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Tag Archives: Right wing media
Media, “Culture Wars” And Rural Voters
The RuralVote.org folks don’t get into the whys, but I think we know why. Fake news, Fox News, Facebook, conservative talk radio spreading anti-democratic propaganda. But it’s too late to do much to change the mass media before November. So … Continue reading
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Tagged Democrats and rural voters, fake news, Right wing media, Rural vote
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Scrambled Thoughts As Russia Invades Ukraine
I am putting some thoughts down on paper to maybe help clear my mind as Russia invades Ukraine. In my humble opinion, it is similar naked aggression Germany used in Poland. It is scary. My first thought is that the … Continue reading
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Tagged disinformation, Right wing media, Ukraine
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Fox News, Murdoch, A Cancer On Democracies
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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Tagged Fox propaganda, media reform, Right wing media, right wing propaganda
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Jen Senko: Right Wing Media Is The Core Of Our Problem
Jen Senko’s excellent documentary The Brainwashing of my Dad about the purposeful rise of right wing media in America won a Webbie award this week. Please watch this conversation about the film. You can see Brainwashing on Prime and some … Continue reading
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Tagged Jen Senko, Right wing media, right wing propaganda, The Brainwashing of My Dad, Webbie awards
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Perception is Reality
Thom Hartmann does a Democratic post-mortem with Indivisible Director Megan Hatcher Mays. This video is about 9 minutes. Last week I discussed the proliferation of conservative media, particularly talk radio, in rural areas throughout the country including Iowa. Progressives have … Continue reading
ABC And Sinclair Affiliates Target Of Grassroots Media Action
Media action alert from Free Press: During the Democratic presidential debate on Thursday, ABC stations — including those owned by notorious right-wing broadcaster Sinclair — ran a racist ad targeting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. A powerful woman of color, Ocasio-Cortez is … Continue reading
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Tagged #mediareform, ABC affiliates, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New Faces GOP, Right wing media, right wing propaganda machine, Sinclair Broadcasting
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Women Transforming Media: Jen Senko
Read my review of Jen Senko’s film here: blogforiowa.com/movie-review-the-brainwashing-of-my-dad/ Connect with Jen Senko on Facebook. She is seeking our help fighting the corrosive effects of right wing propaganda on our democracy. Do you have a personal story of losing a … Continue reading
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Tagged Jen Senko, Right wing media, right wing propaganda, The Brainwashing of My Dad
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Sean Hannity Is The Real President
It has been cast about that Fox News is the real president. Actually, it appears to be Sean Hannity. Media Matters for America Since taking office, President Donald Trump’s relationship with chief Fox News propagandist Sean Hannity has been extensively … Continue reading
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Tagged faux news, Right wing media, Sean Hannity
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Iowa Republicans Still Blindly Following Trump
“Roughly 44 percent of voters nationwide approve of Trump’s job performance and 51 percent disapprove, according to Real Clear Politics’ average of national polls…Those numbers were the same found in Iowa, according to an Iowa Poll published in February in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Kaufmann HD 73, Iowa Republicans, Right wing media, right wing propaganda machine, Trump Republicans
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Fox News Staffer “Pro-Trump Thing Isn’t Working”
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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Tagged fake news, media reform, Right wing media
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