Because of the intensity of the debate on health care reform, and the Republican ideological war on the middle class, we are now hearing much talk about the “American Center,” the supposedly independent political middle. The fact is that there is no political middle, polls notwithstanding. The only poll that matters, politicians will tell you [...]
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The Myth of the American Political Center
December 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Culture, Health Care, Media, Politics
Tags: Health Care·Media·media and politics·Politics·Republicans·Right Wing
Lou Dobbs and the Mystery of the Missing Birth Certificate
November 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Culture, International affairs, Media, Politics
Lou Dobbs has been on the air for 30 years. In chronological years, he is not an old man these days. But in keeping up with the times, in educating himself, and in thinking of the future, is he living in a past age? Has time passed him bye? Does he still wear brown shoes [...]
Tags: birthers·guns·illegal aliens·illegal immigration·Lou Dobbs·Media·President Obama·President Obama's birth certificate
Truth and Propaganda
September 26th, 2009 · Comments Off · Culture, Media
The recent rash of articles surrounding the idea that a nightly television personality may have, over time, perhaps become the victim of some kind of neurosis, speaking irrationally, brings up an important subject. When must we demand truth from media and prohibit irrational speech or speech based on objectives that are antithetical to society’s interests? Several issues are quite clear. [...]
Tags: Media·media and politics·propaganda·rules·society·television commentator·television personality·truth
The State of American Monopolistic Media
August 30th, 2009 · Comments Off · Media, Politics
Do you wonder why you only see the typical kind of “he-said, she-said” commentary–and news, too–that calls for some flack on one side of an isssue to respond to the flack on the other side of the issue? Do you wonder why Bill O’Reilly slams Keith Olbermann on tv and then Keith Olbermann slams Bill [...]
The Great Right-Wing Propaganda War
November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Culture, Health Care, jobs, Media, Politics
There is a war going on in this country. It is a war against the American People and a war against the truth. It is not being waged by terrorists but by a group of hugely wealthy, arch-conservative individuals who merely want…more. Their personal assets, both individually and collectively are in the billions and they [...]
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