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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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Patricia Vonne Headlines Jan. 23 Rag Blog Benefit Bash
Graphic by James Retherford / Hot Digital Dog Design / The Rag Blog. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. Latina rocker Patricia Vonneheadlines Rag Blog benefit at Jovita’s What: Rag Blog BenefitWho: Latina rocker Patricia Vonne and singer-songwriter Gina ChavezWhere: Jovita’s, … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, El Salvador, Gina Chavez, Journalism, Jovita's, Musicians, Patricia Vonne, Rag Radio, The Rag Blog, Thorne Dreyer
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Danny Schechter : The Media Hit Job on Helen Thomas
Former White House correspondent Helen Thomas. Image from Mediate.com.Media hit job of 2010:The vitriolic treatment of White Housecorrespondent Helen Thomas She may be a critic of Israel but never a hater of Jews, a distinction the world recognizes, but that … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Semitism, Danny Schechter, Helen Thomas, Israel Lobby, Journalism, Middle East
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Danny Schechter : WikiLeaks and the Fetish of Secrecy
Graphic from APS.Wikileaks and the secrets that deceive us It’s the age-old battle between our right to know and their right to keep us from knowing. By Danny Schechter / The Rag Blog / December 21, 2010 In the days … Continue reading
Tom Hayden : Julian Assange and the Lynch-Mob Moment
The lynch mob in Frankenstein. Is Julian Assange next?The lynch-mob moment:The frenzy over Julian Assange and WikiLeaks By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / December 15, 2010 We know that conservatives are extremists for order, but why have so … Continue reading
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Tagged Digital Media, Freedom of Information, Journalism, Julian Assange, Tom Hayden, WikiLeaks, Witch Hunting
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John Naughton : The WikiLeaks Backlash and the Culture of the Internet
Political cartoon from The Young Diplomat.Killing the messenger:The attack on WikiLeaks It represents the first really sustained confrontation between the established order and the culture of the internet… By John Naughton / December 6, 2010 “Never waste a good crisis” … Continue reading
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Tagged Digital Media, Freedom of Information, Internet, Journalism, Technology, WikiLeaks
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Ted McLaughlin : The WikiLeaks Brouhaha
Political cartoon by samir alramahi / toonpool.com.WikiLeaks brouhaha:A danger to our security,or serving the public’s right to know? By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / November 29, 2010 I doubt if there’s any established government on earth that can’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Journalism, Julian Assange, Ted McLaughlin, WikiLeaks
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Larry Ray : Hitting the Pause Button
From the land of the ‘oil geezer’:America’s round-the-clock ‘churnalism’ By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / July 21, 2010 GULFPORT, Mississippi — This column has been on pause for almost a month. The disgust and distraction from smelly, greasy … Continue reading
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Tagged Deepwater Horizon, Gulf Coast, Journalism, Larry Ray, Media, Mississippi, Oil Spill
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Salon et al : Romancing the Stone
On a roll: Image from Luminous Landscape.Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone:The Salon/Adobe/Oracle/Dell connection By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / July 3, 2010 As the recent replacement of General McChrystal by General Petraeus as military leader of the Pentagon’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Feldman, Business, Internet, Journalism, Media, Rolling Stone
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Dick J. Reavis : Texas Monthly’s ‘Where I’m From’
Erykah Badu (right) at nine years, with her sister Nayrok, six, in Dallas in 1980. Badu contributed to Texas Monthly‘s special edition. Photo from Texas Monthly.Signs of a new inclusiveness?Texas Monthly‘s special edition By Dick J. Reavis / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Dick J. Reavis, Diversity, Erykah Badu, Journalism, Latinos, Media, Rick Perry, Texas, Texas Monthly
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Houston Alternative Media : Telling It Like It Was
Underground in H-Town. Art by Shelby Hohl / Museum of Printing History.Underground [history] in H-Town:Veteran journalists compare notesOn counterculture and alt media By Raj Mankad / May 24, 2010 [Raj Mankad is the editor of Cite magazine, the “architecture and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Media, Counterculture, Culture, History, Houston, Journalism, Journalists, Margaret Webb Dreyer, Museums, Raj Mankad, Sixties, Space City, Thorne Dreyer, Underground Press
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Underground in H-Town : A Rich History of Alternative Media
Museum of Printing History: Saluting Houston’s alternative media. By shane patrick boyle | The Rag Blog | May 19, 2010 HOUSTON — Houston has a problem, a memory problem. This is particularly true when it comes to the history of … Continue reading
