Sports: Just a distraction from things that matter?
Now there are other media too whose basic social role is quite different: it’s diversion. There’s the real mass media–the kinds that are aimed at, you know, Joe Six Pack–that […]
Category Archives: Media
Does Super Bowl 2013 reveal a sick culture?
Dennis Trainor, Jr. points out that the Super Bowl is one of the last communal experiences we have. Last year, 71% of TV households watched the Super Bowl. Nevertheless, advertising–full […]
Missing the Jack Lew connection: How a Citigroup exec becomes Treasury Secretary
by @rousseau_ist Frontline’s most recent program entitled “The Untouchables,” which aired on January 22, outlined how Lanny Breuer, head of the DOJ’s criminal division, and his Deputy were unwilling to […]
Inauguration Day: Obama 2.0
Mainstream media cameras will be directed solely at the Capitol, the Mall and the Inaugural Parade route today–sites of carefully coordinated pomp and circumstance. But there will be much more […]
DC Media Group: Journalists working for you
If you’re interested in the events surrounding the 2013 Inauguration but don’t want to tune into Mainstream Media repetition of soundbites and paeans to pageantry, there’s an alternative for you. […]
Breaking the Death Fast
A couple of weeks ago I took the unusual measure of removing two posts from this blog. They were about the activist who calls himself “Start Loving.” His name is […]
Occupy Analogy of the Day
“Rolling Thunder is in town, 900,000 strong are moving in. This is like Occupy DC on two wheels.” -James George, examiner.com
Images of Chicago #NoNATO
Some of the most striking moments and photos of the last day, continuously updated. Related articles Raw Video Of Chicago Police Beating NATO Protesters with Batons (theintelhub.com)
Rove, Boehner talk Big Business to Small Business Summit
They banned the press, but we were prepared to infiltrate. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) was putting on a “Small Business Summit” in Washington, DC on May 14-16. […]
Gotcha! Right-wing catches Obama, Labor and Occupy DC in the act of…something
The right-wing media/blogosphere reveled in a gotcha moment this week. Ever since the Tea Party was discredited by the Koch Brothers’ billions and tamed by the Republican party, right-wingers have […]
