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Why he quit: Fox News analyst denounces propaganda channel

March 21, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Media, Resignations, Transcripts, Widgets: Letters of protest Leave a comment

Calling Fox News “a mere propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration,” Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters [US Army, retired]  quit his job

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Ivanka trumps Claire Underwood

December 5, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Media, Trump Leave a comment

With all the talk about Michael Flynn flipping and turning on “higher-ups,” it’s remarkable how with all the names mentioned, Ivanka Trump is always

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Scarborough

Open Letter to Joe Scarborough

September 3, 2017 Helena Webb Crime/Violence, Democracy, Media, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

Joe – Thank you. Your panel discussion of the Berkley/Antifa/Snowflake “controversy” reminded me why of I don’t watch morning news programs. It is too

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know-nothing

WSJ Interview transcript: More know-nothing bs from Trump

August 2, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Media, Transcripts, Trump One comment

After its Oval Office interview with Trump on July 25, 2017, the Wall Street Journal released highlights of what the newspaper considered the most

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reporters

Latest NY Times Trump transcript: Why do reporters clean it up for TV?

July 20, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Media, Trump, Widget: Transcripts 3 comments

In his latest interview with the New York Times [July 19, 2017], Donald Trump did what he always does: He rambled, flitted from topic

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KOAT-TV

A Local TV station that knows how to cover national news

July 16, 2017 Arthur Lieber ACA/Obamacare, Charity & Justice, Government, Media Leave a comment

I was recently in Albuquerque, NM and amazed at the extensive and exceptional coverage that one local TV station gave to the proposed Republican

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Media falls into Republican meme on health care

July 13, 2017 Arthur Lieber ACA/Obamacare, Federalism, Health care, Media, Politics, Republican Brain Leave a comment

Kate Bolduan, a very respected journalist on CNN, seemed to fall into a Republican trap on how to frame health care policy. She was

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Highlights of NY Times’ annotated Constitution

July 4, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Constitution, Federalism, Government, Media Leave a comment

On July 2, 2017, the New York Times published a special section: an annotated version of the United States Constitution. The special section, says

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Capitalism isn't working

Material Conditions First!

June 21, 2017 Adam Levin Activism, Capitalism, Corporations, Democracy, Economy, Media, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Consider two anecdotes: The First: Recently I tried to get into the mind of a Trump supporter that had posted a status about the

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Trump, it’s the triad again!

May 18, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Corruption, Government, Justice, Legal issues/Law, Media, Trump Leave a comment

Donald Trump has had trouble understanding the nuclear triad. He may now want to get a little more familiar with the triad that can

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