…our various citizen groups experiencing difficulty in getting “newstime” or “newsprint” because their subjects—clearly newsworthy and affecting people directly—weren’t already in the corporate news media by some high profile story…. Continue reading
…“Space Ship One wins $10 million X Prize,” Alan Boyle, MSNBC, October 5, 2004, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6167761/ 102 “Longitude clock comes alive,” Julianna Kettlewell, BBC News, March 11, 2002, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1864737.stm 103 “The… Continue reading
…important voice. But the vast bulk of what appears on television today is of low quality — tabloid, sensationalist “news,” both from local stations and national syndicators, ugly talk shows,… Continue reading
“Fake news” comes in many different forms. Before the 2016 presidential election, the term was used to describe modern day yellow journalism―false or misleading news stories widely shared on social… Continue reading
…(2003): 123-39; Shawn Reeves, “Decades of Progress Have Overlooked Parts of Appalachia,” Habitat World, February-March 20 Cynthia M. Duncan, Worlds Apart: Why Poverty Persists in Rural America (New Haven: Yale… Continue reading
…agency. Much of what passes for public debate about OSHA today consists of corporate-inspired propaganda, half truths, inventions, and fabrications in the form of anecdotal horror stories about the excesses… Continue reading
…more CEOs following his example? Annie Leonard. With her widely successful Story of Stuff project, Annie Leonard scoured the world for the stories that tell the tale of where our… Continue reading
…Lawmakers Advocate ‘Mother of All Subsidies’ for Delta, United, and American Airlines;” May 22, 2015; (thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/242863-lawmakers-advocate-mother-of-all-subsidies-for-delta) USA Today; “United to Pay $2.25M in Newark Scandal;” July 14, 2016; (www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/07/14/united-port-scandal/87094180/) United… Continue reading
America has a media problem. Much of commercial radio consists of music and advertisements for corporate products. Network and cable news are increasingly hyper-focused on political gaffes, irrelevant scandals, sensationalism… Continue reading
…with the crucial, bedrock word “justice” that they didn’t often want to hurl against the Republicans. Too bad, because the hardest word for the Republicans to hijack is “justice.” Note… Continue reading
