Tag Archives: Right Wing Media

David Rovics :
Coca Cola’s ‘America the Beautiful’

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

Here’s my contribution to the discussion resulting from Coca-Cola’s multilingual ‘America the Beautiful’ Super Bowl commercial. ‘America the Beautiful’ By David Rovics | The Rag Blog | February 5, 2014 America is beautiful but it’s got a lot of ugly … Continue reading →

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Eric Boehlert : Fox Insider Says ‘Stuff Is Just Made Up’

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

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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Rebellious Pixels : Right Wing Radio Duck (Video)

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

This is a re-imagined Donald Duck cartoon remix constructed from dozens of classic Walt Disney cartoons from the 1930s to 1960s. Donald’s life is turned upside-down by the current economic crisis and he finds himself unemployed and falling behind on … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck : Testing the Waters?

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Glenn Beck and friend. Photo by Alex Brandon / AP.Testing the waters?Glenn Beck could happen here Beck…ignores the reality that our essential legal structures are Greco-Roman and Hodenosaunee (Iroquois) in origin, NOT Judaeo-Christian. Five of the first six presidents of … Continue reading →

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David McReynolds : Glenn Beck’s Faux Dream

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The great March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963. Photo by Warren K. Leffler / U.S. News & World Report / Wikimedia Commons.Remembering August 28th:Martin Luther King had a real dream By David McReynolds / The Rag … Continue reading →

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Gloria Feldt : Gender Disparities and Aniston-O’Reilly Spat

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly attacked Jennifer Aniston for her comments on single parenting. Photos by Sykes, AP; Lovekin / Getty. Image from New York Daily News.Women’s Equality Day:Aniston comments on single parentingGet O’Reilly all riled upBy Gloria Feldt / … Continue reading →

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Jay D. Jurie : The ‘New Zeal’ of Right Wing Propagandist Trevor Loudon

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Trevor Loudon. Image from USA Survival News.New Zealand’s Trevor Loudon and theRight-wing propaganda machine By Jay D. Jurie / The Rag Blog / August 4, 2010 Until I came across the KeyWiki site I didn’t know I had my very … Continue reading →

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Tom Hayden : Sherrod, Obama, and the Strength of Roots

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Charles Sherrod and Carl Braden (a civil rights legend, along with his wife Anne), in 1963. Photo from Wisconsin Historical Images. Collective amnesia The media have been silent about Shirley Sherrod’s husband, Charles Sherrod, a real hero to many of … Continue reading →

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Rush Limbaugh : Get Well, Class Clown

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Rush Limbaugh. From “Republican Clowns” / Daniel Kurtzman / Ask.com.Sick, sick, sick…Rush Limbaugh, Class ClownBy Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / December 31, 2009 There’s one in every classroom. Competing with the teacher for attention, cracking jokes, disrupting … Continue reading →

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A Few Bad Acorns and the Right Wing Crusade

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

In defense of ACORN: The right-wing crusade against ACORN is a far bigger fraud than any misdeeds a few employees might have committed By Joe Conason / September 21, 2009 For many years the combined forces of the far right … Continue reading →

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Losing or Giving Up the Fight Against Racism?

Posted on September 13, 2009 by RagBlog

US president Barack Obama: has he gone back on pledges made to black America? Photo: Michael Reynolds/EPA.Obama’s big silence: the race question: Has the president turned his back on black America?By Naomi Klein / September 12, 2009 Americans began the … Continue reading →

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The Afrikaner Party : GOP vs. Van Jones & Team Obama

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Van Jones (top) “should sue the living shit out of Glenn Beck.”The Afrikaner Party draws first blood:Van Jones, Obama and the audacity of capitulation By Tim Wise / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2009 Van Jones, special advisor to … Continue reading →

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