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Facebook, the Internet and Real Life
A new film about the founder of Facebook and the suicide of a student whose sexual orientation was revealed online have focused attention on social networking. We talk about what it is and how it's changing the real world as well as the virtual world. Also, the Times Square Bomber sentenced to life in prison, and a critical biography of Glenn Beck.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenA new film about the founder of Facebook and the suicide of a student whose sexual orientation was revealed online have focused attention of Social Networking. We talk about what it is and how it’s changing the real world as well as the virtual world. Also, the Times Square Bomber sentenced to life in prison, and right wing commentator Glenn Beck has a large audience and he makes big money. His latest biographer insists that he’s a dangerous influence.
Banner image: Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a press conference at the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California on May 26, 2010. Photo: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesTimes Square Bomber Sentenced to Life in Prison
Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty to charges of trying to blow up an SUV in New York’s Times Square in May of this year. Today, he was sentenced to life in prison. Michael Wilson was in the courtroom for the New York Times .
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Hollywood has paid the ultimate compliment to Mark Zuckerberg by making The Social Network , a film about him and the phenomenon of Facebook . We'll let audiences draw their own conclusions about the movie. What matters is what it symbolizes.
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Glenn Beck has built a big audience on radio and on Fox TV, and Forbes magazine says he makes $32 million a year. A new book quotes his own words as evidence that he’s a great showman and also a dangerous influence. The publisher’s claim is that Tears of a Clown is a “fair and balanced” look at the Fox news host.
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