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Why Americans don’t fully trust many who hold positions of power and responsibility Notable shares of the public give low ratings to people in powerful jobs when it comes to behaving ethically, dealing with ethical problems in their ranks and admitting mistakes. But attitudes differ depending on the institution in question.
Desperate Iranians selling body organs for cash in job-starved rogue nation A measurement of Iran's dismal economy is found in the body parts market. The National Council of Resistance of Iran, the main anti-Tehran dissident group, is out with a new report that says organ-selling is on the upswing as younger Iranians are in a desperate search for cash in a job-scarce economy.
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Emmys: * For one show ("Game of Thrones") to get 32 nominations, it shows that there are too many categories. There is no way one show, no matter the show, deserves that many nominations for one series, in one year.
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* New York Times story on whistleblower smells. Now, they are going the whistleblower route instead of calling themselves a leaker. This way it goes through channels and sounds more professional and believable. The item is nonsense. Another attempt at a takedown. This goes to my theory that they are no longer teaching journalism the same as when I got my degree and works in it. And they surely do not practicing it the same way. They are breaking the rules, it seems, to keep up with the rule breakers on social media. They do not have the same standards and procedures that journalism has, and that is a major difference - and nobody seems to see that.
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