Palin Loses Her Next Door Neighbor
Posted on September 5, 2010 - Filed Under Blog | Leave a Comment
It’s being reported that author Joe McGinniss, is packing his bags and heading home to Massachusetts from Wasilla, Alaska. For the past three months, McGinniss, has been living next door to the Palins. He says he was in Wasilla to research a book on Sarah Palin, not to spy on her family. Being able to […]
Read More..>>Paul Conrad Dies
Posted on September 4, 2010 - Filed Under Blog | Leave a Comment
“Paul Conrad, whose fiercely confrontational editorial cartoons made him one of the leading political provocateurs of the second half of the 20th century and who helped push the Los Angeles Times to national prominence, has died. He was 86.
Conrad died early Saturday of natural causes, surrounded by his family at his home in […]
Mainstream Ignores Real News
Posted on September 4, 2010 - Filed Under Blog | Leave a Comment
There’s plenty of real news out there. Much of it, is simply not being covered. At least, not as it should be covered. Like this piece from Consumer Watchdog.org. Time was, the “mainstream media” would jump on a story like this and refuse to let it go.
“Washington, DC —Consumer Watchdog and the Center for […]
“Legislating Under the Influence”
Posted on September 4, 2010 - Filed Under Blog | Leave a Comment
Common Cause has issued a “Legislating Under the Influence” study. It’s worth a look-
* Energy interests, including oil and gas companies, electric utilities, mining companies and waste management firms, have contributed more than $337 million to federal candidates and party organizations since 2000. Only the financial sector – banks, insurance companies and other financial firms, […]
Bill Kurtis And Walter Jacobson? What If It Works?
Posted on September 3, 2010 - Filed Under Blog | Leave a Comment
Happy to see Chicago broadcasting legends Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson are back on the air, anchoring the news on WBBM-TV.
I was astonished when I heard they were bringing these guys back. First of all, it’s the old format that uses two male co-anchors. Not very politically correct but that’s the way some of […]
Investigative Reporters, Going, Going…..Gone?
Posted on September 3, 2010 - Filed Under Blog | Leave a Comment
Mary Walton reports in AJR on the disappearance of investigative reporters-
“Kicked out, bought out or barely hanging on, investigative reporters are a vanishing species in the forests of dead tree media and missing in action on Action News. I-Teams are shrinking or, more often, disappearing altogether. Assigned to cover multiple beats, multitasking […]
The Job Of Journalism Is What?
Posted on September 2, 2010 - Filed Under Blog | Leave a Comment
Among the last real broadcast journalists standing, Dan Rather was, as usual, on target as he spoke with Malllary Jean Tenore at the Poynter Institute. His words are of special importance as we approach the midterm elections with a Congress that’s largely bought and paid for with corporate money. Click on his name following […]
Read More..>>Worst Demagogues
Posted on September 2, 2010 - Filed Under Blog | Leave a Comment
Interesting overview on American demagogues through the years from The Daily Beast. And yes, Glenn Beck made the list.
“A look through American history shows that divisive populist appeals during times of economic anxiety have a long history. They have come from politicians or media figures, hammering home their point on a soapbox […]
Eisner The New Boss At Tribune?
Posted on August 31, 2010 - Filed Under Blog | Leave a Comment
The Wrap is reporting that former Disney CEO Michael Eisner is about to take the reigns as the new chairman at the Tribune Company.
“Right now, it’s going to be Eisner,” the person said. “The lenders are going to try to take the company. It’s the only way they are going to get some […]
Joe Bosco - Dead At 61
Posted on August 31, 2010 - Filed Under Blog | Leave a Comment
Ron Olsen Joe Bosco Walter Richards
It’s funny how things sometimes come to you.
I was reading the posts on Facebook and saw a note from Linda Deutsch, who wrote , “I’ve found a very sad flaw in Facebook. They don’t eliminate people’s birthdays when they die. So Facebookers are sending greetings […]
Respected Aviators Taken Into Custody In Santa Barbara
Posted on August 30, 2010 - Filed Under Blog | Leave a Comment
The owners of King Schools for flight training in San Diego were greeted at gunpoint, handcuffed and taken into custody at the Santa Barbara Airport on the 28th. According to the AOPA Pilot, John and Martha King were mistakenly detained by police, who thought they had stolen the Cessna airplane they were flying. They […]
Read More..>>Media Ignores Continued Gouging
Posted on August 29, 2010 - Filed Under Blog | Leave a Comment
Healthcare reform. Been there and done that, right? And still, Americans continue to pay a whole lot more than the rest of the industrialized world for prescription drugs. An outrage the major corporate owned (and pharmaceutical company supported) media continues to largely ignore.
The fact that this is nothing new only adds further insult to […]
The Fed’s Annual Working Vacation
Posted on August 28, 2010 - Filed Under Blog | Leave a Comment
I’m trying to get my head around the Fed, holding its annual “economic symposium” in the tony, trendy, high-end resort area of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
While the guys from the Fed are presumably eating surf and turf and knocking back a few apple martinis on the taxpayer’s dime, it is being reported that:
-New home sales […]
Glenn Beck, Andrew Young And The Price Of Crude
Posted on August 28, 2010 - Filed Under Blog | Leave a Comment
Former U.N. Ambassador, Andrew Young, just put in an interesting appearance on the “CNN Newsroom” program. He was invited to talk about the turnout for Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington, D.C. , and presumably the reaction of African-Americans to Beck holding his rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary […]
Read More..>>Whitman’s Real Goal - Sacramento Or D.C.?
Posted on August 28, 2010 - Filed Under Blog | Leave a Comment
Dick Rosengarten brings up an interesting point in the current issue of California Political Week. What’s Meg Whitman really after, the Governor’s Office or a spot on the next Republican presidential ticket? Rosengarten points out that Whitman has pumped $104 million into the campaign, but still hasn’t been able to put Jerry Brown “away.” […]
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