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Iran is in turmoil at the very time as it is developing a nuclear capacity. An illegal strike, due to the brutal sacking of a number of workers, is spreading among Britain's oil refining industry. Ethnic violence reappears in Belfast in a wholly unexpected guise. Formula One is within an inch of breaking in two. The British Parliament is on the way to eating itself, and the European Parliament has an unprecedented amount of Fascists and xenophobes. Lindsay Lohan is among the suspects in the theft of $400,000 of jewelry. You would think journalists would think that Christmas has come early, along with all their birthdays. Remind me: why is there a crisis of the mass media, already?