Tag Archives: MSNBC

Rick Snyder… becoming a laughing stock in the national media

By Mark | December 12, 2012

I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a morning news show where the hosts, when confronted by the response of a politician, actually laugh out loud in said guest’s face, but that’s exactly what happened this morning when our Governor, Rick Snyder, appeared on MSNBC and attempted to sell the idea that the new right-to-work [...]

Posted in Media, Michigan, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged labor history, laughing, Morning Joe, Richard Wolffe, Rick Snyder, right-to-work, unions | 14 Comments

Bonnie Bucqueroux on the Lansing Online News

By Mark | April 9, 2012

As I think I’ve demonstrated here in the past, I’m intrigued by what’s going on around the United States in the emerging field of citizen journalism. I like the idea of regular people rising up, motivated by the ever-decreasing quality of local reportage, and launching their own online news communities. As some of you may [...]

Posted in Media, Michigan, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged advertising, Al Gore, alternative press, Alternet, Ann Arbor News, B. L. Bucqueroux, Bill Castanier, Bonnie Bucqueroux, Bringing the Thunder to Southwest Lansing, Broadside, BSQUEAKY, Caron Creighton, Chris Savage, citizen journalism, Clarice Thompson, Community Policing, Dana Casadei, Detroitblogger John, digital divide, digital media, Eclectablog, Erin Slayter, Flint, Frank Feska, future of journalism, Gone Wired Cafe, industrial agriculture, interviews, iPhone apps, Jonah Maygar, Justin Tadlock, L.A. Free Press, Lansing, Lansing Area Capital Gains, Lansing City Pulse, Lansing Community College, Lansing State Journal, Livestream, Michigan State University, MLive, new media, Okemos, open source, print, Print is Dead, public access television, Rachel Maddow, Raw Story, retirees, Runner's World, Samuel Rose, Santos Ramos, shoes, spitting cat, survivalist, Sustainable Farmer, tea party, The Citizens' Communique, The Climate Project, the shameful state of the American press, Therese Dawe, Todd Heywood, Traveler's Club, Truth-dig, Truthout, Virg Bernero, WLNZ, Yelp, Ypsi Sentinel, ZeroHedge | 8 Comments

Regardless of what you’re being told, the deficit is due to Bush’s tax cuts, not Obama’s stimulus spending

By Mark | July 28, 2011

Ann Arbor-born economist and historian Bruce Bartlett, who served as domestic policy advisor to Ronald Reagan, and in the Treasury under George H.W. Bush, joined Chris Mathews on MSNBC’s Hardball yesterday, talking about the true origins of our nation’s current deficit. It should be required viewing for all Americans… Here’s the video, followed by an [...]

Posted in Economics, Politics | Also tagged Afghanistan, Bruce Bartlett, budget deficit, Bush tax cuts, capital gains, Chris Mathews, deficit, Hardball, Iraq war, Obama is a Socialist, prescription drug bill, supply side, tax the rich, taxes | 21 Comments

Goodbye Olbermann, hello Comcast

By Mark | January 22, 2011

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, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Keith Olbermann, media consolidation, monopoly, NBC, Rachel Maddow, threats to Democracy | 8 Comments

Free healthcare clinic draws thousands

By Mark | November 17, 2009

While Glenn Beck and the folks over at FOX News were busy promoting their Tea Parties, giving their more rabid viewers an opportunity to scream, red-faced about Socialism and wave around the Hitler posters that they’d been hiding all these years, Keith Olbermann’s crew at MSNBC decided to go another route. Under the guidance of [...]