As Gallup notes, trust in the corporate media is at an all-time low.Much of the loss of trust is due to the media’s selling of Iraq war lies and covering up the severity of the financial crisis.Here are two essays I wrote – the first from a year ago, …
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Mission (Not) Accomplished on Oil Spill
August 27th, 2010 |
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You’ve probably heard that BP has capped the oil well and the almost all the oil has been cleaned up, right?Meanwhile, back in the real world:A tidal wave of oil is, supposedly, about to hit shore: “A 200-foot-by-2-mile swath of oil is going to make l…
The Responses to the Gulf Oil Spill and to the Financial Crisis Are Remarkably Similar … And Have Made Both Crises Much Worse
May 18th, 2010 |
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The Gulf oil spill and the financial crisis were both caused by excessive risk-taking by industry giants and the “capture” of politicians and regulators by the corporate behemoths.Moreover, the response to the Gulf oil spill and the financial crisis ar…
Economist James Galbraith: Economists Should Move into the Background, and “Criminologists to the Forefront”
April 22nd, 2010 |
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University of Texas economics professor James K. Galbraith previously said that fraud caused the financial crisis:
You had fraud in the origination of the mortgages, fraud in the underwriting, fraud in the ratings agencies. Senator Kaufman said la…
Even Clinton Slams Clinton Retreads: Summers and Rubin Must Go
April 18th, 2010 |
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Larry Summers and Robert Rubin served as Secretaries of the Treasury under Bill Clinton (Rubin between January 11, 1995 – July 2, 1999, and Summers between July 2, 1999 – January 20, 2001).Both conservatives and liberals alike have called Summers a…
The American Dream Has Moved Abroad
March 17th, 2010 |
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The American dream has always been that even those with humble roots can end up wealthy.The American dream is what has motivated generations of Americans – natives and immigrants alike – to work hard and play by the rules.And as Michael Moore wrote in …
5 Reasons that Corporate Media Coverage is Pro-War
December 4th, 2009 |
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Note: McClatchy and several other large news sources are exceptions which have reported well on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. There are five reasons that the mainstream media is worthless. 1. Self-Censorship by Journalists Initially, there is tremend…
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [87] — A Tale Of Two Houses
July 25th, 2009 |
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Before I begin with the serious stuff, I’d like to indulge in a little gratuitous media-bashing first. If that sort of thing isn’t your cup…