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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
We’re Celebrating America’s President Joe Biden Today
You will find no photos here today of domestic terrorists climbing the walls of congress like spiders, last January 6. The only thing I will opine about the storm-the-capitol crowd is that they were using The Big Lie as an … Continue reading
Is The Primary Goal Of Iowa Press To Project Republicans In A Positive Light?
Iowa Press show instructions this week seemed to be, say something to make it look like Republicans, Kim Reynolds in particular, caused the good things that are happening with welcoming Afghan refugees to Iowa. Henderson: As the U.S. airlift accelerated … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghan refugees in Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds, Iowa Press, joni ernst, migrant children in Iowa
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Framelab Podcast: Why Defund The Police Failed As A Political Frame
George Lakoff is a retired Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley. He is now Director of the Center for the Neural Mind & Society (cnms.berkeley.edu). Click here for a list of books … Continue reading
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Tagged political framing, political messaging, right wing propaganda
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Update: Event Rescheduled/Candlelight Vigil To Be Held Jan. 6
UPDATE: Original event called off due to – Weather!!! There will be a candlelight vigil , same location, 5pm on Jan 6th, in coordination with hundreds of similar “January 6th Vigils for Democracy” being held around the country. Further details … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa Physicians for Social Responsibility, Iowa veterans for peace, peace rally
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How The Koch Brothers Shut Down The War On Covid
Two parts of the story here (1) a short video of a public comment made by Senator Joe Bolkcom in 2017 about the Koch Brothers’ ongoing occupation of our own state capitol and (2) an excerpt from a recent article … Continue reading
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Tagged #COVIDKim, AFP, ALEC, Koch Brothers in Iowa
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Iowa Press Fails To Inform Continued…
And another thing.. Monday I posted about last weekend’s edition of Iowa Press. Afterwards, I had to sort through some additional reactions to it. This program has been a staple on Iowa PBS for decades. It needs to modernize itself. … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa governor's race, Iowa media bias, Iowa politics, Iowa Press
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Al Franken Speaks With Planned Parenthood CEO
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Tagged abortion rights, reproductive freedom, Scotus, women's equality
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Iowa Press Fails To Inform
Taped on Friday, December 17. The latest Reporters’ Roundtable edition of Iowa Press would have been essentially useless as far as informing the public about issues had it not been for Kathy Obradovich. While the others wasted their time primarily … Continue reading
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Tagged government transparency, Iowa open meetings and records law, Iowa Press, reporters roundtable
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Bridges In Iowa Crumble While Miller-Meeks Plays Politics
by Thomas Beaumont apnews.com/article/business-iowa-mississippi-river-davenport-mariannette-miller-meeks DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Davenport’s 81-year-old Centennial Bridge across the Mississippi River creaks under the weight of tens of thousands of cars and trucks every day. Rust shows through its chipped silver paint, exposing the steel … Continue reading
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Tagged #Trumpster Miller-Meeks, Centennial bridge, Davenport, Iowa bridges, Iowa bridges in disrepair, Marianette Miller-Meeks
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Whatever Happened To the CRT Nontroversy?
Eric Boehlert at Pressrun.media did some research on the sudden disappearance of CRT coverage in the media and got some interesting results. The “critical race theory” phenom is a clear-cut example of media malpractice that is quite common but in … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate media, GOP Lies, media reform
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