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Category Archives: media
Controlling the Past, Controlling The Future
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
Posted in #trumpresistance, media, Media Bias
Tagged 1984, control, control what children learn, George Orwell
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Media In The Midterms
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
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, media, Media Bias
Tagged right wing corporate media
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Newspaper Closings Cripple Our Democracy
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
What Biden Has Done Megathread
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
Posted in Biden-Harris, media, Media Bias
Tagged Biden one year, one year accomplishments, partial list
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Noise, Noise, Noise
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
Posted in Biden-Harris, Covid-19, media, Racism in America, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Policy
Tagged critical race theory, flood the zone with shit
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D-Day: Five Months Since The Attempted Coup
Tomorrow is the 77th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe by the Allies in World War 2. This is a day that looms large in our family because my late father-in-law was among those who stormed the beach. As … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, media, Media Bias
Tagged bravery, cowardice, D-Day, The Big Lie
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Disinformation!
Former Senator Al Franken hits one of the major problems in America today. Simply stated it is disinformation. Half of America allows themselves to be fed a steady diet of lies, omissions, hate and perversions of the truth. Here in … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Humor, media, Media Bias
Tagged Al Franken, disinformation
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SCOTUS Allows FCC To Loosen Ownership Rules
As if media consolidation wasn’t bad enough already, Thursday the Supreme Court made it possible for even more consolidation to take place. The question before the Court was not on the validity of ownership rules or their effects on the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, media, Republican Policy, SCOTUS
Tagged FCC, media consolidation
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“DePlatformed?” Us Too!
As if I needed yet another chuckle over how badly conservatives are treated in this country, I almost drove off the road laughing when I heard the news on public radio Friday and some Republican Iowa legislators were whining about … Continue reading
Posted in media, Media Bias, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Policy
Tagged fairness doctrine, newspapers, platforms, Radio, TV
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