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Tag Archives: #mediareform
Preserving What Is Ours
Media and Democracy Project (MAD) hosted media reform legend Sue Wilson, founder of the Media Action Center, to talk about her history of success fighting for better broadcast news. You can see the video here: The airwaves are owned by … Continue reading
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Our Broken and Damaged News And Information System
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Public Media Faces Threat Under Trump Regime
Everyone knows authoritarian governments seek to control the media in order to control the perceptions of the public. Trump is trying to de-fund public media, the nation’s largest provider of nonprofit local news and rural journalism. Free Press Blog Vanessa … Continue reading
Fractured Media – A Courier Live Event
Two panels discuss how we can build a progressive media network going forward. The focus is on internet media. I didn’t catch all the names of the panelists but Tara McGowan of Courier News and Leigh McGowan (Politics Girl) were … Continue reading
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Ann Selzer on Iowa Press
In this episode of Iowa Press, Ann Selzer talks about the latest Iowa poll and the “spectacular changes” in the way the electorate is thinking. Erin Murphy can’t believe the numbers and begs Selzer to say it isn’t so. Meanwhile … Continue reading
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Press Corps Not Equipped To Deliver Facts Or Substance
Kamala Harris is taking power back from the press corps Hat tip to Paul Deaton for forwarding this article by John Stoehr. Below is an excerpt. Click on the image to read the entire article. Haven’t come across anyone who … Continue reading
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Iowa Press And Republican Frames
The latest episode of Iowa Press featured Iowa Senate Minority Leader Pam Jochum as the guest. Here is my review of the program. Let’s start with moderator Kay Henderson’s opener: “Iowa democrats will try to win back State Senate seats … Continue reading
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Book Review: Attack From Within
We need information that will help us cope with the 2024 political campaigns and facilitate Democratic wins. Barbara McQuade’s new book has the potential to do that. McQuade is a law school professor and legal analyst for NBC News and … Continue reading
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HCR: Biden’s Extraordinarily Successful Presidency vs. A Complete Mess On The Republican Side
Check out Heather Cox Richardson’s February 20 podcast. Yesterday on the topic of some people making an argument about a challenger to President Joe Biden she had this to say: “Just speaking as a political historian one of the things … Continue reading
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Americans Upbeat On Biden Economy
Jennifer Rubin’s January 22 opinion piece in the Washington Post makes a great point about the relationship between opinion polls and media. Not in the sense of the media going overboard on their coverage of polls, which they do, but … Continue reading
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