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  • MSNBC Cheers 'Feisty Campus Dissent' Forcing Commencement Speakers to 'Drop Like Flies'

    05/15/2014 10:06:35 AM PDT · by PoloSec · 22 replies
    News Busters ^ | May 15 2014 | Ken Shepherd
    "Feisty campus dissent is back. And it’s winning," exulted msnbc.com's Aliyah Frumin in her May 15 story, teased on the main page with the header, "Commencement speakers drop like flies." [see screen capture below page break] "In the last few weeks alone, campaigns at three schools forced commencement speakers to pass up significant speaker fees rather than face angry campuses," Frumin noted, adding that "[t]he last-minute cancellations have proved embarrassing to school leaders" and conceding that in turn they "have raised concerns about free speech and exposure to opposing views in settings designed to foster free thought." Although Frumin did...
  • When is halal meat not halal meat?

    05/20/2009 12:41:35 PM PDT · by JoeProBono · 37 replies · 872+ views
    bbc ^ | 20 May 2009
    Fast food chain KFC is trialling halal meat in certain restaurants, but some Muslims say it hasn't been killed in the correct Islamic way. Catrin Nye asks when is halal meat not halal meat? It may claim its food is "finger lickin' good", but until recently strict Muslims might have seen a problem with it. Now fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is trialling halal meat - meaning it has been killed in accordance with Islamic dietary laws - in eight of its UK restaurants. But the trial has sparked a debate over what is and what isn't halal,...