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News Dissector Danny Schechter is blogger in chief at Mediachannel.Org He is the author of PLUNDER: Investigating Our Economic Calamity (Cosimo Books) available at Amazon.com.
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(2 comments) SHARE Monday, February 20, 2012 Are We On A Road To Nowhere?
The perils are many, the pleasures are few, is one way to sum up. News Dissector Danny Schechter's blogs at a new place: newsdissector.net
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Rambo Time: Obama Expands Secretive Special Ops Warriors
Covert Action is Now Dominating The Pentagon's War Strategy. One Goal: Keep The American people in the dark reports News Dissector Danny Schechter
SHARE Friday, February 10, 2012 What The Hell, L.L? Musical Exclusion Is Not Cool
Protests Are Planned Sunday At the Grammy Awards Against the Exclusion of 31 Categories of Music. Is It Racial? News Dissector Danny Schechter reports.
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, February 3, 2012 Iran Critiques Hollywood
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta sees a growing chance that Israel will attack Iran's nuclear sites this spring -- despite resistance from the Obama administration.
(8 comments) SHARE Monday, January 30, 2012 Will Obama go after Wall Street criminals?
A word to the wise, watch what the administration does, not just what it says. Remember, as Obama hits the political hustings reborn as a "populist," in a political environment energised by Occupy Wall Street, his "bundlers" are still pressing the flesh on Wall Street, seeking a new round of political donations.
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 28, 2012 Sundering the Social Contract
In political philosophy, the idea of a social contract is that the individual surrenders some rights for the benefits of living in a civilized society that has reasonable rules for all. However, in recent decades, the greedy rich have torn up that contract.
SHARE Friday, January 20, 2012 Living In A Real World House of Lies
House of Lies is a new TV Series that reveals the inner workings of management consultants. It is timely, says News DIssector Danny Schechter
SHARE Wednesday, December 28, 2011 The Year's Top Story is Not Getting Coverage
Most of our media is mesmerized by the antics of individuals, not the impact of institutions, Most media outlets are parochial, unwilling to see the economy as globalized force, with the US playing a major role.
(9 comments) SHARE Tuesday, December 27, 2011 A new banking crisis: You can bank on it
Without falling down the rabbit hole of endless well-footnoted debates, the truth is that millions of savers have seen their savings shrink and most bankers, thanks to bailouts and cheap money, watched their holdings rise. Blaming the victim for the crime has a long and dishonorable history.
SHARE Friday, December 23, 2011 On Havel/Kim, Where's the Objectivity?
The Western news media reacted to the deaths of two international figures, Czech Vaclav Havel and North Korean Kim Jong-il, by presenting comic-book cut-outs of the two men, following simplistic story lines that missed the more nuanced reality.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 18, 2011 "It's So Not Over," Say Occupy Protests
Three months into the Occupy Wall Street movement, protesters took their message uptown in a march that surprised the police and many Christmas shoppers, but helped explain what the economic crisis means to average people.
(16 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 17, 2011 Is the Iraq War actually over?
The county has a long way to go to recover from a war that is not over. The war that began with the bang of shock and awe ended with the whimper of withdrawal with few of the issues solved. Many Americans are saying "good," while most Iraqis are saying good riddance.
(6 comments) SHARE Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Can Financial Markets Avoid Collapse?
The world's financial system continues to teeter near a very nasty brink, with the United States and Europe disagreeing about how to pull back from the edge.
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, December 9, 2011 Bull Moose or Bull Sh*t? Is There a New Obama?
President Obama made a strong speech indicting Wall Street abuses. What will he do? News Dissector
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