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Sue Wilson tells important stories which move politicians to act. The Emmy winning director of the media reform documentary "Broadcast Blues" and editor of SueWilsonReports.com, Sue recently founded the Media Action Center. Wilson was 1987's California State University Long Beach "Outstanding Graduate" in Radio/TV/Film. In the early '90's, she won Emmys for specials she produced for Jim Lampley, Bree Walker, Sylvia Lopez and others at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, and then turned the spotlight on wasteful government spending for Sacramento Fox TV station KTXL, where her Emmy winning stories changed national, state, and local spending policies. In 1998 , Wilson broke national TV news of pharmaceuticals appearing in drinking water, which forced the US EPA to begin testing. Her AP, RTNDA, and PRNDI award winning radio show "Healing Healthcare" at Sacramento NPR station KXJZ in the early 2000's helped put more nurses on the job in California. "Broadcast Blues" shows how poor U.S. media policy is destroying discourse in this country. It reminds us that We the People own the public airwaves, and we can and must Take the Media Back! See her website to obtain DVDs and for updated information on our broken system of broadcasting. And join the actions at MediaActionCenter.net to hold broadcasters - and the Federal Communications Commission - accountable to the public interest!
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Monday, January 18, 2021
Supreme Court: Say No to the FCC and #SaveLocalNews! The Supreme Court will hear a case January 19 which, if decided in favor of the FCC, will accelerate this country's mis- and disinformation crisis. In FCC v Prometheus, the FCC, under direction of Trump Chair Ajit Pai, is trying to change rules so one company could own the local newspaper, all or most of the TV stations and most of the radio stations - in the same town. One voice, one community, no opportunity for dissent.
Monday, January 18, 2021Supreme Court: Say No to the FCC and #SaveLocalNews! The Supreme Court will hear a case January 19 which, if decided in favor of the FCC, will accelerate this country's mis- and disinformation crisis. In FCC v Prometheus, the FCC, under direction of Trump Chair Ajit Pai, is trying to change rules so one company could own the local newspaper, all or most of the TV stations and most of the radio stations - in the same town. One voice, one community, no opportunity for dissent.
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Sunday, September 27, 2020
Why Does the FCC Allow Sinclair Broadcasting to Violate Station Ownership Rules in Baltimore? Sinclair Broadcasting, known for forcing its news anchors to read Right Wing propaganda on the air pretending to be real "news" is playing an elaborate shell game to hide how many TV stations across the country it REALLY owns. In a recent legal Petition to Deny Sinclair's licenses in Baltimore, Republican attorney Art Belendiuk reveals the lies - & Sinclair could/ should lose ALL it broadcast licenses nationwide because of it.
Sunday, September 27, 2020Why Does the FCC Allow Sinclair Broadcasting to Violate Station Ownership Rules in Baltimore? Sinclair Broadcasting, known for forcing its news anchors to read Right Wing propaganda on the air pretending to be real "news" is playing an elaborate shell game to hide how many TV stations across the country it REALLY owns. In a recent legal Petition to Deny Sinclair's licenses in Baltimore, Republican attorney Art Belendiuk reveals the lies - & Sinclair could/ should lose ALL it broadcast licenses nationwide because of it.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Impeachment by Radio: The elephant in the room is not the GOP What do the impeachments of Bill Clinton and Donald Trump share in common? An army of propagandists misleading the public. Find out whose fault the fake news really is: the ones who know better but refuse to act. Then ACT yourselves. You know what to do!
Tuesday, February 18, 2020Impeachment by Radio: The elephant in the room is not the GOP What do the impeachments of Bill Clinton and Donald Trump share in common? An army of propagandists misleading the public. Find out whose fault the fake news really is: the ones who know better but refuse to act. Then ACT yourselves. You know what to do!
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Saturday, October 12, 2019
Counter Trump Ads with EQUAL TIME! Presidential Candidates must counter Trump's media manipulations by demanding EQUAL TIME - now!
Saturday, October 12, 2019Counter Trump Ads with EQUAL TIME! Presidential Candidates must counter Trump's media manipulations by demanding EQUAL TIME - now!
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Book Review: REALITY (TM) 2048 by Derek Cressman This book is in the same genre as 1984, only is far more prescient. REALITY â„¢ 2048 offers an entirely realistic dystopian future that projects just past modern-day headlines to a society brainwashed by corporate/government propaganda that has traded security for freedom.
Wednesday, May 22, 2019Book Review: REALITY (TM) 2048 by Derek Cressman This book is in the same genre as 1984, only is far more prescient. REALITY â„¢ 2048 offers an entirely realistic dystopian future that projects just past modern-day headlines to a society brainwashed by corporate/government propaganda that has traded security for freedom.
