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NBC’s Brian Williams and the causalities of war
Brian Williams helped to further wound the already wounded U.S. news media. Healing those wounds will take a long time. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | February 10, 2015 Most of us exaggerate and embellish at some time … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Williams, Broadcast Media, Independent Media, Jonah Raskin, NBC News. Journalism, Rag Bloggers, War Reporting
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METRO | Nancy Simons : Finding
‘Democracy Now!’
When ‘Democracy Now!’ disappeared from Austin public access television, we worked to get it back. By Nancy Simons | The Rag Blog | July 30, 2014 AUSTIN — Years ago, the first time my husband and I watched Democracy Now!, … Continue reading
BOOKS / Leslie Griffith : Dan Rather’s ‘Rather Outspoken’
Dan Rather is Rather Outspoken Reporters had best be careful when they set about the business of digging up news. Dan Rather’s unsettling ‘push under the bus’ is an instructive case in point. By Leslie Griffith / Reader Supported News … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Broadcast Media, CBS, Corporate Media, Dan Rather, Investigative Journalism, Journalists, Leslie Griffith, Mainstream Media, Rather Outspoken
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Danny Schechter : Sayonara to Mike Wallace and the End of an Era
Mike Wallace hosting “CBS Morning News” in 1963. Photo from CBS Photo Archive / Getty Images.Sayonara to Mike Wallaceand the news era he led Mike Wallace turned the macho face-off into a personal signature that resembled nothing so much as … Continue reading
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Tagged 60 Minutes, Broadcast Media, Danny Schechter, Deaths, Mike Wallace, Network News
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BOOKS / Lamar W. Hankins : ‘The Fox Effect’ Poisons Public Discourse
The Fox Effect:Disinformation that poisons public discourse By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | March 26, 2012 [The Fox Effect, by David Brock, Ari Rabin-Havt, and Media Matters for America (2012: Anchor); Paperback; 336 pp; $15.] Sometimes education … Continue reading
Harry Targ : Sleeping Through the News
Talking heads. Image from Today’s Word on Journalism.Sleeping through the news:‘I suppose there is nothing we can do…’ By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / January 3, 2012 While I sleep through some of the news shows hosted by … Continue reading
Emily Hellewell : Public Radio and the West Texas Wildfires
The Southwest Incident Management Team conducted burnouts April 19 near the McDonald Observatory in far west Texas. Photo by Frank Cianciolo / McDonald Observatory / Marfa Public Radio.Why public radio maters:Marfa station is critical resourceduring west Texas wildfires By Emily … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Marfa, Natural Disasters, NPR, Public Radio, West Texas
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Eric Boehlert : Fox Insider Says ‘Stuff Is Just Made Up’
Fox’s Roger Ailes. Image from Scene MagazineFox News Insider:‘Stuff Is Just Made Up’ By Eric Boehlert / Media Matters / February 15, 2011 Asked what most viewers and observers of Fox News would be surprised to learn about the controversial … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Eric Boehlert, Fox News, Journalism, MediaMatters, Right Wing Media, Roger Ailes
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Ivan Koop Kuper : KFMK-FM Was Houston’s ‘Mother Radio’
Bumper Sticker design for FM radio station KFMK. Graphic © Joel R. Cheves 1965 – 2008. Image from OmegaGraphix. Progressive Radio Roots:KFMK-FM was part of a radio revolution By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Counterculture, Houston, Houston History, Ivan Koop Kuper, KFMK-FM, Pacifica, Progressive Radio, Sixties
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Greg Moses : Capitalism, Race Relations, and Tea Party Denial
Cartoon by Bennett / Chattanooga Times Free Press / Motor City Liberal.A national conversion in race relations?Beyond Tea Party denial, mockery, and deceit By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / July 26, 2010 Call me evangelist for anti-racist conversion … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Capitalism, Greg Moses, Racism, Shirley Sherrod, Tea Baggers
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Worse or Worser? : Barrier Grief in Louisiana
An oil soaked brown pelican attempts to takes flight on Louisiana coast. Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP.Worse or worser?Gulf grief, contractors, and media mania By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / May 29, 2010 Shock and awe, misdirection, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Jindal, Broadcast Media, Cable News, CNN, Ecology, Environment, Greg Moses, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Oil Spill, Politics
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Citizen-Journalist Bill Moyers : Salute to a Colleague
Bill Moyers. Image from Cincinnati.comFinal entry:Closing the book on Bill Moyers’ Journal By Danny Schechter / April 30, 2010 I salute our colleague, our friend, our mentor and role model, Bill Moyers, who airs his last Journal program tonight on … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Moyers, Broadcast Media, Danny Schechter, Journalists, Media Criticism, People, Public Television
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