Plunderbund

I’m almost done reading Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky, and I have to say that 20 years after it’s publication, it still rings true. It is very easy to see how the “propaganda model” of mass media still has validity, and how it has impacted coverage of the 7 years […]

Tonight at 8PM the National Geographic Channel is airing a one-hour documentary called “How It Was: Death at Kent State” talking about the May 4, 1970 incident that resulted in the National Guard killing 4 people and injuring 9 others at Kent State University. If 8PM doesn’t work for you, it is also airing […]

When is this “liberal media” meme going to die? Would a true “liberal media”, that is allegedly trying to cram a liberal POV down the throats of their consumers ever do something like this?
In a long, and interesting speech, he characterized what the U.S. and other industrialized nations need to do to combat global […]

John Hockenberry tells us of his time at [i]Dateline[/i]. A teaser:
The falling confetti transported me back three years to the early days of the war in Iraq, when the bombs intended to evoke “shock and awe” were descending on Baghdad. Most of the Western press had evacuated, but a small contingent remained to report […]

CNN - known as the “Clinton News Network” to wingnuts, because they are so “liberal” - has dropped a “speculative documentary” that was set to air next week because of the new NIE that pointed out that Iran stopped their nuclear weapons program 4 years ago.
The latest National Intelligence Estimate concluding that Iran discontinued its […]

So, the “famously liberal” (if you listen to rightwingers) cable news network CNN aired a “YouTube” debate last night. Except one of the questions selected wasn’t from a normal everyday citizen, like the spirit of the debate is supposed to be.
It was from Grover Frickin’ Norquist.
Are you kidding me? They reject FL Gov […]

When corporations talk about opposing “Net Neutrality”, what they want to protect is their ability to censor. For example, AT&T webcast Lollapalooza, and decided to censor Pearl Jam for some rather innocuous political speech. Here is the web cast:

And here is what it looked like from the crowd.

Media corporations shape how we view […]

I agree with Matthews and Olbermann - this man, this moment, might well be one that changes how Americans view health care. Or more precisely, how tolerant they are of how their elected officials view health care.

For at least four years Americans have wanted universal health care by a 2 to 1 margin. […]

Awesome.

I first wrote about this here. Now we learn that though your average soldier will not be able to use sites like MySpace and YouTube, the “official” military will be able to. They have yet to answer bandwidth excuses to any satisfaction and this appears to be yet more stifling of the very […]

Too damned funny:

(ht Dave at PO)
Ron Paul then comes in a close second in the end to Romney. Rudy not the frontrunner if you ask Fox News texters. I’m hearing they’ve been fumbling about trying to downplay the accuracy of their own poll all morning. Too funny.
The takeaway might be that principled […]

This is too funny. Fox News apparently is so desperate for right-wing drivel that they have resorted to reporting parody as actual news in an attempt to get the knuckle draggers to foam at the mouth. I’ve always thought the Fox News audience was basically the same demographic that continues to forward me […]

via PO who is hosting:
COLUMBUS – U.S. Representative Tim Ryan will meet with Central Ohio Catholic leaders Saturday at the offices of ProgressOhio.org, 265 S. 3rd Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215. He will hold a press availability at 11:30 a.m.
Rep. Ryan and other Catholic leaders at a Columbus Town Hall meeting on strategies to end the […]

Ahum: Paging our fearless media corrective force Tom Blumer. Blue Light Special for you sir. We want 18 updates and copious research on this one:
Murdoch’s New York Post Rewrites Associated Press Story To Make It Way Worse For Dems
[sound of crickets chirping]

Our buddy Tom is at it again. His straws are just out of reach and he’s been caught grasping again. This time he does it without aid of dictionary or even a quick Google/Answers.com search. First off, you can always tell when Tom and the right are off base by the number […]