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Saturday, March 31, 2018
Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg - and Dyngus Day! So Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg walk in to a bar... there's polka music and politics... and somehow, this is not a joke!
Saturday, March 31, 2018Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg - and Dyngus Day! So Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg walk in to a bar... there's polka music and politics... and somehow, this is not a joke!
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Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Bill Maher: The Fix to Fact Free Media - (Could it be Too Late?) For twenty years, I've laid out the plan to restore facts and discussion to media, but the Democrats have ignored it (at their own peril, as we all can see with the election of Donald Trump as President.)
Wednesday, November 9, 2016Bill Maher: The Fix to Fact Free Media - (Could it be Too Late?) For twenty years, I've laid out the plan to restore facts and discussion to media, but the Democrats have ignored it (at their own peril, as we all can see with the election of Donald Trump as President.)
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Friday, June 3, 2016
Chris Matthew is No Kingmaker - nor Queenmaker Either Why is MSNBC's Chris Matthews, and apparently the entire corporate media apparatus, colluding to coronate Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee on June 7th, even though there is no way for her to win the necessary 2383 pledged delegates for victory?
Friday, June 3, 2016Chris Matthew is No Kingmaker - nor Queenmaker Either Why is MSNBC's Chris Matthews, and apparently the entire corporate media apparatus, colluding to coronate Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee on June 7th, even though there is no way for her to win the necessary 2383 pledged delegates for victory?
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Thursday, March 17, 2016
Brainwashing Trumps Reason If it seems the country's political system has gone mad, it's because too many of us have been brainwashed by purposeful misinformation from the far-right media. Jen Senko's brilliant new film "The Brainwashing of My Dad" highlights what's gone wrong and why, and this piece gets into some of the factors behind right-wing brain control.
Thursday, March 17, 2016Brainwashing Trumps Reason If it seems the country's political system has gone mad, it's because too many of us have been brainwashed by purposeful misinformation from the far-right media. Jen Senko's brilliant new film "The Brainwashing of My Dad" highlights what's gone wrong and why, and this piece gets into some of the factors behind right-wing brain control.
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Trump and Cruz: Will Somebody Sue, Already? Everybody hates political ads that lie to us over our own public airwaves, but only the candidates themselves can do anything about it. Trump and Cruz are making threats to each other and to the TV stations, so sue, baby, sue! Do it for We the People who can't do it for ourselves!
Wednesday, March 2, 2016Trump and Cruz: Will Somebody Sue, Already? Everybody hates political ads that lie to us over our own public airwaves, but only the candidates themselves can do anything about it. Trump and Cruz are making threats to each other and to the TV stations, so sue, baby, sue! Do it for We the People who can't do it for ourselves!
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Friday, June 12, 2015
Rush Limbaugh Stepped Into It This Time The Federal Communications Commission, which oversees the public interest in broadcasting, has consistently stood by Limbaugh's First Amendment right to say whatever he wants, no matter how many people he harms or offends. Until, perhaps, now.
Friday, June 12, 2015Rush Limbaugh Stepped Into It This Time The Federal Communications Commission, which oversees the public interest in broadcasting, has consistently stood by Limbaugh's First Amendment right to say whatever he wants, no matter how many people he harms or offends. Until, perhaps, now.
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Sunday, May 24, 2015
Scott Walker and the GOP Turning First Amendment Rights Upside Down Does simply investigating whether a political crime occurred violate the suspect's First Amendment rights? Presidential hopeful Scott Walker's allies say yes. What will the court decide?
Sunday, May 24, 2015Scott Walker and the GOP Turning First Amendment Rights Upside Down Does simply investigating whether a political crime occurred violate the suspect's First Amendment rights? Presidential hopeful Scott Walker's allies say yes. What will the court decide?
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Friday, March 21, 2014
The FCC - Actually Enforcing Its Own Rules? The FCC's new chair Tom Wheeler is putting forth proposals to actually enforce FCC rules. But will he pay attention to Wisconsin, where corporations defiantly flaunt rules about "news"?
Series: The Emerging Political War at the FCC (3 Articles, 3370 views)
Friday, March 21, 2014The FCC - Actually Enforcing Its Own Rules? The FCC's new chair Tom Wheeler is putting forth proposals to actually enforce FCC rules. But will he pay attention to Wisconsin, where corporations defiantly flaunt rules about "news"?
