BOMBING MEDIA
BUSH ON THE COUCH
FIGHTING BACK
You need to be a psychiatrist to fully comprehend President Bush’s love-hate attitude towards the media. His administration/cabal has made it a priority to spin it, manage it, limit its impact and talk around it. They have even created their own TV channels directly and indirectly. Karl Rove figured out […]
Report: Who Picks the President?
FairVote’s Who Picks the President report tracks television spending and campaign visits by major candidates during the height of the 2004 presidential election. The report seeks to ascertain just how wide the gulf between swing and non-swing states has become in a modern election, and the conclusion–vast– is hardly reassuring for […]
The Treaty of Tripoli
“In the late 1790s the US was having difficulty with Muslim pirates in the waters off Northern Africa. After some difficulty, a treaty was signed in 1796 with the Bey of Tripoli promising friendship, trade and an end to hostilities. The 11th article of the treaty provides a remarkable contrast […]
As millions of homes are foreclosed upon, as unemployment grows and inflation mounts, it is time to understand the origins of the crisis and the need to fight for economic justice.
Written by veteran media critic and Emmy winner Rory O'Connor, Shock Jocks features unsparing profiles of the ten worst conservative radio talkers in America, including Michael Savage, Bill O' Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Don Imus and the rest.
