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We talk with Gary Rivlin, author of "Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. - How the Working Poor Became Big Business." Rivlin is a former reporter for the New York Times, Industry Standard and East Bay Express.

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The Metropolitan Transportation Commission will vote Wednesday on funding for an elevated rail extension from the Coliseum BART station to the Oakland Airport. Some transit advocates say the price tag is too high, and have proposed an alternative. We discuss the merits of the various proposals.

This post is a reprint of a post by WNYC, New York Public Radio that originally appeared at NPR's On the Media.

If you felt a sense of déjà vu when reading about the latest round of Israeli/Palestinian peace talks this week, you were not alone. The situation seems intractable but the reporting too often follows a well-worn template. JJ Goldberg, senior columnist for The Forward, understands that déjà vu feeling but argues that savvy readers will find a different story this time.

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Throughout the war in Iraq foreign journalists have relied heavily on fixers, the local feet on the ground who translate, find sources and help provide safety. Though many have since left the country, for fear that their work with Western media has made them targets, some fixers remain. Hussam Ali al-Mussawi, who worked for The San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, McClatchy, Newsweek and Der Spiegel, explains his uncertain future.

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August was the 175th anniversary of the New York Sun’s Great Moon Hoax, when Richard Adams Locke created a sensation by writing a series of satirical articles, taken seriously by the public, about life on the moon. Matthew Goodman, author of The Sun and the Moon, says this story marked a paradigmatic shift in the way Americans perceived newspapers.

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Earlier this week, Washington Post sports writer Mike Wise sent a deliberately false tweet about Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to prove to his audience that journalists will happily reprint rumors without confirming their veracity. But what did he really prove? Bob talks to Mike Wise and profootballtalk.com editor Mike Florio.

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From the Million Man March to the Obama Inauguration to Glenn Beck’s recent “Restoring Honor” rally, estimating the size of a crowd is both scientifically difficult and politically fraught. ASU professor Steve Doig, Washington Post editor Dan Keating and retired U.S. Park Police officer Carl Holmberg – crowd estimators all – weigh in.

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After seven years, a trillion dollars, tens of thousands of civilian deaths, nearly 35,000 US injured and 4,500 US dead, President Obama announced this week that the combat mission in Iraq is over. Historian Douglas Brinkley explains why this seemingly momentous moment received so little media coverage.

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On today's show, a rousing discussion of scandal, sex, and giving cover to wrongdoers. And that's just Oracle hiring Mark Hurd. In other tech news, Craigslist gets rid of its adult services section in the most passive-aggressive manner possible. Google Buzz costs the Goog $8.5 million, the Nokia N8 costs roughly the same, and we decide to eat the bear.

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EPISODE 1302

Craigslist closes adult section
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/feeling_burned_by_the_press_craigslist_hunkers_dow.php
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20015629-71.html

How Censoring Craigslist Helps Pimps, Child Traffickers and Other Abusive Scumbags
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danah-boyd/how-censoring-craigslist-_b_706789.html

Former H.P. Chief Joins Oracle as Co-President
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/technology/07oracle.html

HP's nightmare gets worse -- Mark Hurd joins Oracle as co-president
http://venturebeat.com/2010/09/06/hps-nightmare-gets-worse-as-mark-hurd-joins-oracle-as-co-president/

Oracle Loses One Scandal-Tainted Exec, Hires Another--Former HP CEO Mark Hurd
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5631323/oracle-loses-one-scandal+tainted-exec-hires-anotherformer-hp-ceo-mark-hurd

Google settles Buzz lawsuit for $8.5M
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20015620-265.html

Texas opens antitrust investigation of Google
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20015601-265.html

Google logos. Where will it end?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20014631-52.html

Google to start TV service in U.S. this autumn
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6862FH20100907
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/09/google-reveals-google-tv/

Nokia N8 launches September 30, says senior manager
http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/06/nokia-n8-launches-september-30-says-senior-exec/

Samsung's new Orion processor brings dual-core power to phones
http://mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/09/07/samsungs-new-orion-processor-brings-dual-core-power-to-phones/

The ad that uses YouTube brilliantly
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20015630-71.html

Voicemail (800-616-2638)
Colin can’t buy ringtones

Email (buzz@cnet.com)

Hey dudes, I was curious as to why a beta angry birds on android (that only crashes on Evo) was a story and the release (a week earilier) of a full running webOS version was not. Is it because:
1. Molly only wants to talk about apps she can use
2. Raife wants to scorn his ex-lover, Palm
Or
3. Jon Rubenstein and I are the only ones using a webOS device?

Thank you,
Brent
PS (webos is a great mobile gaming platform with the “”cards”" and all, and hopefully will be an awesome tablet)

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Hey Buzz crew,

The boys and girls over at MacLife (Specifically, Robbie Baldwin) have a fix for the Vertical vice Horizontal Red, Yellow and Green buttons on the full screen of iTunes.

It’s a terminal command, that goes like this…

defaults write com.apple.iTunes full-window -1

When you restart iTunes, then you have the familiar horizontal arrangement.

Love the Show!
Stan A-Z

This post is a reprint of a post by KQED's Forum Podcast that originally appeared at KQED's Forum Podcast.

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission will vote Wednesday on funding for an elevated rail extension from the Coliseum BART station to the Oakland Airport. Some transit advocates say the price tag is too high, and have proposed an alternative. We discuss the merits of the various proposals.