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Jack Reilly was a legendary News and Talk Show Producer. He was VP and Managing Editor of CNBC from 1994 to 1998. Before that, Executive Producer of "Good Morning America," "Entertainment Tonight," "The Mike Douglas Show" and the "David Frost Show."

This infographic created by Jason at Frugal Dad shows that almost all media comes from the same six sources.

In two years of global warfare, America had yet to see almost any pictures of dead Americans.

A British film about Charles Darwin has failed to find a US distributor because his theory of evolution is too controversial for American audiences, according to its producer. "...ACCORDING TO ITS PRODUCER." Is this a realistic scenario? Perhaps an attempt to provoke offers or start a bidding war for US distribution rights for this film?

"I can't afford to pay any amount. It's not a matter of won't, it's a matter of I can't." In Minnesota, this is the response that Jammie Thomas-Rasset made about paying 1.5 million dollars for the illegal sharing of music online. Each of the 24 songs that she illegally violated copyrights on is $62,500. Her defense is that she can't afford to pay that kind of money, especially since she is the mother of four children. Sharing over 1,700 songs on Kazaa, a file-sharing site, the Recording Industry of America, on numerous occasions, had tried to settle with the woman at $5,000. The stubborn Thomas-Rasset refused and was criticized for not taking responsibility for her actions. Due to all these problems, Jammie was taken on trial and was proven guilty. Jammie persistently denies her use of Kazaa and is willing to keep fighting. Many people are in the same position as Jammie, and as the saying goes, "Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time."

The article is about a case regarding a violation to the Copyright Act. Whitney Harper, a high school cheerleader, participated in infringing activity on LimeWire between the ages 14-16, claiming that she thought she was simply internet radio streaming. With this "innocent infringer's" defense, she is requesting a $200 fine per song to the Recording Industry of America as opposed to the Copyright Act's minimum $750 per song fine. This would result in a total payment of $7,400 rather than $27,750. The final decision has not yet been made, and the justices of the Supreme Court have the option of taking the case and issuing a ruling, or declining to hear it. The author takes a very neutral viewpoint on the issue, expressing the opinions on both sides of the case. He presents the information in a very factual rather than biased way, and concludes the article in a non-opinionated manner. David Kravets is a technologist, political scientist, humorist, and reporter.

Great song, very powerful video

this article gives us a lot of information on media literacy. it is divided into 4 parts the definition of media literacy, building on experience, the current landscape, and toward a media literacy movement. in the first part of the article it focuses on the idea of media literacy being different for everyone and that people of all ages use media literacy to understand media for all different reasons. but it does summarize that almost all use it and it is useful for all. as for the second part, it talks about how media literacy is a challenge in the United States of America but there is always some kind of new device or way to spread media literacy and make it more common in the USA. the second part also talks about how media literacy is spread/used in Germany and Canada and how its starting to be used and spread in the USA. part three talks about the challenges that the spread of media literacy has, not allowing it to spread as much as it should. in addition it takes these problems and states some opportunities that come out of them for the spread of media literacy. the fourth and final section of this article talks about the future and what people need to do if media literacy is going to be spread. after stating the needs that media literacy has in order to spread it then supplies the approaches that one/a nation should take in order to overcome these problems. overall this article attacks the problems that media literacy is facing that prevents its expansion but not only does it do that it also gives us many many many ways in which we can approach these problems a fix them, making media literacy a national and one day global ability.