiary in 1902 to sell several of its cigarette brands, including Marlboro. By 1924 they were advertising Marlboro as a woman’s cigarette based on the slogan “Mild As May”.
The brand was sold in this capacity until World War II when the brand faltered and was temporarily removed from the market. At the end of the war, three brands emerged that would establish firm holds on the cigarette market: Camel, Lucky Strike, and Chesterfield. These brands were supplied to US soldiers during the war, creating an instant market upon their return.
During the 1950s Reader’s Digest magazine published a series of articles that linked smoking with lung and other cancers. Philip Morris, and the other cigarette companies took notice and each began to market filtered cigarettes.[citation needed] The new Marlboro with a filtered end was launched in 1955. In the early 1960s Philip Morris invented “Marlboro Country” and distilled their manly imagery into the rugged cowboys known as the “Marlboro Men”. The famous slogan used on radio and television during the mid-’60s was, “Come to where the flavor is…come to MARLBORO COUNTRY”, backed by Elmer Bernstein’s theme from The Magnificent Seven.
In the USA, in order to comply with new regulations prescribed by the Food and Drug Administration, Marlboro had until June 22, 2010 to rebrand tobacco products marketed as “Lights”, “Ultra-Lights”, “Medium”, “Mild”, or any similar designation that yields an impression that some tobacco products are comparatively safe. Similar restrictions were applied in the European Union some years ago. …”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlboro_(cigarette)
Now visit this link and answer these questions in your Blog:
http://adage.com/century/timeline/index.html
1. What newspaper printed the first known advertisement?
In 1702 The Boston News-Letter’s printed the first known advertisement in the United States.
2. What magazine was the first magazine to carry $100 million annually in advertising?
Life magazine was the first magazine to carry $100 million annually in advertising.
3. What year did Congress prohibit broadcast advertising of cigarettes?
In 1971 Congress prohibited broadcast advertising of cigarettes.
4. What was The Associated Advertising Clubs of America?
In 1904 a group of advertising agencies, advertiser and media representatives formed The Associated Advertising Clubs of America.
Assignment 1 is due Monday, July 19 at 5 p.m.
When Radio Was–Videos
When Radio Was #1
When Radio Was #2
When Radio Was #3
When Radio Was #4
When Radio Was #5
When Radio Was #6
When Radio Was #7
Background Articles and Videos
Dick Cavett
“…Richard Alva “Dick” Cavett (born November 19, 1936) is a former American television talk show host known for his conversational style and in-depth discussion of issues. Cavett appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States in five consecutive decades, the 1960s through the 2000s.
In recent years, Cavett has written a blog for the New York Times, promoted DVDs of his former shows, and hosted replays of his classic TV interviews with Groucho Marx, Katharine Hepburn, and others on Turner Classic Movies channel.[1][2] …”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cavett
Radio History
The History of Radio
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Chapter 14—Law and Regulations
1. Cite the major events/legal decisions in the evolution of the interpretation of the First Amendment in America from its beginnings to today.
2. According to what you know about broadcast regulation, why were broadcasters likely to follow the 1943 Code of Wartime Practices for American Broadcasters?
3. Why was New York Times v. Sullivan such a precedent-setting case for the American media?
4. List and describe the four elements necessary to prove libel.
5. Although the Sharon and Westmoreland cases did not result in libel awards, what did the cases reveal about the media?
6. How are the V-chip and the Children Online Protection Act designed to protect children? Explain each with specific details.
7. Why is Roth v. United States important in the history of censorship in America?
8. Discuss four of the most critical elements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and explain how each significantly changes U.S. communications law or policy.
9. Why are the courts generally so reluctant to use prior restraint to stop publication? List two cases in which the courts did invoke prior restraint.
10. How did the decision in the Sheppard v. Maxwell case affect the issue of fair trial and free press?
11. List two things the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) makes illegal. Why do supporters claim it is a good law? Why do opponents object to it?
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