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Schechter: The Pentagon Papers And Barack Obama: Daniel Ellsberg, John Dean, And The Needed Politics Of Whistleblowing
Blog Post, September, 16 2009
Danny Schechter
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On Tuesday morning, I tuned in as I have been for several days to my new muzak, Free Form BCN (on line at WBCN.com) a new around the chock commercial-free rock-based music stream capturing the spirit and style of the radio station that I worked fo...
Schechter: Mourning With The Kennedys;" A Teachable Moment?
Commentary, August, 30 2009
Danny Schechter
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It's been hard for me to unplug from this weekend's telethon honoring Teddy Kennedy. First there was Friday night, at the Kennedy Library where the wake, or what was called a memorial service took place with so many recollections pumped up with mo...
Schechter: "Where Is The Justice?" Asks FBI Chief As Debate Over Release Of Libyan "Terrorist Heightens."
Znet Article, August, 30 2009
Danny Schechter
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“Where, I ask, is the justice?”
Schechter: Searching For The Depression---And Finding It!
Commentary, August, 25 2009
Danny Schechter
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Last week I was telling a visiting filmmaker from overseas about the financial crisis and how it was getting worse. He looked at me askance. The market had just gone up, he said, and the White House was talking about an emerging recovery.
Schechter: Can We Stop Banksters From Killing Financial Reform?
Znet Article, August, 20 2009
Danny Schechter
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New York, New York: The thermometer is in the red as the heat of August blends into the steam of the health care fight. These two hot subjects seem to be fogging up TV screens during these dog days as the righteous right take up the tactics of the...
Schechter: Continunity Of Administrations Seems On Deck In DC
Commentary, August, 13 2009
Danny Schechter
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Do the initials C.O.G mean anything to you? That acronym stands for Continuity of Government. We heard about it back in 2001 when Dick Cheney was taken to that undisclosed location just in case the White House went up in smoke again like it did i...
Schechter: Are Our Markets Being Manipulated by 'Rogues' or Firms?
Znet Article, August, 09 2009
Danny Schechter
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Everyone has heard of the Wikipedia but not everyone knows about the Investopedia, a Forbes website, that monitors finance for market players. One of the issues it is concerned about is market manipulation, actions by rogue and not so rogue playe...
Schechter: When Wall Street Is The Prolem, Is Bernanke The Answer?
Commentary, August, 02 2009
Danny Schechter
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In his recent press conference, after which President Obama would be called to task for lambasting the police in Cambridge Mass for acting "stupidly"-a comment he later withdrew-he also charged that Wall Street knew what they were doing when they...
Schechter: Michael, Walter, and Nelson in en Era of Iconomania
Znet Article, July, 27 2009
Danny Schechter
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New York New York: What a time for Iconomania, none of it critical, none of it questioning, none offering deeper perspective or leading to very revealing coverage.
Schechter: Can Doing What Seems to be The Right Thing Turn Out To Be The Wrong Thing?
Commentary, July, 19 2009
Danny Schechter
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Leo Gerard of the United Steelworkers union is one of America's most progressive and outspoken labor leaders. I met him at a Cornell University conference that brought environmental organizations and labor unions together to fuse a forward looking...
Schechter: Are Our Markets Being Manipulated By "Rogues" Or Firms?
Commentary, July, 15 2009
Danny Schechter
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Everyone has heard of the Wikipedia but not everyone knows about the Investopedia, a Forbes website, that monitors finance for market players. One of the issues it is concerned about is market manipulation, actions by rogue and not so rogue playe...
Schechter: Call & Responce
Znet Article, July, 14 2009
Danny Schechter
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May I date myself? In my earliest days as an activist, in southern churches in the forefront of the civil rights movement, preachers engaged in call and response. There would be a fiery statement from the pulpit and a loud amen from the congregat...
Schechter: The Fog Of Robert McNamara
Znet Article, July, 08 2009
Danny Schechter
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Mac The Knife was a briefer's briefer, great at pointing at maps, with all the self assurance of a former President at the Ford Motor Company. He was the ultimate smartie. (Actually he would have been pleased by what Obama did yesterday in Moscow ...
Schechter: It's Independence Day As We Bcome More Dependent
Commentary, July, 03 2009
Danny Schechter
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Our Declaration signed on a July 4th declared us so to be. And, dutifully, generations of Americans have believed we were and always would be. The late Michel Jackson even had us singing and thinking "We Are The World."
Schechter: The Crime of Our Time: Bernie Madoff Sentenced
Znet Article, June, 30 2009
Danny Schechter
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Madoff's crimes received the media attention they did not just because of their scale but because he ripped off the rich and famous. The millions of poorer subprime borrowers who have lost homes because of Wall Street scams are not considered symp...
Schechter: Who Can We Bank On, Who Can We Trust, As Crisis Sharpens?
Commentary, June, 22 2009
Danny Schechter
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Can it possibly be true that the Congress can't walk and chew gum at the same time? This question is prompted by the announcement that financial reform is being pushed back as health care becomes the priority.
Schechter: Obama Electrifies The World: Can We Believe The Hype?
Commentary, June, 08 2009
Danny Schechter
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The President As Celebrity Conquers Europe Even Europe Moves Right
Schechter: Banksters On The War Path To Stop New Regulations
Commentary, June, 03 2009
Danny Schechter
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How Wall Street Is Fighting Back and Winning Their Fight For The Status Quo
Schechter: Barack Obama's Stress Test After 100 Days In Office
Commentary, April, 28 2009
Danny Schechter
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How would you do on a "stress test?" Even as the soundness of banks is supposedly measured-with many expected to show signs of insolvency---the whole stress idea demands a broader focus.
Schechter: New Film Tells Unreported Story Of Obama's Election
Commentary, April, 20 2009
Danny Schechter
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The election of Barack Obama may be long over but the campaign for change is still underway. For the first time in American history, a president is using the techniques he deployed in running for office in pushing for deeper change. Those who want...
