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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: 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: 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.

Schechter: Memories Are Made Of This: How We Can Learn From Each Others Lives And Times

Commentary, October, 23 2007 Danny Schechter
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Some years back, when I was in an AIDS conference in South Africa, I met some HIV positive women from Uganda who had come up with the idea of memory books. They included photos, diaries, anecdotes and family histories meant for their children so t...

Schechter: Shock Therapy On Wall Street: What's Next?

Commentary, October, 05 2007 Danny Schechter
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"Institutions and human psychology lead financial markets to bounce back and forth between exuberant greed and catatonic fear. Times of fear generate high unemployment. Times of greed are likely to be times of destabilizing inflation." - Economist...

Schechter: Media Coverage Helps Ahmajadinejad, Harms Us Public: How the Media is Selling Us Another War

Commentary, September, 28 2007 Danny Schechter
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Mike Wallace was not in the best shape. He was wheezing and his eyes looked like saucers as accepted his umpteenth Emmy award at the TV Academy dinner in New York on Monday night for his 60 Minutes interview with the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahma...

Schechter: ENOUGH ALREADY! Political Overkill Coverage Numbs Voters

Commentary, July, 27 2007 Danny Schechter
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Would someone please remind me when the next presidential election will be held? I sure don't want to miss it. A genie even told me it's not until November 2008. Can it be that far off? Could have fooled me.

Schechter: ECO JUSTICE FIGHT NEEDS TO GO BEYOND UNION FIGHT TO ORGANIZE Can We Take Back America Without Confronting The Debt Crisis?

Commentary, July, 12 2007 Danny Schechter
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The buses were arriving as I was leaving the Take Back America conference Tuesday afternoon Washington to bring delegates and activists to Capitol Hill to join union members rallying for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, which was being deb...

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