Category Archives: media

Messaging Problem? Not Really!

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Dave Bradley

Like many I am still licking my wounds from the election. Kamala Harris ran a great race. Tim Walz ran a great race. Candidate Trump stunk it up and his running mate, Mr. Vance, barely registered as a blip on … Continue reading →

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Jack E. Smith Hits The Nail On The Head

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Dave Bradley

(Editor’s note: Jack E. Smith is a parody X account and is in no way affiliated with the special counsel Jack Luman Smith) Don’t miss what’s happening Jack E Smith Jack E. Smith  @7Veritas4 I, like many of you, have … Continue reading →

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Migration From Newspapers To Other Media

Posted on June 4, 2024 by Paul Deaton

This chart says a lot about the history of newspapers in the 21st Century. As the number of employees in the business declined by 75 percent, private equity extracted financial resources from these businesses through mergers and acquisitions, leaving a … Continue reading →

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When Someone Says What You Want To Say

Posted on October 7, 2023 by Dave Bradley

And says it so well! Wish I could put it together like Politics girl! One thing is not like the other (5.5 minutes) Media (4.5 minutes) Not much to add. Thank you, Politics Girl! Just remember, Iowans, when you vote … Continue reading →

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Controlling the Past, Controlling The Future

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Dave Bradley

A discussion of Orwell’s quote (9 minutes): You would think in this day and age that politicians and others in the public eye would learn that lying about something that happened especially when there is a digital record should be … Continue reading →

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Media In The Midterms

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Dave Bradley

Just a quick observation – the day of the media as an objective observer during the midterms are long gone. Most every media outlet is a subsidiary of some major corporation. As if we needed to be reminded, major corporations … Continue reading →

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Newspaper Closings Cripple Our Democracy

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Paul Deaton

U.S. newspapers close at a rate of two per week, according to David Bauder of Associated Press, referring to a recent study. In most cases, there is no replacement, creating a news desert. Lack of local news is bad for … Continue reading →

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What Biden Has Done Megathread

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Dave Bradley

  We wanted to make sure that everyone had a chance to see this. The “mainstream media” seldom misses a chance to blame President Biden for anything and everything that is perceived as a wrong in this world – and … Continue reading →

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“The Medium Is The Message”

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Dave Bradley

For those who read my stuff you know this is a message I come back to with some frequency. This short statement proffered by Professor Marshall Mcluhan of Toronto University in the late 1960s. My interpretation of this is that … Continue reading →

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Noise, Noise, Noise

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Dave Bradley

One of the things most of us hoped for following four years of lies, four years of mismanagement and outright illegal activities by the Trump administration was some competent leadership and a bit of quiet time away from the constant … Continue reading →

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