Short Takes: News From All Over: May 13, 2004

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Hemp Sun-Screen Products Do Not Cause Positive Drug Tests
By Staff, VoteHemp.com
What's all the fuss about? This stuff won't make you high. Yet Mach Meter -- the online publication of Cannon Air Force Base -- with the help of a bogus Associated Press story has launched a scare campaign, claiming that 'sun-screens, tanning lotions, and other personal care products made with hemp seed oil could cause false positive drug tests because they contain trace amounts of THC, the psychoactive ingredient of marijuana.' -- Jacob Wheeler
http://www.votehemp.com/PR/5-5-04_sunscreen.html

Who Owns What
By Aaron Moore, Columbia Journalism Review
Why is the TV station's news strikingly similar to that in the newspaper? Why is it increasingly difficult to find non-corporate media? Who owns your favorite radio station? The Columbia Journalism Review's Who Owns What website offers some answers as it tries to untangle the media-consolidation snarl with the best tool possible: facts. The site features a long list of company names that exposes the current state of the mainstream media. Click on any major company with media holdings -- from Clear Channel to McGraw Hill to Viacom -- and the website will tell you exactly what media outlets that company owns. In addition to the lists, the site also offers Columbia Journalism Review articles on media ownership. For those who fret about the current state of media, Who Owns What is both encyclopedia and horror novel. -- Michelle Lee
http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/

Alphabet Soup: Now What Does KFC Stand For?
By Seth Stevenson, Slate Magazine
What's in a name? Or better yet, what's in an acronym? KFC's current ads tell us that the finger-lickin' fast food chain's name now stands for 'kitchen fresh chicken.' But try and protest that the KFC you grew up with meant 'Kentucky fried chicken,' and the Orwellian thought police may pay you a visit. 'We are at war with China ... we have always been at war with China ...' -- Jacob Wheeler
http://slate.msn.com/id/2099747/

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