Journalist Robert Parry Shares the Truth About David Petraeus–Scandals Ignored by Corporate Media; Prof. Randall Wray on the Risks of a ‘Grand Bargain’ and Cuts to Medicare, Social Security
by Peter B. Collins on November 15, 2012
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Robert Parry, publisher and writer at Consortium News, returns with the history and context missing from the coverage of the Petraeus scandal; Economics Professor L. Randall Wray on the concocted “fiscal cliff” [click to continue]
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Brad Friedman on KPOJ/Portland Format Change, plus Updates on Election Problems This Year; John Ringer Brings Us a New Political Song & Video
by Peter B. Collins on November 12, 2012
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Brad Friedman of Bradblog.com
returns with a recap of the problems in our recent elections.
But first, Bradblog broke the story last Friday 11/9 that the first successful AM progressive talk station since the launch of Air America in 2004, KPOJ in Portland, OR, has changed to a sports format with no advance notice. We talk about impending changes at other stations, and name Seattle next, due to the expansion of sports talk that CBS Radio and others have announced for 2013. We comment of the lack of regulation and competition, and how local stations are operated in the interests of the owners–who also profit from the network shows they own–not the listeners. We also note that Democrats, including the Obama campaign, spent a billion dollars this year but didn’t steer any of it to progressive radio or blogs.
Then Brad updates Ohio’s election snags and Congressional District 18 in Florida, where Rep. Allen West (R-Extreme) is within a few hundred votes of challenger Patrick Murphy–and says West has good reason to verify the vote count, which mysteriously dropped at one point in the process. He also talks about FL Gov. Rick Scott’s decision to investigate election problems (including ridiculously long lines)by appointing the Secretary of State to investigate himself.
And we close with a snarky NY Times report on Mark Crispin Miller, which ridiculed him as a “voice of doom” for offering critical thinking on our broken election system.
59 minutes in, we talk with John Ringer, a regular guy who likes to write political songs. He’s back with his new one, The American Way, which takes on the drone wars and the attitudes of Americans. Here’s a link to the video, be sure to watch it and send John your comments via his website.
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Public Citizen’s Taylor Lincoln Reports on “Dark Money” in 2012 Senate Races
November 8, 2012Free Preview Clip Taylor Lincoln, Research Director of the Congress Watch project at Public Citizen, reports on “dark money” campaign operations in 2012 Senate races.
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist David Cay Johnston Reveals Corporate Scams, Large and Small, That Cost Us Billions
November 7, 2012Free Preview Clip David Cay Johnston, formerly with the New York Times and many other fine newspapers, returns to talk about his new book, The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use “Plain English” to Rob You Blind.
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Brad Friedman’s Final Pre-Election Update on Possibilities for Election Fraud, and Backbiting from the Side of Potential Victims; Gary Chew Reviews ‘Cloud Atlas’
October 29, 2012Preview Clip Brad Friedman of Bradblog returns for one more pre-election interview, commenting on recent coverage of election issues and smears from establishment types; Gary Chew tells us about Cloud Atlas.
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Boiling Frogs: Eric Draitser Details Austerity Programs in Europe, and What Austerity Looks Like in US
October 25, 2012Preview Clip Eric Draitser, who is now a regular contributor to Boiling Frogs Post, on the deadly impacts of economic austerity programs in Europe, coming soon to the United States.
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