Media Bitchfest

World News Weekly 1.26.07- The Brown Eye Blinks?

In an uncertain world of turmoil and strife, whom can we turn to for a summery of happenings from this, our global village? The answer is Shaun Barnes, his World News Weekly column begins now…

Roosevelt and Churchill. Reagan and Thatcher. Clinton and Blair. For decades, U.S. Presidents and British Prime Ministers have gone together […]

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WNW 1.19.07- Just Don’t Say ‘Ching Chong’

In an uncertain world of turmoil and strife, whom can we turn to for a summery of happenings from this, our global village? The answer is Shaun Barnes, his World News Weekly column begins now…

Last year, China produced over 50 million notebook PCs and churned out an average of 100,000 iPod Nanos per day. […]

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WNW 1.12.07- Stay Out The Bush’s (Way)

In an uncertain world of turmoil and strife, whom can we turn to for a summery of happenings from this, our global village? The answer is Shaun Barnes, his World News Weekly column begins now…

The decider has spoken. He (Bush) has decided, among other things, to “surge” 21,500 U.S. troops to Iraq, hold Nouri […]

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World News Weekly 1.5.07

In an uncertain world of turmoil and strife, whom can we turn to for a summery of happenings from this, our global village? The answer is Shaun Barnes, his column begins now…

Welcome to the twenty-first century, Iraq. The death of ex-dictator-in-chief Saddam Hussein was bound to be controversial, but what no one counted on […]

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Late World News Weekly: Nonspecific Holiday Edition

In an uncertain world of turmoil and strife, whom can we turn to for a summery of happenings from this, our global village? The answer is Shaun Barnes, his column begins now…
It’s war! Ethiopia’s Christmas gift to its neighbor Somalia was a generous one this year, including fighter-bombers, mortars and an 8,000 man invasion force. […]

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World News Weekly 12.22.06

In an uncertain world of turmoil and strife, whom can we turn to for a summery of happenings from this, our global village? The answer is Shaun Barnes, his column begins now…
Here’s a trivia question for you: what country used to be closely aligned with the Soviet Union, displays a flagrant disregard for the global […]

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World News Weekly 12.15.06

In an uncertain world of turmoil and strife, whom can we turn to for a summery of happenings from this, our global village? The answer is Shaun Barnes, his column begins now…

Remember the good old days of the Go Go 90s? When everyone was talking about Russia’s newfound freedom and eccentric billionaires taking $20 million […]

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MBF World News Weekly 12.1.06

In an uncertain world of turmoil and strife, whom can we turn to for a summery of happenings from this, our global village? The answer is Shaun Barnes, his column begins now…

Well folks, that’s it; it’s game over for North Korea. Although the spunky little Stalinist dictatorship had a good run from its great […]

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MBF World News Weekly 11.17.06

In an uncertain world of turmoil and strife, whom can we turn to for a summery of happenings from this, our global village? The answer is Shaun Barnes, his column begins now…

I am not normally a believer in the “liberal media”, just the “bad media” and thus a whole-hearted supporter of this site’s avowed corpse […]

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MBF World News Weekly 11.10.06

In an uncertain world of turmoil and strife, whom can we turn to for a summery of happenings from this, our global village? The answer is Shaun Barnes, his column begins now…
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has grown increasingly ornery, effectively declaring his independence from US occupation forces by vetoing a coalition-designed Baghdad checkpoint strategy […]

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