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DIED. REED IRVINE, 82, media watchdog who, in 1969, founded Accuracy in Media, an early protester of "liberal bias" in the media; in Rockville, Md. Among Irvine's targets were CNN's Gulf War reporter Peter Arnett (who Irvine said aired "Saddam's version of the truth"), Hillary Clinton ("kooky") and Dan Rather. He dubbed AIM's persistent call for the CBS anchor's ouster the Can Dan campaign...
...could easily have become a familiar legislative charade-a "reform" is passed, there's a nice bill-signing ceremony in the Rose Garden, various pols (including the President) get to take credit, but nothing really changes ... except for the accretion of another sedimentary layer of semi-powerless bureaucracy. In truth, it is impossible for Congress to reorganize the inner workings of the Executive Branch without the full support of the President, and I'm not so sure George Bush really favored either one of the attempted reforms...
...just as dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam did 20 years ago in Ethiopia. And there's no reference to the reasons behind the poverty: lack of infrastructure and investment, kleptocratic leaders and barriers to growth like European and American farm subsidies that price African produce out of the market. The truth is, 20 years after Geldof & Co. set out to feed Africa, Africa still needs feeding. But more aid - and a simplistic song that perpetuates stereotypes - is probably not the answer. Geldof and other Africa activists, like U2 frontman Bono, are wonderful advocates for the push to cancel the continent...
...Closer" is initially playful about the deceptions this handsome quartet of characters commit while falling in love and, later, climbing out. After all, as Alice declares, "Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off." But if lying has a toxic residue, the truth can kill instantly. Larry, in interrogating Anna, casts off all pride to find the self-lacerating, the ultimate male truth. Was he better? " 'Was he better than me?' - it's the need to know that is the problem," Nichols says. " 'I just want to know, I promise...
...also can't agree with himself. Pick one of the statements below: "I think it's about the truth and lying, and the unacknowledged importance of lying in love." "It's like 'Dangerous Liaisons.' It's altogether more like 'Dangerous Liaisons' than 'Carnal Knowledge.' It's about strategy." "This is about things ancillary to sex. In 'Was he better than me?' What's the important thing there? Is it the sex, endowment, technique? Or feelings between people. And I think that the film sort of makes a distinction...