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Tag Archives: fairness doctrine
The King is Dead
I wrote this article for the March 2021 issue of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is funded entirely by reader subscription, available only in hard copy for $12/yr. Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Dittoheads, fairness doctrine, King of talk radio, Powell Memo of 1971, right wing propaganda, Rush Limbaugh
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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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TV With The Sound Off
Chyron – an electronically generated caption superimposed on a television or movie screen. Although it’s often used generically, it actually comes from the name of the company whose software allows television producers to add those crawling words, phrases, and images … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged fairness doctrine, Heather Cox Richardson, right wing propaganda
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Protecting Our Columns Of Democracy
Nicholas Johnson is a hero of everyone here at BFIA. Over the weekend we attended a reading of his new book at Prairie Lights book store in Iowa City. Scroll down to the video below to view the entire reading … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Columns of democracy, fairness doctrine, Nicholas Johnson
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A Guide To Trumpspeak And Bring Back The Fairness Doctrine
I do not like putting a Trump image on our blog, but I saw this meme on Bring Back The Fairness Doctrine’s Facebook page and it is a good illustration of how things are. Trump came to power because we … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged fairness doctrine, FreePress, media reform, national media reform conference, The Brainwashing of My Dad, Trumpspeak
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Right Wing Propaganda Machine Goes After Green New Deal
If you get a chance to ask a candidate a question between now and the Iowa caucuses, why not find out how they think we’re going to govern/get anything done on climate change or anything else when Fox News and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged fairness doctrine, Green New Deal, Iowa right-wing propaganda machine, Samantha Bee
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Why Not Occupy The Corporate Media?
As long as you’re out there, OWS, why not throw corporate media into the mix? As soon as you’re done with Wells Fargo and Bank of America, why not head over to General Electric, Walt Disney, News Corp., Time Warner, … Continue reading