MEDIA LINKS
RADIO:
Norman Goldman http://normangoldman.com
Thom Hartman http://www.thomhartmann.com/
Good Article in Alternet.org: The Progressive Answer to Conservative Talk Radio
INTERNET:
www.Alternet.org (compiles news from many different Progressive sources)
www.MoveOn.org (has easy links to issues with charts, graphs, etc.)
www.americanprogress.org (Center for American Progress)
www.CenteronBudgetandPolicyPriorities.org
www.EconomicPolicyInstitute.org
T.V. :
PoliticsNation (with Al Sharpton)
Lawrence O’Donnell (was staff on the Finance Committee in the Senate)
Note: “Morning Joe” Scarborough is a Republican ex-congressman from Florida.
Current TV Started by Al Gore. Now has Keith Olberman – Countdown and Cenk Uyger of The Young Turks.
SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT RE: MEDIA
The Centrist Cop-Out By Paul Krugman. 7/28/2011.
“Some of us have long complained about the cult of “balance”, the insistence on portraying both parties as equally wrong and equally at fault on any issue, never mind the facts. I joked long ago that if one party declared that the earth was flat, the headlines would read “Views Differ on Shape of Planet.” “The cult of balance has played an important role in bringing us to the edge of disaster. For when reporting on political disputes always implies that both sides are to blame, there is no penalty for extremism. Voters won’t punish you for outrageous behavior if all they ever hear is that both sides are at fault.” “So what’s the buzz about a centrist uprising? As I see it, it’s coming from people who recognize the dysfunctional nature of modern American politics, but refuse, for whatever reason, to acknowledge the one-sided role of Republican extremists in making our system dysfunctional.”
Koch Brothers Exposed: Will You Help Senator Sanders Expose the Koch Echo Chamber By BraveNewFoundation.
The Problem of Media Idiocy: Why Do MSM Media Stars Pretend to Be Stupid? By Eric Alterman,
Expands on Paul Krugman’s theme “Cult of Balance”/“Centrist Cop-Out”
The Foxification of CNN? 8 Signs the Network is Trying to Tilt Crazy Right By Mark Howard. Oct. 12, 2011
Rupert Murdoch’s American Scandals By Tim Dickinson. August l8, 2011. (*WARNING* Contains Strong Language)
