Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Funny Business

Sometimes you break news. Sometimes you fake news...



“Fake news executives are nicer than real news executives, though real news executives are funnier than fake news executives... They don’t know they’re being funny.” -- Stephen Colbert

Read more about "The Yes Men" on Wikipedia, or visit their web site.



Who is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce?

The nation’s largest business trade group... Now under fire from within its own membership for refusing to back climate change legislation. Some major companies are quitting over the issue, which also led to the discovery the organization had inflated its membership figures by a factor of ten.

The Chamber is also being criticized by the White House, where Michael Shear reports for the Washington Post.



Audio: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now, October 20. Host: Robin Young.

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