As we’ve discussed here many times in the past, the loss of local papers around the United States is going to have negative repercussions that we cannot yet imagine. There will, without a doubt, be more government corruption, and corporate crime. A democracy, in order to survive and thrive, needs an active investigative press. And, […]
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The death of the American press and the corresponding rise in corruption
Posted in Observations, Other, Predictions, Uncategorized Also tagged accountability press, EMU, Federal Communications Commission, Information Needs of Communities, investigative reporting, Laura Dickinson, Orange Taylor, President Fallon, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism 18 Comments
Goodbye Olbermann, hello Comcast
Keith Olbermann was let go from MSNBC yesterday. I’ll admit that I wasn’t the biggest fan of his Murrow-aping delivery, but I liked knowing that he was out there every night, calling the conservatives out on their bullshit. He was, as far as I know, the first person in the media to speak up against […]
Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Al Franken, Comcast, Countownw, Federal Communications Commission, Keith Olbermann, media consolidation, monopoly, MSNBC, NBC, Rachel Maddow, threats to Democracy 8 Comments
Net Neutrality and the DISCLOSE Act
Tonight, I will be signing a petition and calling the offices of my Senators in order to weigh in on two very important initiatives, and I would like to ask that you do the same. The first is called the DISCLOSE Act, and it’s being championed by Senators Patrick Leahy and Chuck Schumer. The bill, […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Free Speech, Politics Also tagged call to action, Chuck Schumer, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporate money, disclose act, Federal Communications Commission, get the money out of Washington, Google, ISPs, Julius Genachowski, net neutrality, Patrick Leahy, Supreme Court, Verizon 6 Comments