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French Muslims attend Catholic Mass to show solidarity after the murder of a priest By Tess Owen July 31, 2016 Muslims across France attended Catholic Mass on Sunday to show their solidarity and compassion in the wake of the brutal murder of a French priest by two teenagers who claimed to be acting in the […]
Posted: August 1st, 2016 under Media.
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By-Passing the Democratic Nominating Convention
The DNC has since April, we now learn, been working with the Clinton camp behind the scenes to have the Democratic primary declared over on June 7th.
Posted: May 11th, 2016 under Constitutional Crisis, Media, Political Figures, Propaganda.
Tags: Bernie or Bust, Democracy, Democratic principles, DNC
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Political ReLoveLution
Posted: April 11th, 2016 under Media.
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Superdelegate Spin ~ President Bernie Sanders?
Posted: March 28th, 2016 under Media.
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Reflecting In Fragments Distorts What We Are
“The Departure of the Prodigal Son” By Rainer Maria Rilke To go forth now from all the entanglement that is ours and yet not ours, like the water in an old well, reflects us in fragments, distorts what we are. From all that clings like burrs and brambles– to go forth and see for […]
Posted: March 27th, 2016 under Media.
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Dear Cody Cain: What About the Fourth Estate?
Blogging on HuffPost and Salon Cain says that Trump has rattled our foundation and begs the question of whether the: People Can Be Trusted with Democracy. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cody-cain/trump-rattles-our-foundat_b_9368482.html?utm_hp_ref=politics What about the media? The media has trounced on Bernie Sanders from day one and given Trump two for one in terms of coverage for every dollar he’s […]
Posted: March 3rd, 2016 under Associated Press, BBC, CNN, Defamation, GOP Debates, Media, Political Figures, Propaganda, Sideshow.
Tags: 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Cody Cain, Demagogue, Democracy, DNC, First Amendment, Media Blackout, Professor Barnes, Trump
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JOURNALISM’S REAL HEROS AREN’T DRAWING OFFENSIVE CARTOONS
Two reminders: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled to learn that the body of Anabel Flores Salazar, a crime reporter for the El Sol de Orizaba newspaper, was found on the Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca road in Puebla state on 9 Feb 16, a day after the 32-year-old mother was abducted from her home in neighbouring Veracruz state. […]
Posted: February 19th, 2016 under Associated Press, BBC, CNN, Death Threats, Law Enforcement, Media.
Tags: First Amendment, Journalists, Robin Barnes
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The Beginning of a Political Revolution Led By Young Women By Robin Barnes
Parsing Talk of Danger, Targets, Hell and Bimbos This blog is largely devoted to media analysis, featuring original posts or those written by others that speak to issues surrounding media influence in public debate. The 2016 Election coverage offers the more grist for the mill than nearly any other source, as it provides a first-hand […]
Posted: February 10th, 2016 under Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Death Threats, Media, Multi-media platforms, Propaganda, Regulators.
Tags: 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Campaign Donations, Clinton, Corruption, Economic Crisis, Elizabeth Warren, Financial Fraud, Gloria Steinem, Goldman, Iowa, Lloyd Blankfein, Madeline Albright, New Hampshire, Robin Barnes, Rock the Vote
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Donald Trump is to Bernie Sanders as Archie Bunker is to Jon Stewart
Elite media often blur distinctions between right-wing populism and progressive populism — as though there’s not all that much difference between appealing to xenophobia and racism on the one hand and appealing for social justice and humanistic solidarity on the other.
Posted: January 27th, 2016 under Associated Press, BBC, CNN, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Defamation, Fox News, GOP Debates, Lobbyists, Media, Media lawyers, Political Figures, Propaganda.
Tags: Bernie Sanders, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Editors, Elizabeth Warren, Journalists, Politics, Robert Reich, Robin Barnes, Rupert Murdoch
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Press Freedom in the UK, Right Laws for the Right Reasons
The British press has a world-envied tradition of first-class investigatory journalism, of asking difficult questions, of seeing past the spin to hold the powerful to account. Let’s hope they uphold that proud tradition as they report on the battle to save the HRA in coming months.
Posted: January 23rd, 2016 under Associated Press, BBC, CNN, Defamation, Lobbyists, Media, Media lawyers, Regulators, UK.
Tags: Article 10, British Press, David Miranda, European Court of Human Rights, FOIA, Human Rights, Investigative Journalism, Liberty, Robin Barnes, Schedule 7, Victory for HRA
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