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Gun control impotency is another failure of the traditional media

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Gun control impotency partially driven by a willfully incompetent traditional media How bad is the gun violence in America? NPR’s David Schaper was covering a story about the impoverished Chicago Englewood neighborhood with a reputation for crime and violence. He was interviewing the co-founder of R.A.G.E (Resident Association of Greater Englewood) Asiaha Butler about community […]

Jorge Ramos slams news media on Bill O’Reilly ‘Not Professional’

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Jorge Ramos slams American news media Jorge Ramos did not have kind words of neither the American news media in general nor Bill O’Reilly in particular. His challenge to the press is to be more transparent and hard-hitting irrespective of party. Jorge Ramos believes news media journalists should keep their distance from politicians. Jorge Ramos […]

Republicans’ biggest Obamacare fear is in progress

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Obamacare confirming Republicans’ biggest fear A few weeks ago I wrote an article that was shared widely titled “Obamacare Is The Path To Single Payer Universal Healthcare.” I got some pushback on DailyKOS. One commenter said the following. I don’t think there is anything about the ACA that is a positive step to single payer. […]

Jonathan Martin gives pitiful analysis of Tea Party/GOP establishment mid-terms results

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Jonathan Martin mid-term narrative fail Last week I wrote the piece titled “Are the Traditional Media oblivious to the mid-term narrative that is falling apart?” The sub-title given the piece was “Force fitting a false mid-term narrative.” There were several inconvenient truths articulated. Specifically, President Obama’s poll numbers are not near as bad as implied. […]

Veterans groups slam Senator Richard Burr ‘insulting’ letter

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Richard Burr slammed for hypocrisy on veterans issues Senator Richard Burr was excoriated by veterans groups for politicizing the VA scandal. Richard Burr wrote an open letter in which he said It became clear at the hearing that most of the other VSOs attending appear to be more interested in defending the status quo within […]

Bernie Sanders excoriates GOP hypocrisy for abandoning veterans (VIDEO)

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Bernie Sanders gets real It is about time that those that are so vociferously calling for the ouster of Eric Shinseki be called out. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) did just that on Politics Nation. He called out Republicans for filibustering a bill that would have according to The Huffington Post, Sanders’ legislation addressed everything from […]

Courageous father blasts NRA after Elliot Rodger Massacre (VIDEO)

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Richard Martinez blasts NRA & Politicians We should all be tired of the senseless gun violence in this country. How many more must die? Richard Martinez, father of slain Christopher Martinez, displays his anguish and anger. “When will this insanity stop? Richard Martinez asked. When will enough people say, ‘Stop this madness!’ Too many have […]

Joe The Plumber: “Your dead kids don’t trump my Constitutional rights”

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Joe the plumber displays his insensitivity I have long said that Right Wing radio host and writers have made insensitivity, incivility, and inhumaneness vogue. Who can forget Rush Limbaugh calling Sandra Fluke, a women’s rights activist, a slut? He sort of apologized only after suffering advertising losses. Who can forget Glenn Beck’s ‘shoot them in […]

Gun control a big success in Australia – Blood on US politicians hands (VIDEO)

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One must be amazed that the American traditional media has allowed the NRA and Republican talking points to define the gun control narrative. This is no different than what they did and continue to do with the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) debate. They continue to allow misinformation to lead the public discourse. If you are […]

Are the Traditional Media oblivious to the mid-term narrative that is falling apart?

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Force fitting a false mid-term narrative A democracy requires a free independent press. The 1st Amendment of the constitution codifies that right. Unfortunately while the press represented by the traditional media has the right to be free, it has chosen indentured servitude to the American plutocracy. There are severe dangers to this eventuality. Specifically the […]