Tag Archive for The Media

Wake Up: National Public Sleeping Day is No Excuse for Not Reading This

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Sunday Reader –  By Glynn Wilson – KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The east-facing window in this humble abode was enshrouded in fog the first thing Sunday morning, not the famous smoke you sometimes see in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. Since it’s National Public Sleeping Day and the weather was not conducive to…

Should the Media Walk Out on Trump?

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On the Media –   By Glynn Wilson -  There is a groundswell of public sentiment on social media that perhaps the White House press corps should run a boycott on Trump. Before we go any further, let me make it clear up front that this is never going to happen, for economic reasons if…

Trump’s Seven Techniques to Control the Media

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By Robert Reich – Democracy depends on a free and independent press, which is why all tyrants try to squelch it. They use seven techniques that, worryingly, President-elect Donald Trump already employs. 1. Berate the media. Last week, Trump summoned two-dozen TV news anchors and executives to the twenty-fifth floor of Trump Tower to berate…

The Media Created Trump: Will the Anti-Trump Media Onslaught Bury Him?

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By Carl Golden – Renowned 20th Century philosopher Dennis Rodman, he of professional basketball, tattoo and body piercing fame, once responded to a reporter’s question about whether he was bothered by the critical news coverage of him by saying: “The only bad press is an obit.” Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, it seems, has bought…

The Real Digital Divide Afflicting American Politics

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By Neal Gabler – Moyers & Company – When we talk about the media’s effect on our political discourse, usually we’re referring to the way politics are reported. There are, of course, lots of other ways in which media mediate the political process, from ads to organizing to community building to fundraising, all of which…

The Trump Story You’re Not Hearing About: His Close Ties to Organized Crime

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By Todd Gitlin – To readers who follow taxes and finance — subjects often introduced with the adjective “arcane” — David Cay Johnston is one of America’s best-known reporters. Johnston has worked on the staffs of Reuters, the Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and from 1995 to 2008, The New York Times, where his…