Archive for August, 2006


31
Aug

The All New Anti-Fascist Crusade

Jackie’s Quote of the Day at Summer’s End: ” Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” Bill Watterson BUSH BACK ON THE WAR PATH ISRAEL CONDEMNED FOR CLUSTER BOMBS NEWS 21 TRYING TO IMPROVE JOURNALISM Here We Go [...]

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31
Aug

Working To Change Journalism….

Yesterday, Mediachannel’s “Diamond” Dave Olson and I trekked over the Carnegie Corporation in a building over on Madison advertising over 40 surveillance cameras. Did we feel secure! We were there to meet media exec and consultant Merill Brown who is helping to shape an innovative media Fellows program at four major universities to produce innovative [...]

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31
Aug

The News Dissector Daily Forum

PRESS THE PRESS—FORGET IT Stephen writes in response to my article on the Iraq War: ” I totally agree with most of your article ‘America is losing Iraq: is anybody watching?’ . Where I disagree is your closing comment as follows: “Now is the time for all good news consumers to come to the aid [...]

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Why are so many Americans are being strangled by debt? In Debt We Trust is a journalistic confrontation with the debt and credit industry.

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Weapons of Mass Deception (WMD) goes inside the military-media complex, exposing the war the world saw but Americans didn't.

Plunder: The Crime of Our Time


Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity

The "News Dissector" explores how the financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity uncovering the connection between the collapse of the housing market and the economic catastrophe that followed.

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Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio

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.

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