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Schechter: Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity and the Subprime Scandal
Book, August, 19 2008
DANNY SCHECHTER, "The News Dissector" has spent decades as a truth teller in the media, with leading media companies and as an independent filmmaker with the award-winning independent company Globalvision. A graduate of Cornell and the London Scho...
Schechter: 'Da Nile:' Many Tuning Out The Economic Squeeze
Commentary, August, 12 2008
Danny Schechter
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We have all heard the line, 'DA NILE is not just a river in Egypt.' Denial can be a pervasive social and political phenomenon. Some of us just don't want to know the truth or face its consequences. Maybe that's why we envelop ourselves in nationa...
Schechter: How Should We Respond To The Imploding Economy?
Commentary, August, 01 2008
Danny Schechter
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The question we face in late July, as regulators seize two more banks, is: will we be engulfed by a further collapse in our economy or can the damage be contained, or, even turned around?
Schechter: Is Who Becomes the Next President All That Matters?
Znet Article, May, 14 2008
Danny Schechter
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In this new world, if we want others to do our bidding, we can't threaten to obliterate them or strut around like Mighty Mouse when so many in the world see us as the Mouse that Roared.
Schechter: Will the Mortgage Industry Pay for Its Crimes?
Znet Article, May, 09 2008
Danny Schechter
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There is a time in the life of every writer when you find yourself fearing that you have become a robo call phone machine -- repeating the same message over and over and with diminishing results.
Schechter: Fed Up: Foxes Charged With Guarding Financial Coop, Bush/Paulson's Flawed Plan To Give The Fed More Power Over Wall Street
Commentary, April, 08 2008
Danny Schechter
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Suddenly in the run-up to April Fools day, and in rapid order, the 'Lions of Legislation' on the Hill, and the warring candidates on the campaign trail have discovered that the financial system is on the verge of collapse.
Schechter: Ides Of March 2008: Will Saving Wall Street Save Us? It's Not Just Big Banks That Panic In A Financial Crisis?
Commentary, March, 27 2008
Danny Schechter
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Wall Street has many friends. Its recurring sins and transgressions are pervasive but tend to get a free pass because of the way our society worships markets. Somehow the big boys always tend to take care of themselves. What about the rest of us? ...
Schechter: As Big Banks Fall: The Bear Has Fallen and the Bull is Gone Why the Financial Crisis Is Not Just About Finances
Commentary, March, 21 2008
Danny Schechter
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If you walk through London’s High Gate cemetery and wander over to the grave of the late Karl Marx and then listen closely with your ear to the ground, you might hear a repetitive murmur of the phrase “I told you so” in a distinctly German inflect...
Schechter: Political News Trumps Deeper Crisis: Will It Go Away If We Don't Know?
Commentary, March, 09 2008
Danny Schechter
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You know this by now. Hillary Clinton became the yellow rose of Texas, two stepping her way to election glory by slashing at her opponent. She also took Ohio and Rhode Island. Barack Obama snagged Vermont, says he leads in delegates. McCain won a...
Schechter: The Crash That’s Coming: More Bubbles Are Turning “There Will be Blood” From Fiction To Prophecy
Commentary, February, 27 2008
Danny Schechter
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Now that that this year’s Oscars are history, imagine if you will, an awards ceremony honoring not the best of the best but the worst of the worst, not just spinoffs like the “Razzies” (the Golden Razberries) for movies. Who should we single out a...
Schechter: Is Your Home Still Your Castle As Foreclosures Rise: Media Must Do More To Stop A 50 State Katrina?
Commentary, February, 22 2008
Danny Schechter
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When Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, the world saw a disaster unfold. Homes sank underwater, bodies floated away, and to this day, no one has really accepted responsibility while thousands remain homeless. Katrina shamed our nation in a sag...
Schechter: Memo To The FBI: Expand The Probe Of Economic Crimes, We Need A Special Prosecutor, And A Democratic Party That "Gets It"
Commentary, February, 13 2008
Danny Schechter
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After dragging its G-Man heels for years, someone at the FBI has woken up and realized that laws have been broken by the financial industry. Those violations are part of what led to the economic abyss we are facing. The ever - vigilant bureau that...
Schechter: New Study Claims Mistruths Shaped Rush To War: Is The Same Type of Misinformation Influencing Economic Coverage?
Commentary, February, 04 2008
Danny Schechter
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It took almost five years for major studies to come out to confirm what most of us knew a long time ago about Iraq. The conclusion: the lies "were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the process, led...
Schechter: STIMULATE THIS: Why The Talk of Economic Stimulus Will Remain Talk
Commentary, January, 21 2008
Danny Schechter
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The new word of the week is "economic stimulus package." Everyone is for it...
Schechter: Our Economic Crisis Must Become the Top Political Issue in 2008
Znet Article, January, 14 2008
Danny Schechter
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Barack Obama's Iowa win has forcefully put the words "hope" and "change" on the national media agenda. His dynamic personality and uber-organized charismatic campaign galvanized attention and support even as his positions on issues seemed less clear.
Schechter: Inside Bush's Brain: A Depression?
Commentary, December, 30 2007
Danny Schechter
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"My dad was right about Voodoo economics. Remember when he said that? I should have listened. Now they're putting that voodoo on me.
Schechter: On The Night Before Xmas, All Through The House
Commentary, December, 24 2007
Danny Schechter
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Clement Moore, the author of the original poem called "A Visit From St. Nick" recited like a mantra at this time of year once lived down in my Manhattan neighborhood called Chelsea. He lived on a farm then but probably couldn't afford today's gent...
Schechter: As The Media Merges With Politics, Can We Resist "Electotainment?"
Commentary, December, 19 2007
Danny Schechter
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What were they thinking? Did the Democrats who decided to extend the campaign season with a year of frenetic barnstorming really believe that would turn more people on to politics or was it just another fundraising gambit?
Schechter: In The Age Of The Superbugs
Commentary, November, 10 2007
Danny Schechter
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In The Age Of The Superbugs
Schechter: Can The Foxes Save The Hen House? Fox's New Business News Channel Seeks To Rescue Corporate America
Commentary, October, 30 2007
Danny Schechter
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The FOX has come back to guard the hen house. But if history is any guide, the hens and the chickens will not be too welcoming.
