Category Archives: Media Bias

Dave Loebsack on Funding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Dave Loebsack on Funding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting [Editor's Note: Following is a response from Iowa Second District Congressman Dave Loebsack to a letter regarding the proposed elimination of funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.]Washington, DCMarch 1, 2011 … Continue reading

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Iowa Progressives and the Reagan Centennial

Iowa Progressives and the Reagan Centennial by Paul DeatonWhen Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act near the Statue of Liberty in 1986, the new law required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status and granted amnesty … Continue reading

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Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap

Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap by Paul Deaton [Editors' Note: During the first week of the 84th Iowa General Assembly scores of things happened at a rapid clip. Following is a … Continue reading

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Glenn Beck’s Attacks On Progressives Don’t Belong On Iowa Public Airwaves

By Alta Price, M.D. Glenn Beck attacks “progressives” by lying about us and our vision for the country. And he does it by emotionally spouting paranoid conspiracy theories that incite those so consumed by anger and fear, or so out … Continue reading

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Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap

Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap Iowa State Capitol News – Weekend Recap by Paul Deaton [Editors' Note: With Republicans controlling Terrace Hill and the Iowa House of Representatives, a lot of news is expected from the Iowa Capitol … Continue reading

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Ed Fallon & Iowa Progressive Radio

Ed Fallon & Iowa Progressive Radio by Paul DeatonOn Wednesday, I appeared on Bradshaw at 98.3 WOW-FM in Des Moines with progressive talker Ed Fallon who was filling in for the host. During the half hour, we recapped of the … Continue reading

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Blog for Iowa Talks Politics

Blog for Iowa Talks Politics On Monday October 11, Blog for Iowa participated in a panel discussion on a new local access television program called “Talking with Yale Cohn.” Host Yale Cohn included Paul Deaton from Blog for Iowa and … Continue reading

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Waning Republican Enthusiasm in Iowa

Waning Republican Enthusiasm in Iowa by Paul DeatonWhen I read James Q. Lynch's October 1, 2010 post at easterniowagovernment.com, my reaction was immediate and negative. The headline, “Republican Voter Numbers Surge” conveys the impression that there is something new going … Continue reading

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Net Neutrality and Rural Iowa

Net Neutrality and Rural Iowa by Paul Deaton “…the management of network discrimination (how packets of data are prioritized) on routers owned by large corporations is a matter in the public interest. Most of us have not questioned how this … Continue reading

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The Mind Wanders During the Summer

The Mind Wanders During the Summer by Dave Bradley In the “no-duh” department Fox News(?) has been caught doctoring videos again to victimize a member of the Obama administration, Shirley Sherrod, who is liberal and a person of color. This … Continue reading

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