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Bruce Bartlett on Stopping Fake News in Its Tracks
11 Nov 2017 … Bruce Bartlett’s latest book, The Truth Matters, is a concise and essential primer filled with information on how best to use and understand the media. It offers techniques and resources that will help anyone who ever wanted to dig deeper Continue reading
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The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart and ‘Justice for All? The Nomination of William Pryor’
7 Jul 2003 … Jon Stewart on his unique brand of news delivery and why his show has a unique niche in a sea of cable news and talk shows. And can judges with strong ideological convictions set aside their personal beliefs and uphold Continue reading
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The News Media’s Challenge in Our Constant State of Emergency
10 Oct 2017 … It’s old news that Donald Trump abuses reason, knowledge, decency and dark-skinned people. You can’t tear your eyes away. You can already write tomorrow’s story: Today the vicious, deranged freak-show star trashed Enemy A, picked a fight with Failed Insider Continue reading
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Google’s Monopoly on the News
2 Feb 2013 … The article originally appeared in The Nation. The Federal Trade Commission’s premature decision to close down its investigation of Google is a blow not just to Google’s competitors but to the health of American democracy in the digital age. At Continue reading
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All But Two TV News Shows Are Ignoring Historic Trade Negotiations
2 Feb 2015 … Although the nations involved in the TPP negotiations create a huge amount of economic activity, only PBS and MSNBC have devoted any significant coverage. Continue reading
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Mindful Voters, Mindless News: Trump Is a Teachable Moment
7 Jul 2016 … The sun rose blood red this morning. Sunlight stained the pine of my bedroom bookshelves a shade of Indian paintbrush. For minutes I just stood there, ambushed by the angled light in the silent room. As the sun crept across Continue reading
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Trump and His Trumpeting Media
8 Aug 2016 … Rumors fly that Donald Trump has post-November plans for a fully branded network of his own. It may even be that he harbored such a thought all along; that, he always anticipated checking out from his national candidacy (as my Continue reading
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Why is Cable News So Obsessed with the Zimmerman Trial?
7 Jul 2013 … We asked Media Matters' Eric Boehlert to critique the barrage of coverage. Continue reading
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Danny Schechter Was Our News Dissector
3 Mar 2015 … The longtime media critic, producer, director and radio personality Danny Schecter died of pancreatic cancer last week. Continue reading
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The News Today Was Awful… Except When It Wasn’t
7 Jul 2020 … Today juxtaposed the worst of America and its best. Continue reading