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Category Archives: History
AN ANALYSIS OF TV NEWS – FROM 1958 (PART II)!
Aug. 11, 2012 By Jack Jodell Here is part II of my three part post featuring a visionary speech made to the Radio and Television News Directors Association by the late, great, iconic Edward R. Murrow on October 15, 1958. … Continue reading
Posted in commentary, economics, History
Tagged CBS, Edward R. Murrow, mainstream media, NBC, television news
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HEROES OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM (Part Two)
Aug. 3, 2012 By Jack Jodell We have seen a great many things decline in this country over the past few decades, from civility in politics to working persons’ real disposable income. Regrettably, this decline has even affected American journalism, where … Continue reading
Posted in commentary, corporatist, extremists, Fox "News", History, Politics
Tagged Bill O'Reilly, Edward R. Murrow, Glenn Beck, pathetic mainstream media, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin
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CHAMBER OF HORRORS!
July 9, 2012 By Jack Jodell From its very inception in 1912, as a counterbalance to the then-nascent labor movement in this country , the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has opposed the creation of labor unions and therefore the betterment of … Continue reading
Posted in "free market" economics, Bush tax cuts for the rich, capitalism, commentary, conservative Republicans, corporate greed, Democratic Party, economics, History, labor unions, reactionary Republicans, taxes, Tea Party
Tagged Affordable Care Act of 2010, Citizens United, climate change, corporate personhood, Extreme Court, MoveOn.org, People for the American Way, Ronald Reagan, Think Progress, Thomas Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, William Howard Taft
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HEROES OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM (Part One)!”
June 19, 2012 By Jack Jodell With the rise of that horrible phenomenon in recent years known as the corporate media, we in the United States have been getting an ever-increasing slant of pro-corporate, incomplete news. In an era of … Continue reading
THE END OF OUR FIRST REPUBLIC (1776-2012)!
By Jack Jodell, Apr. 2, 2012 Many here in America have a tendency to ridicule the French, whom we seem to view as weak, indecisive, conceited, and unreliable. While it is true that we had to assist them in both World … Continue reading
WHEN PRESIDENTS WERE ACTUALLY QUALIFIED!
By Jack Jodell, Dec. 7, 2011 As I look over the current seeming parade of 2012 presidential wannabes we have seen from the Republican side thus far, I am struck by how downright provincial and totally unqualified most of them have shown themselves to … Continue reading
THE GLARING FAILURE OF REPUBLICAN “FREE MARKET” ECONOMICS!
By Jack Jodell, October 18, 2011 The widespread and ongoing OCCUPY TOGETHER movements all over the world show a massive, almost universal, displeasure with capitalism as an economic model, particularly the ”free market” variety so beloved and espoused by today’s … Continue reading
GREAT PROGRESSIVE VOICES (Part IX)!
April 18, 2013 By Jack Jodell. It has been some time since I have added a post to this series, which has highlighted a wide array of people from a great many walks of life. Each has, through progressive ideals and … Continue reading →