Tag Archives: media reform

Almost #Ready For Hillary

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Trish Nelson

This is a close-to-home example of what is wrong with media today – wasted newspaper space that could have been used to inform.  [see Not Ready for Hillary, published in December, 2013.] Almost Ready For Hillary But I’m even readier … Continue reading →

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Ebola Wins “Lie Of The Year”

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Trish Nelson

This story underscores what Blog for Iowa attempts to point out about the media as often as we possibly can.  It was mostly Republicans who were making the exaggerated claims about Ebola,  but they were affirmed and supported by the … Continue reading →

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What If You Had An Election And Nobody Came To Cover it?

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Trish Nelson

In Iowa, you get Joni Ernst. This article points to Colorado as a microcosm of what is happening to newspapers nationally (including Iowa), and the impact of the loss of journalism on elections.   Colorado lost 50% of reporters covering … Continue reading →

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Republicans Not Elected To Govern

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Trish Nelson

All we can say is.. wow..      

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How The Money & Media Complex Is Sabotaging Our Elections

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Trish Nelson
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McChesney: We Need Public Funding For Journalism

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Trish Nelson

Media activist Robert McChesney, co-founder of Free Press and co-author with John Nichols of Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America, gave a lecture Monday on the University of Iowa campus.  McChesney has most recently authored … Continue reading →

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Author of “Dollarocracy” Coming To The University of Iowa

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Trish Nelson

“Dollarocracy is the most important political book of the year, maybe of our times. This is exactly the book every concerned American needs to read, because the process of understanding what exactly is going on and taking America back from … Continue reading →

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Barack To Bill: “They Believe It Because Folks Like You Are Telling Them That”

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Trish Nelson

I don’t always watch videos that are promoted as “watch so-and-so really nail Tucker Carlson” or “watch the liberal crush Ann Coulter,” etc…  It seems like every time I fall for it, it turns out the other way around. Not … Continue reading →

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Gov't Propaganda Okay in U.S.

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Paul Deaton

From Foreign Policy Magazine: U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News To Americans “For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law (the Smith-Mundt Act) prevented the U.S. government’s mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences. But on July 2, that … Continue reading →

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Coming July 24th: The People’s Video Revolt Against Monsanto And The Corporate Media

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Trish Nelson

On July 24, the people’s media, otherwise known as the free and open internet, will be used to bring the world’s attention to the under-reported story of  bad corporate citizen Monsanto, and the potential dangers of genetically modified foods.  Democracy … Continue reading →

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