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Voices In The Fight For Clean Water In Iowa

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Trish Nelson

During the run up to the 2024 election, why didn’t we hear more about clean water and Iowa’s water quality problems from candidates for office?  I don’t know, but my prediction is in 2026 water quality will be front and … Continue reading →

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Narratives Into The 2024 Election

Posted on February 17, 2024 by Paul Deaton

There are two parts to turning the country around and both run through the ballot box. The first is voting: making sure we take care of ourselves by checking our registration and then voting in person, either early or on … Continue reading →

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How The Broadcast Media Aids and Abets the Trump Agenda

Posted on September 22, 2023 by Trish Nelson

Media rant alert! I was going to review the Iowa Press interview with Chuck Grassley, but I was warned off by a friend who watched it before I did and said,  “good gawd – 5 minutes in and it’s one … Continue reading →

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President Biden Renominates Public Interest Advocate To FCC

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Trish Nelson

https://www.freepress.net/news/press-releases/president-biden-rejects-industry-smear-campaign-and-renominates-gigi-sohn WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, President Joe Biden renominated public-interest advocate Gigi Sohn to serve on the Federal Communications Commission. Biden first nominated Sohn to the position in October 2021, but she faced an intense smear campaign orchestrated by groups … Continue reading →

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Narrative Creep In Ukraine Coverage

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Trish Nelson

“They are trapped in a business model that creates news as narratives. It’s one thing to tell stories. It’s another thing to direct them and start to try to shape them.” – Jon Stewart

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Whatever Happened To the CRT Nontroversy?

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Eric Boehlert at Pressrun.media did some research on the sudden disappearance of CRT coverage in the media and got some interesting results.  The “critical race theory” phenom is a clear-cut example of media malpractice that is quite common but in … Continue reading →

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Fox News, Murdoch, A Cancer On Democracies

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Something has to be done about it. “Fox is not a news organization. It is a propaganda outfit owned by a foreign family.”

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Are Progressive Media Companies On The Rise?

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Grassroots progressive activists including Blog for Iowa, have been saying for some time liberal billionaires should invest in media. This is great news. https://www.axios.com/soros-hoffman-disinformation-tara-mcgowan.html A new public benefit corporation backed by billionaires Reid Hoffman, George Soros, and others is launching … Continue reading →

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FCC Fines Sinclair Stations

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Trish Nelson

This is great news. Sinclair Broadcasting hit with hefty, unprecedented fines. https://www.nexttv.com/news/fcc-upholds-record-dollar10m-retrans-fine-against-sinclair-managed-stations “ATVA applauds the FCC’s decision to fine stations associated with Sinclair nearly $9 million for violating the good faith negotiation rules,” said American Television Alliance Jessica Kendust. “The … Continue reading →

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An Epistemological Crisis

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Paul Deaton

It’s no secret there is an epistemological crisis undermining the authority of knowledge. It may be the most significant problem to grow out of the Reagan administration. That the discussion of creationism versus evolution returned during the 1980s was only … Continue reading →

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