Series: The Emerging Political War at the FCC (3 Articles, 3370 views)
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Thursday, March 20, 2014
Who Controls the Message in "News?" This article gives chilling real-world insight into the corporate control of how news is produced.
Series: The Emerging Political War at the FCC (3 Articles, 3370 views)
Thursday, March 20, 2014Who Controls the Message in "News?" This article gives chilling real-world insight into the corporate control of how news is produced.
Series: The Emerging Political War at the FCC (3 Articles, 3370 views)
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Sunday, March 16, 2014
The Agitprop of Ajit Pai: The Republican FCC Commissioner Calls Out the Troops The political schism at the FCC is revealed through Republican FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai's command of right-wing media outlets.
Series: The Emerging Political War at the FCC (3 Articles, 3370 views)
Sunday, March 16, 2014The Agitprop of Ajit Pai: The Republican FCC Commissioner Calls Out the Troops The political schism at the FCC is revealed through Republican FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai's command of right-wing media outlets.
Series: The Emerging Political War at the FCC (3 Articles, 3370 views)
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Who's Accountable for Reckless Broadcasting? The same radio station that killed a woman in a reckless water drinking stunt has remained unlicensed for more than eight years. Who will hold them - and the FCC - accountable?
Tuesday, November 12, 2013Who's Accountable for Reckless Broadcasting? The same radio station that killed a woman in a reckless water drinking stunt has remained unlicensed for more than eight years. Who will hold them - and the FCC - accountable?
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Friday, August 23, 2013
Step Up to the Microphone! There is a once in a lifetime opportunity to get your OWN local radio station - but almost nobody knows about it. There are fewer than 70 days left to apply - so who will step up to the microphones?
Friday, August 23, 2013Step Up to the Microphone! There is a once in a lifetime opportunity to get your OWN local radio station - but almost nobody knows about it. There are fewer than 70 days left to apply - so who will step up to the microphones?
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Tell the FCC Chair: Talk Radio is NOT Bonafide News! Talk Radio giants are claiming their propaganda is legally the same as 'bonafide news.' It will be, if the FCC says so. We must not allow that to happen.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013Tell the FCC Chair: Talk Radio is NOT Bonafide News! Talk Radio giants are claiming their propaganda is legally the same as 'bonafide news.' It will be, if the FCC says so. We must not allow that to happen.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Talk Radio: Puppeteers of Prevarication Throughout his entire career, Paul Ryan's prevarications have been propped up by Wisconsin talk radio. Only when he reached the national stage did the press reveal his growing Pinochio nose. It's time to stop Right Wing puppeteers from pulling the strings on our publicly owned airwaves.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012Talk Radio: Puppeteers of Prevarication Throughout his entire career, Paul Ryan's prevarications have been propped up by Wisconsin talk radio. Only when he reached the national stage did the press reveal his growing Pinochio nose. It's time to stop Right Wing puppeteers from pulling the strings on our publicly owned airwaves.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Did Our Public Airwaves "Win" it for Walker? As owners of the air -- our public airwaves, to be precise -- there is plenty we can do to combat the corrosive effect of big money on our elections, by holding our partners in broadcasting, local TV and radio stations, accountable.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012Did Our Public Airwaves "Win" it for Walker? As owners of the air -- our public airwaves, to be precise -- there is plenty we can do to combat the corrosive effect of big money on our elections, by holding our partners in broadcasting, local TV and radio stations, accountable.
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Putting Talk Radio on Trial at the FCC I believe I have found the legal means to put Talk Radio on trial at the FCC -- and perhaps eventually at the Supreme Court.
Saturday, June 2, 2012Putting Talk Radio on Trial at the FCC I believe I have found the legal means to put Talk Radio on trial at the FCC -- and perhaps eventually at the Supreme Court.
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
Standing Up in Wisconsin and Beyond for Our Rights in Radio! Conservative Talk Radio hosts in Milwaukee and beyond are supporting one major political party (guess which one?) on our publicly owned airwaves, and violating the First Amendment rights of the other. Lucky for Wisconsinites, that's illegal.
Sunday, May 20, 2012Standing Up in Wisconsin and Beyond for Our Rights in Radio! Conservative Talk Radio hosts in Milwaukee and beyond are supporting one major political party (guess which one?) on our publicly owned airwaves, and violating the First Amendment rights of the other. Lucky for Wisconsinites, that's illegal.
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
Rush Limbaugh: Not the Only One with First Amendment Rights Clear Channel maintains that their hosts enjoy freedom of speech. But by not allowing ANY non- right wing viewpoints on our public airwaves, they are taking away OUR First Amendment rights. That's illegal; the US Supreme Court says so.
