Category Archives: Media Bias

How To Fight Sinclair Broadcasting In Iowa

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Sinclair  is about to become the TV version of  right-wing radio.  How do we fight back?   1 – Everyone should go to freepress.net, sign up for emails and complete the contact form to the FCC opposing the Sinclair-Tribune merger. … Continue reading →

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Did Blum’s Office Pressure KCRG To Defame Indivisible Iowa?

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Trish Nelson

I like KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids. I think they are a pretty good local station with generally solid journalistic standards in an otherwise wobbly media environment.  They are much better than the Sinclair Broadcasting-owned KGAN in eastern Iowa. So I … Continue reading →

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Research Shows Political Polarization Mainly A Right Wing Phenomenon

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Yet another example of research confirming the obvious. http://news.wgbh.org The CJR study, by scholars at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, at Harvard Law School, and the MIT Center for Civic Media, examined more than 1.25 million articles … Continue reading →

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From The Terrorism Alert Desk

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Reprinted with permission from the Summer 2017 issue of  The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter,  funded entirely by reader subscription,  and available only in hard copy for $12/yr.  Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. Sorry, we … Continue reading →

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Right Wing Radio Host Michael Savage Wants Government Takeover Of Media

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Related: Naomi Klein’s “The Shock Doctrine” Mediamatters.org Right-wing radio host Michael Savage called for a government takeover of media following a shooting at a baseball practice of Republican members of Congress.  [Note from BFIA: Savage is broadcast 2 hours a … Continue reading →

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The Iowa Right Wing Cult Machine

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Trish Nelson

The right wing propaganda/cult machine is driving Iowa politics.  Find your local station in the list below.  These Iowa stations broadcast multiple hours every day of right wing propaganda over the publicly owned airwaves.  Call/write your local station. Tell them … Continue reading →

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Fox, Right Wing Media Not Reporting Trump-Russia Investigation

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Trish Nelson

How can people continue to support Trump, you ask?  Here’s how.  Watch the entire 12 minute 44 sec. video.  It goes all the way back to the Powell Memo of 1971.  

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How The Sinclair Deal Affects Iowa

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Trish Nelson

http://iowahighwayends.net/blog/ The Iowahighwayends blog has no share widgets and does not offer an RSS feed.  There is no affiliated Facebook page.  If you want to follow, you just have to go the website. We appreciate Jeff Morrison’s reporting on the … Continue reading →

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Tell The FCC: Block The Sinclair Deal

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from CREDO A conservative media empire that reportedly cut a shady 2016 deal with the Trump campaign is poised to grow even larger – giving it the power to distort news coverage in markets all across the country.1 … Continue reading →

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Another War Based On Bogus Info?

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Dave Bradley

“War” by Edwin Starr with scenes from Viet Nam Like so many we took the story of Bashar al-Assad using sarin gas on Syrians at face value. American media reported it almost in single voice with nearly nary a dissent … Continue reading →

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