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Tag Archives: Iowa media
Deidre DeJear Delivers On Iowa Press
After the usual rather hostile political questions (read the full transcript here), someone finally asked a policy question. AP reporter David Pitt: “I’m wondering what you do as Governor if the Iowa Supreme Court decides to overturn the previous ruling … Continue reading
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Tagged Deidre DeJear, Iowa Democrats 2022, Iowa governor's race 2022, Iowa media, Iowa Press
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Iowa Press Has A Great Program… For A Change
I’ve been critical of Iowa Press. I just want them to be better because they have a key role to play informing the citizens of Iowa. In case you missed it the most recent edition of Iowa Press is definitely … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa Caucuses, Iowa Democrats, Iowa GOP vote suppression, Iowa media, Iowa Press, Ras Smith, Vote in person
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Plenty of Ineptitude To Go Around
Randy Evans’ article published yesterday in The Des Moines Register and elsewhere had a fun but misleading title. Neither Party is Immune to Ineptitude oddly equates Democrats’ poor messaging (no one disagrees, super-frustrating!) with Republican corruption and lying. Sadly, most … Continue reading
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Tagged both sides, fake news, Iowa media, Iowa Press, right wing media bias
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Why Communities Need Local News
Iowa newspapers are being challenged to survive the digital age as well as the pandemic. Art Cullen, editor of the Storm Lake Times; Ty Rushing, managing editor of the N’West Iowa Review; Doug Burns, co-owner and columnist for the Carroll … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa media, Iowa newspapers
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Progress Iowa Conducts Study Of Local Media
Kudos to Progress Iowa for focusing on our problematic media. These are important findings. Once again, research confirming the obvious. Latino, Native, Asian and African American Iowans Have Been Left Off Iowa Public Television’s ‘Iowa Press’ in 2019 With caucus … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa media, Iowa media bias, Iowa political talk shows, local media
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Pints, Politics And Media Narrative
In an effort to get outside my comfort zone I tried something new. I went to a media event called “Pints and Politics” at the Cedar Ridge Winery and Distillery in Swisher Thursday after my shift at the home, farm … Continue reading
Posted in Media Bias
Tagged Adam B. Sullivan, Ben Keiffer, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Christopher Peters, Iowa media, Iowa Public Radio, Joyce Russell, media, Media Bias, Todd Dorman
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Sean Hannity “People Like Us May End Up In Jail”
“Every night, Sean Hannity tells millions of viewers that Mueller’s probe is a corrupt plot to take down Trump and reverse the outcome of the election. Trump is a big fan of Hannity’s show, and the two men speak on … Continue reading
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Tagged Hate speech in Iowa, Iowa media, Iowa right wing radio, Sean Hannity, Steve Bannon
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Friday In Iowa: Newspapers
When I agreed to fill in as the summer, weekday editor of Blog for Iowa, the decline of newspapers, and substantial changes in corporate media was on my short list of topics to cover. As I drove to town yesterday, … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate media, Friday in Iowa, Iowa media, newspapers
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Pathetic Media Not Properly Conveying What ALEC Is
Not only have the media not properly conveyed what ALEC really is if they do talk about it which is extremely rare, but they are also not mentioning ALEC when it would make perfect sense to. Even the “liberal” media … Continue reading
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Tagged "stand your ground" law, ALEC, ALEC in Iowa, ALEC Spring Task Force Summit 2013, corporate media, Corporate PAC spending, iowa fracking, Iowa media, media reform, Origin of Voter ID laws
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