“You lie,” yelled the white South Carolina Congressman whose-name-really-isn’t-Joe in one of the more disgustingly racist moments in recent memory. Demonstrators in front of the White House chant “liar liar, pants on fire” culminating a summer of tea party fusillades railing against such absurdities as the claim that we have a socialist in the White [...]
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On the Demise of Radio…finding blame.
Responding to: “I’m told by a media expert that listenership is down at night on ALL radio stations…” from someone on the SaveKUTAustin Committee…
OH YEAH! We are witnessing the slow, steady, seemingly irreversible demise of radio listenership in America. Blame it Clear Channel’s consolidation, a thousand+ stations! Blame it on Bill Clinton for the biggest [...]
Air America dumps Maron and Seder, slides further into centrist, bland mush.
For those who missed it, for a brief time Air America had one of the most entertaining political comedy shows on the little screen. And I say “little” because I downloaded it using iTunes and watched it on my iPod. Who knew that talking heads work well on such a little screen? This show was [...]
Clint Eastwood’s 2008 thriller Changeling proves axiom: real-life stranger than fiction
Clint Eastwood’s 2008 psychological thriller, Changeling tells the true-life story of mistaken identity, political corruption, and the marginalization of women in 1920’s Los Angeles. A single-mother, Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie), is told by the police she will be reunited with her missing son, only to discover the boy is not really her son. He claims [...]
Amy Goodman, Today’s Walter Cronkite?
As Walter Cronkite is eulogized, we keep hearing the refrain that he was the most trusted man in America.
Clearly Amy Goodman, “anchor” for Democracy Now! doesn’t fit that description. But she should.
Trained in radio, Cronkite soothed us; his was the voice of reason and rationality but also contained a deep well of emotion that broke [...]
Resolution condemning Honduras coup ignored by New York Times
The situation is getting worse in Honduras. US representatives Bill Delahunt, José Serrano and Jim McGovern are pushing a resolution condemning the coup.
But you wouldn’t know this reading the New York Times.
The New York Times makes the story Honduran President Zelaya NOT the coup, repeating lies by coup leaders
Apparently the real story isn’t about the coup or democracy, it’s about that dangerous friend of Chavez, the deposed president of Honduras, Jose Manuel Zelaya.With the US government “mediating” between the deposed president of Honduras, Zelaya and the US trained coup leaders, the story has sunk from the headlines, caught up in much more serious [...]