Media

CHICAGO'S TRIBULATION

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Thu., 1/1/09
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The Tribune Company, which owns the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, South Florida's Sun Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel, Hartford Courant, 23 television stations, cable station WGN, and the Chicago Cubs, was bought last year by a Chicago real estate... [read more]

MASS MEDIA IGNORE THE MASSES

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Sat., 11/1/08
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The MBAs and corporate bean counters who run America's newspapers these days blame the internet, fickle advertisers, America's education system, unions, and even you and me--aka, the "stupid public"--for the ongoing decline in readership. There is, however, one group they... [read more]

NO "NEWS" FROM IRAQ

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Sun., 7/13/08
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Ho-hum. The war. Such a bore. After six years, the media is fatigued with the story. As a CBS news producer put it, "One guy in uniform looks like any other guy in uniform." Yeah, so why cover that?

And, indeed,... [read more]

VIDEO: Revisiting the arrest of the protesters

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Tue., 10/30/07
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Think our government wouldn't suppress our right to peacefully protest? Think again! Do you want to put this video on your site or blog? You can embed the YouTube video... [read more]

IGNORING PARIS

Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Tue., 4/3/07
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Stop the presses! There's been a stunning breakthrough in news coverage by America's establishment media.

The Associated Press, which feeds stories 24/7 to thousands of media outlets, recently imposed a one-week ban on any stories about Paris Hilton! Yes, the... [read more]