http://www.newsdissector.com/blog Danny Schechter's daily media dissections Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:52:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Extremist FOX-oid In Chief Says, "Jail The Bloggers" In the spirit of July 4th ... "A stinging attack by John Hartigan, the CEO of Rupert Murdoch’s News Limited, labels bloggers and alternative media outlets as “political extremists”. Hartigan implies that bloggers should be jailed as they are in oppressive police states like China and Burma." UNEMPLOYMENT UP AGAIN WITH NO END IN SIGHT CYTHIA MCKINNEY SPEAKS FROM ISRAELI JAIL SWINE FLU BURSTING OUT ALL OVER The big weekend is here and the summer’s really begun and its still overcast and rainy in New York, and you need some relief but then the latest news kicks us all in the ass: U.S. Employers Shed 467,000 Jobs in June Unemployment rate rises to 9.5 percent. Employment of American Men Said To Be At All Time Historic Low Obama says it is bad but recovery will come, just not right away. Bear in ... http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2009/07/02/ruperts-man-bloggers-are-political-extremists-job-losses-rise/ DEAN BAKER, (GUARDIAN) BANKS OWN US GOVERNMENT Is Anyone Concerned? MUST READ: The Great American Bubble Machine by Matt Taibbi on how Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression In Rolling Stone Issue 1082-83, Matt Taibbi takes on "the Wall Street Bubble Mafia" — investment bank Goldman Sachs. The piece has generated controversy, with Goldman Sachs firing back that Taibbi's piece is "an hysterical compilation of conspiracy theories" and a spokesman adding, "We reject the assertion that we are inflators of bubbles and profiteers in busts, and we are painfully conscious of the importance in being a force for good." Taibbi shot back: "Goldman has its alumni pushing its views from the pulpit of the U.S. Treasury, the NYSE, the World Bank, and numerous other important posts; it also has former players fronting major TV shows. They ... http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2009/07/02/freddy-mac-gets-another-61-billion-jail-ben-in-boa-merger-dispute/ 9 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE SINGLE PAYER • FACING SOUTH - Single-payer TRICARE military health plan most popular in South In this year’s health reform debate, Congressional Democrats quickly took proposals for a single-payer system off the table, claiming it was “unrealistic.” But more than 9 million people in the U.S. have already signed on to a single-payer system that’s proved both workable and popular: TRICARE, the Department of Defense’s program for active-duty military and retirees. Even more interesting: According to a Facing South analysis, nearly half of TRICARE beneficiaries live in the South — states where Congressional leadership has been most vocal in opposing public involvement in health care. READ FULL STORY HERE • Undernews: Center for Disease Control: Who’s Got What? An estimated 43.8 million Americans had no health insurance in 2008, approximately 2.8 million more than in 1997, according to new data. ... http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2009/07/02/health-care-single-payer-in-south-swine-flu-radio-show/ THE LATEST THIS AY-EM: • 4000 US Marines Surging In Anti-Taliban Offensive In Afghanistan • One US Soldier Seized [This may become the story!] • Pakistan Taliban Vying With US In Providing Relief • States Shutting Down Summer Schools As Money Vanishes • Vibe Magazine Dies After 16 Years • Banks Still Raising Fees To Consumers • Ant Colonies Taking Over World THE BANKSTER VOW TO GO TO WAR IRAQ WAR PROPAGANDIST BEHIND THEIR CAMPAIGN THE REFORMS WE NEED The shot has been fired over the bow. It’s war. The "Banksters of America" are drawing a line in the sand by telling the Obama Administration and the long suffering, ripped off and deceived consumers of America that they will not allow the government to create a new Consumer Protection Agency. (Remember Illinois Senator Dick Durbin's comment on the influence bank lobbyists exert ... http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2009/07/01/special-report-banksters-plan-media-war/ Ya gotta see it to believe it --from CrooksandLiars.com: Michael Scheuer, on Glenn Beck's show last night: Scheuer: The only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States. Because it's going to take a grass-roots, bottom-up pressure. Because these politicians prize their office, prize the praise of the media and the Europeans. It's an absurd situation again. Only Osama can execute an attack which will force Americans to demand that their government protect them effectively, consistently, and with as much violence as necessary. SEIU: Bank of America Workers Speak Out About Anti-Consumer Practices Today Bank of America workers are speaking out about BofA's anti-consumer sales practices and failed banking model. In articles from the LA Times and Associated Press today, current and former Bank of America employees talk ... http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2009/07/01/is-glenn-beck-agreeing-we-need-new-bin-laden-attack-b-of-a-employees-protest/ Some Other Stories Of Interest: • Eva Gollinger: U.S. Admits That It Knew The Coup Was Coming • The Coup: Another U.S. Destablization Operation • Did Honduran Leader's Populism Lead To Military Violence? • Jobless Rates Up In All 372 U.S. Metro Areas • Charles Hugh Smith: 20 million Vacant Houses in Squatterville, USA Tune in Thursday to the News Dissector program on ProgressiveRadioNetwork.com for a health care reform special with some great guests • Dr. Menel Silva, health reform activist. Watch videos she sent below of the unofficial video of the NY Local Action Network of the National Physicians Alliance Also, here are some clips that one of our community organizations did with me in it. If we do get a new heath care reform, we will still have to be active in assuring our own well being. To discuss preventive care ... http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2009/07/01/health-care-reform-radio-special-thurs-at-10-am/ SENATOR AL FRANKEN !!! (YES, HE DID) CONSUMER CONFIDENCE DOWN MORE ON MICHAEL AND MADOFF AT LAST: Minnesota's Supreme Court has declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the state's disputed U.S. Senate race. His adversary Norm Coleman has conceded which means there will be no Supreme Court Challenge. The Senate needs Stuart Smiley to keep things real. The indisepensable Brad Blog has more: “The decision was a unanimous 5 to 0 ruling, finding that Franken was "entitled" to be certified by the state's Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and its Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie. Pawlenty has recently said he would sign the certification for Franken, if ordered to do so by the MN Supremes. The state requires a signature for certification from both the Governor and the Sec. of State before Congress members may be seated. State law also allows for all election ... http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2009/06/30/minnesota-supremes-its-franken-time-hell-in-honduras/ LBN: GLOOMY U.S. CONSUMERS CLIP HOUSING RECOVERY HOPES U.S. consumer confidence took an unexpectedly steep slide in June, figures released on Tuesday showed, suggesting the 18-month-long recession had yet to loosen its grip on the economy. Bloomberg: PRESIDENT OF WORLD BANK SAYS CRISIS NOT OVER IS THERE MORE TO THE MADOFF SCHEME THAN WE KNOW? Wayne Madsen reports (t/h Undernews): Wayne Madsen Report - The failure of federal prosecutors to bring conspiracy charges against Bernard Madoff, the mega-billion dollar Ponzi scammer who pleaded guilty March 12 to eleven counts of fraud and other crimes in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, is providing cover to those who pulled the strings on Madoff's illegal operation. WMR spoke to a former close aide to Madoff who related how he handled a number of transactions personally for Madoff. The source said that Madoff was running a special type of ... http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2009/06/30/economy-consumer-confidence-down-more-on-madoff-housing-mess/ PEJ NEWS COVERAGE INDEX In Just Two Days, Jackson’s Passing Nearly Passes Iran in the News of the Week With unrest in Iran and a new political scandal, the media had its pick of stories to report on the week of June 22-28. But by week’s end, the death of Michael Jackson quickly dominated the media agenda, according to a report by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. Early last week, ongoing attention to protests over the Iranian election continued to dominate the news narrative, and by week’s end Iran filled 19% of the newshole, making it still the No. 1 topic of the week. But much of that came early. Indeed, in the first two days of the week, nearly a third of all coverage (31%) was devoted to events in the country. But as the protest movement moved ... http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2009/06/30/was-jacko-wacko-and-why-do-the-media-and-his-fans-love-him-so-letters/ Forty years ago yesterday, the movement for gay rights was born with the Stonewall riots here in New York. One announcement I received from Haymarket Books said it: loud: “The historic uprising that saw gays and lesbians beat back cops--for three long nights of defiance--as they attempted to raid the Stonewall Inn. Today, the battle for equal rights is still being waged on many fronts, from winning the right to marry, to eliminating "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," one of the many inhumane policies that the military inflicts on soldiers already burdened with fighting an illegal and unjust war” A TASTE OF CHICAGO JESSE, MICHAEL, MOUSA AND MADOFF COMING OF AGE Second City, USA: Oh the joys of air travel. It seems like so much fun to get away when you feel trapped behind a desk. But lemme tell ya… I am writing, mushed in a ... http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2009/06/30/sojourn-in-chicago-jesse-michael-madoff-mousa-and-moi/