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Commentary Schechter: As Economy Crumbles, Media Goes into Ritual Politics Mode

Commentary, August, 17 2011 Danny Schechter
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As the nation careens towards a nose dive, its trivia time again on TV

Commentary Schechter: Systems Collapse When the Irrational is Considered Rational

Commentary, August, 11 2011 Danny Schechter
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A closer look, usually in times of crisis, offers a window into another kind of financial world, a world of panic and fear

Commentary Schechter: As the Dog Days of Summer Approach, Politicians Rest Before Returning to the Fray

Commentary, August, 06 2011 Danny Schechter
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the public is mad, but also depressed by the lack of leadership and a sense they can win

Commentary Schechter: The Kabuki Play on Capitol Hill Comes Right Before the Deal

Commentary, July, 31 2011 Danny Schechter
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The Wall Street powercrats are high stakes poker players and this was one game they knew they would win

Commentary Schechter: The Blue Eyes of Terror Challenge the World to Respond

Commentary, July, 26 2011 Danny Schechter
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While Bin Laden castigated crusaders, Breivik salutes them in a 1518 page manifesto of madness

Commentary Schechter: As The World Marks International Mandela Day Mandela’s Legacy Is Debated

Commentary, July, 18 2011 Danny Schechter
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The question is: which Mandela will be memorialized?

Commentary Schechter: Durban South Africa, Friday Night at the Movies

Commentary, July, 15 2011 Danny Schechter
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So here I am in one of the most beautiful corners of the world and yet under the surface, it is seething with conflicts

Commentary Schechter: “Don’t Know Much About History,” South Africa’s Youth Face a Grim Future

Commentary, June, 27 2011 Danny Schechter
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Kids know more abut Mandela than the movement he led, an expression of the celebrity worship that dominates youth culture

Znet Article Schechter: The Sabotage of US Finance Reform

Znet Article, June, 12 2011 Danny Schechter
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There are no reforms they won't endlessly amend into oblivion

Commentary Schechter: Why Are We Banking on Banks To Promote economic Recovery?

Commentary, May, 26 2011 Danny Schechter
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What was missing was any notion of intentionality and premeditation, systemic fraud and CRIME

Commentary Schechter: Strauss-Kahn and The Secret Culture of Aggressive Sexuality

Commentary, May, 21 2011 Danny Schechter
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What needs to be examined is how the crimes of the rich and powerful are treated

Commentary Schechter: Why Facts No Longer Matter in the Media Discourse

Commentary, May, 02 2011 Danny Schechter
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The shame of it is that they know what they are doing, know what the impact of what passes for “coverage” will be, but do it anyway

Commentary Schechter: Why Wall Street Is Winning

Commentary, April, 26 2011 Danny Schechter
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Two years ago as financial reform was put on the U.S. Congressional agenda, a skeptical Senator, Dick Durbin of Illinois, spoke of the power of the banks over the country’s legislative process.

Commentary Schechter: The Scam Behind The Rise In Oil, Food Prices

Commentary, April, 24 2011 Danny Schechter
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The global economy and its recovery, and the living standards of millions of plain folks, are now at risk from the sudden rise in oil and commodity prices.

Commentary Schechter: U.S. Government Survives Shutdown Threat But Last Minute Deal Only Postpones More Series Economic Warfare.

Commentary, April, 17 2011 Danny Schechter
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The Capitol Hill battlefield is still for the moment as the Easter holidays approach and the combatants get a break from the heated polemics and overnight bargaining sessions.

Commentary Schechter: U.S. Government Survives Shutdown Threat

Commentary, April, 14 2011 Danny Schechter
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The Capitol Hill battlefield is still for the moment as the Easter holidays approach and the combatants get a break from the heated polemics and overnight bargaining sessions.

Commentary Schechter: The Martin Luther King Legacy and The Global Economic Crisis

Commentary, April, 04 2011 Danny Schechter
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Before he went over that mountain top in that week in an April like this one back in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr, said he had already seen the other side, as he spent his last days on earth fighting for the garbage men of Memphis while speaking ou...

Commentary Schechter: Beyond Fukishima

Commentary, March, 21 2011 Danny Schechter
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A world in denial about nuclear risks…

Commentary Schechter: March Madness & Paralysis

Commentary, March, 09 2011 Danny Schechter
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The term class war has been extricated from the archives of another era, while divisions over the future of the economy have become a battleground in which the adversaries yell at each other, but rarely engage in any discourse with each other in a...

Commentary Schechter: Egypt Unrest & Discontent

Commentary, February, 15 2011 Danny Schechter
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It is now the long morning after, as protesters returned to Tahrir Square to clean it up and savor their victory.

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