Tag: 2016 Election
Silence Really Is The Voice of Complicity
Elizabeth Warren There’s a history of demagogues calling those they disagree with “terrorists” and using that as justification for intimidation and violence – and that history is ugly and dangerous. There’s also a history of people staying quiet for too long, hoping for the best but watching silently as the threat metastasizes. Donald Trump […]
Posted: March 14th, 2016 under Constitutional Crisis, Death Threats, Entertainers, Fox News, GOP Debates, Political Figures, Propaganda.
Tags: 2016 Election, Decency, Hatemongers, Journalists, Outrageous Behavior, Professor Barnes, Senator Elizabeth Warren
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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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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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Senator Bernie Sanders: History-Making Grassroots Support
Question of Media Black Out? Is the Democratic National Committee trying to undermine the presidential campaign of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders? That’s the charge Sanders’ team is making amid a dust-up over a breach of voter information. On Friday, the DNC suspended Sanders’ access to a critical database after finding his staffers improperly viewed front-runner Hillary Clinton’s […]
Posted: January 6th, 2016 under Associated Press, BBC, CNN, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Defamation, Fox News, International Monetary Fund, Media, Multi-media platforms.
Tags: 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Journalists, Robin Barnes
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Huff Post’s Arana: Buffoonery on Steroids-US Media Rewards Clowns!
Trump plays on, in such exaggerated form it’s cartoonish, the media’s worst instincts — its love of sensationalism, its desire for sound bites and its weakness for manufactured controversy. The media rewards clowns, and you couldn’t ask for a bigger bozo than Trump.
Posted: September 14th, 2015 under Associated Press, CNN, Entertainers, Media, Political Figures, Propaganda, Sideshow.
Tags: 2016 Election, Buffoonery, GOP Primary, Ignorance, Lindsey Graham, Racism, Republican, Robin Barnes, Trump
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