Tag Archives: media reform

Has The Media Already Normalized Trump?

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Trish Nelson

Amy Siskind, author and compiler of, The List, “a documentation of everything Trump does as he drives the United States into something close to fascism,” was a guest on Thom Hartmann’s live radio show this week.  Check out The List: … Continue reading →

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Fox News Staffer “Pro-Trump Thing Isn’t Working”

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Trish Nelson

From Media Matters for America – mediamatters.org/blog/2018/06/04/fox-news-reportedly-having-difficulty-selling-ads Fox News in trouble: “The pro-Trump thing isn’t working” Fox News is reportedly having trouble selling ads for Sean Hannity’s and Laura Ingraham’s shows. One Fox News staffer told Vanity Fair‘s Gabriel Sherman … Continue reading →

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Conservative PAC Attacks Sinclair-Tribune

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Trish Nelson

https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/conservative-pac-attacks-sinclair-tribune Citizens for the Republic joins coalition to block the Sinclair-Tribune merger The PAC, founded by then candidate Ronald Reagan in 1977 to espouse conservative causes, has joined the Coalition to Save Local Media, whose goal is not to save … Continue reading →

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Nicholas Johnson: Net Neutrality A Modern Day Pillar of Democracy

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Trish Nelson

“For the FCC to repeal Net Neutrality, ownership limits, or the Fairness Doctrine, or politicians to say media are “the enemy of the American people,” chops away at democracy’s pillars. (Now 46% of voters believe media make up anti-Trump stories.)” … Continue reading →

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FCC Asks for More Public Comments on Sinclair-Tribune Merger

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Everyone should go to freepress.net, sign up for emails and complete the contact form to the FCC opposing the Sinclair-Tribune merger. They have filed a Petition to Deny the merger with the FCC. You can still send a comment directly … Continue reading →

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Why People Believe Crazy Stuff

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Trish Nelson

Weekly update from Media Matters for America.  Click here to sign up for the MMA weekly newsletter. Hoaxes spread immediately after Las Vegas massacre A lone gunman killed at least 59 and injured hundreds in Las Vegas. It took mere … Continue reading →

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Fox, Right Wing Media Not Reporting Trump-Russia Investigation

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Trish Nelson

How can people continue to support Trump, you ask?  Here’s how.  Watch the entire 12 minute 44 sec. video.  It goes all the way back to the Powell Memo of 1971.  

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Right Wing Media And The Power Of Fear

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Trish Nelson

[UPDATE: September 24, 2023. Not much has changed in the Iowa talk radio landscape since 2017.  At initial glance/review of stations it’s possibly worse. Limbaugh is gone but is still on the air in “best ofs.”  There are many new … Continue reading →

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America Needs A Media Revolution

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from Freepress Donald Trump wants the press to be nicer to him — but that isn’t their job. We need to know: Is the media going to hold Trump accountable? The first sign of a fascist government? The … Continue reading →

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Boycott Trump TV

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Trish Nelson

I am not the only one who has been saying all along that Donald Trump – now  president-elect pussygrabberinchief, (PGOTUS) – is just a media creation. Donald  provided cable news readily available, inexpensive to produce, sensational content, so we now … Continue reading →

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