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(OpEdNews Contributing Editor since October 2006) Inner city schoolteacher from New York, mostly covering media manipulation. I put election/finance reform ahead of all issues but also advocate for fiscal conservatism, ethics in journalism and curbing overpopulation. I enjoy open debate, history, the arts and hope to adopt a third child. Gustav Wynn is a pseudonym, but you knew that.
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Monday, April 18, 2011Audio Treasure Trove From National Conference For Media Reform in Boston The 2011 NCMR event held last weekend was a well attended progressive grassroots gathering, converging media, technology and democracy around important current issues. Recap offered here with links to full audio for dozens of workshops now available online for those who missed out.
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Sunday, January 23, 2011MSNBC Countdown: It's Okay To Compare Bush, Rove to Nazis Last year on an episode of MSNBC's Countdown With Keith Olbermann, guest host Lawrence O'Donnell interviewed Lt. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson on legality and ethics of torture in US Military history. Looking back, this segment made news as the only national cable network coverage of Colin Powell's side man making an informed legal case that everyone involved would have been stripped of their command for ordering waterboarding.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010Denied! NY vetoes Autism Spectrum care A bill to expand care for treatment of autism spectrum was vetoed by outgoing NY Governor David Paterson in a victory for health insurers and their lobbyists. As 23 other states fight to prevent insurers discriminating against kids with autism, Paterson defied a unanimous Legislature in a veto, citing hotly contested projections.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009Want to Show Your Tea Bag on TV? Another "teabagging" merchandiser looks to sell signs and t-shirts to patriotic Americans fed up with Obama's move towards Socialism. Only problem is, the slogans and signs are all pre-fabricated and supplied by a for-profit corporation and the protests are being promoted by Fox News and Sean Hannity. Is this a true "grassroots" protest or a business endeavor? 
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011On the Ground in Egypt: Cables from Peace Activists in Cairo Imagine yourself traveling from the NY area to Gaza with a returning Code Pink peace contingent when you find yourself stuck in Cairo just as the massive national protests shocked the world. These emailed 'cables' from activist Felice Gelman give great detail and texture about the 'live' experience we so badly miss in the age of declining original independent reporting. 
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Saturday, February 7, 2015EVALUATING THE EVALUATIONS: How Can Math or English Tests Be Used For All Teachers? In September 2013, New York City began basing teacher evaluations on Common Core test results, but neglected to create tests in subjects other than Math or English Language Arts. Instead, they simply assigned test scores in these subjects to everybody. Over a year later, we find teachers in danger of being fired, and inner city schools seeing teachers flee, knowing that low scores are linked to high poverty in the community.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009Hannity and Limbaugh: The Sinful Downfall of Broadcasting in the USA Are the Limbaugh and Hannity shows creating an unhealthy environment for our children by leading American broadcasting into deceptive journalistic practices? What are the ethical responsibilities of the #1 market leaders to volunteer balance in political discourse today? And what if they were actually part of a coordinated effort to sell the war during the Bush Administration? Can America do better for it's children? 
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Thursday, November 29, 2012Speech Suppression? FCC Loses "Petitions to Deny" WTMJ + WISN Broadcast Licenses The FCC says "the dog ate my homework" in the case of a filing documenting serious broadcast imbalance during Scott Walker's re-election campaign. The government has little discretion to regulate free speech, but the FCC licensing process clearly provides for public feedback, complaints and even a "Petition to Deny" relicensing, as well as statutes governing 'comparable time' during election periods in the "public interest"
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Thursday, August 14, 2008Hagee's CUFI Summit Attracts Record Numbers John Hagee's 3rd annual Christians United For Israel summit broke attendance records, but included stifling new restrictions on press coverage, while coaching attendees on lobbying and media control. The "religious" event concentrated on escalating Mid-East conflict, trotting out Joe Lieberman and many of the same speakers who misinformed the public on Iraq, speciously claiming Iran has nuclear weapons and ties to Al Qaeda.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008HUH? Hannity Claims Obama Will Be Cutting Checks For The Poor? Okay, so I know how the Sean Hannity Show works by now, relentless one-sided partisan claims without any balance. Hannity even announces his bias, circumventing anti-propaganda laws by claiming it's just "entertainment". But today I heard something startling - Hannity claimed Obama intends to cut checks for poor people through the taxation system.
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Sunday, September 14, 2008Palin and Presidential Politics: All Just a Reality TV show? The 2008 presidential race has become a personality-driven "Reality TV" show, with Sarah Palin representing everything that enthralls us about Survivor, American Idol, Desperate Housewives, The Sopranos and even Are You Smarter Then A Fifth-Grader? Can Obama embrace this reality to fight the influence of "Reality TV politics" by November? 
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Sunday, July 12, 2015NY Teachers Seek Answers From New Education Commissioner Hired amidst a whirlwind of controversy and corruption in Albany, New York's new top educator replaces a Commissioner long accused of catering to the billionaire class, instituting Common Core and invalid evaluations designed to blame teachers for problems unique to low-income urban environments. For her first week, the activist teacher group NYBATs released an open letter asking Commissioner Elia to respond to the evidence.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008NC, Ohio Dates Added To Beasties' Pre-Election Stadium Tour Wondering who your favorite rock, pop and rap stars are supporting this election? Check out this list, an Obama LANDSLIDE and the Beastie Boys have just added more swing-state concert events with Sheryl Crow and friends - tickets go on sale Thursday. A who's who of A-list musicians all calling for change! Dylan, The Stones, Madonna, Bruce, Pink Floyd, Allmans, The Dead, plus hundreds more...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008Hannity Demands Presidential Transparency Sean Hannity today called for the incoming President to immediately make public all phone and email records of correspondance with Governor Blagojevich. Mr. Hannity is just the ally the American people need in demanding our Presidents reveal their correspondance with criminals because the media has for too long simply buried the issue.
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Sunday, June 22, 2008Obama Vowed To Support Filibuster of Telecom Immunity Bill UPDATED: Sen. Dodd is considering an amendment striking the Telco Immunity Provision. TAKE ACTION: Weigh in on Obama's vote for telecom immunity, an unfortunate reversal of his own vow to suport any filibuster of such legislation. Email the Obama campaign spokesman who publicized this "vow" today!
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008Caught! Condi's State Dept. Found Spying on Peace Fellowship In a troubling discovery, the director of a venerable human rights activist group today confirmed the State Dept. has been covertly spying on their communications. This might explain why the group's Bogotá, Columbia offices were looted last June resulting in the theft of computers which contained details and documentation of criminal activities carried out by state affiliated paramilitary squads.
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Saturday, June 12, 2010NY's Liberal Congressional Reps Fomenting Flotilla Hatespeech? Does New York senator Chuck Schumer consider himself chosen by God to use US resources to ensure Israel's security? What about New York's most prominent Congressional leaders? Is Israel the issue bringing together these so-called liberals in Congress with the worst of neocons in a whitewash and smear campaign that refuses to look at Israel objectively?
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Friday, September 12, 2008McCain Pressed On Campaign's Dirty Tricks McCain's poll numbers have shot up since unleashing "pitbull" Sarah Palin and a raft of dirty tricks including the recent "sex pervert" attack on Obama. McCain was asked about this last night and gave a shocking answer, marking a drastic difference between the campaigns. But Obama can up-end the whole process with one simple twist: going completely transparent.
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Friday, October 8, 2010Tony Blair Staff Testimony: Senator Dodd Wanted Iraq War Because of Past Grudges New testimony reveals Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd hinted at an attack on Iraq long before Tony Blair's administration considered it. Meanwhile, efforts continue in the UK to hold Blair to account. |