Saturday, March 3, 2012Rush Limbaugh: Not the Only One with First Amendment Rights Clear Channel maintains that their hosts enjoy freedom of speech. But by not allowing ANY non- right wing viewpoints on our public airwaves, they are taking away OUR First Amendment rights. That's illegal; the US Supreme Court says so.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Why We Occupy Clear Channel This is a detailed analysis of the talk radio market in Sacramento, which launched Rush Limbaugh. It shows that Clear Channel stacks the deck in favor of hard right talk radio, and deconstructs Conservatives' arguments that progressive radio gets no ratings.
Thursday, December 15, 2011Why We Occupy Clear Channel This is a detailed analysis of the talk radio market in Sacramento, which launched Rush Limbaugh. It shows that Clear Channel stacks the deck in favor of hard right talk radio, and deconstructs Conservatives' arguments that progressive radio gets no ratings.
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Time to Occupy the FCC? Once again, the FCC ignores the very public it is sworn to serve. Occupy FCC, anyone?
Thursday, December 1, 2011Time to Occupy the FCC? Once again, the FCC ignores the very public it is sworn to serve. Occupy FCC, anyone?
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Fairness Doctrine Demise Gives Rise to the Public Interest Wednesday, August 24, 2011, the FCC made it official: the Fairness Doctrine is dead and buried. But shed no tears: the FCC also made it clear that the broadcasters' obligations to the "Public Interest" are alive and well!
Friday, August 26, 2011Fairness Doctrine Demise Gives Rise to the Public Interest Wednesday, August 24, 2011, the FCC made it official: the Fairness Doctrine is dead and buried. But shed no tears: the FCC also made it clear that the broadcasters' obligations to the "Public Interest" are alive and well!
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Monday, July 11, 2011
Media Reform Victory: People Win, Corporations Lose! The Third Circuit Court of Appeals handed Media Reform groups a giant victory last Thursday when they ordered the FCC to go back to the drawing board on newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rules. And better, the Federal Court affirmed the FCC's right under the First Amendment to regulate broadcasting to protect the public interest.
Monday, July 11, 2011Media Reform Victory: People Win, Corporations Lose! The Third Circuit Court of Appeals handed Media Reform groups a giant victory last Thursday when they ordered the FCC to go back to the drawing board on newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rules. And better, the Federal Court affirmed the FCC's right under the First Amendment to regulate broadcasting to protect the public interest.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
The L.A. Times Whitewash of Clarence Thomas L.A.Times writer David G. Savage wrote a "nice" piece about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. But readers don't need him to play "nice," we need all the relevant facts. It's called giving perspective.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011The L.A. Times Whitewash of Clarence Thomas L.A.Times writer David G. Savage wrote a "nice" piece about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. But readers don't need him to play "nice," we need all the relevant facts. It's called giving perspective.
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Sunday, May 8, 2011
President Obama, Don't Just Scold the Media, Fix It! It is not enough for President Obama to scold the media over not reporting the facts about his birthplace. It is time for him to keep the commitments he made to the American people and repair our broken media once and for all!
Sunday, May 8, 2011President Obama, Don't Just Scold the Media, Fix It! It is not enough for President Obama to scold the media over not reporting the facts about his birthplace. It is time for him to keep the commitments he made to the American people and repair our broken media once and for all!
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Right Wing Hit Media 400: "Disabling Journalism to Destroy Progressive Thought" The James O'Keefe NPR sting is just the latest Right Wing strategy to disable real journalism from doing its job.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011Right Wing Hit Media 400: "Disabling Journalism to Destroy Progressive Thought" The James O'Keefe NPR sting is just the latest Right Wing strategy to disable real journalism from doing its job.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Could 51 Votes Trigger the Real Constitutional Option? The US Senate Majority and Minority leaders have reached a compromise on Senate Rules changes over the filibuster and delaying tactics. But junior Senators are decrying the move as taking away their Constitutional rights.
Friday, January 28, 2011Could 51 Votes Trigger the Real Constitutional Option? The US Senate Majority and Minority leaders have reached a compromise on Senate Rules changes over the filibuster and delaying tactics. But junior Senators are decrying the move as taking away their Constitutional rights.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Filibuster Catch 22 A trio of Democratic Senators are trying to change the rules of the Senate to limit the use of the filibuster. But those rule changes were essentially squashed by threat of - a filibuster. Key constitutional questions are at stake.
Thursday, January 27, 2011Filibuster Catch 22 A trio of Democratic Senators are trying to change the rules of the Senate to limit the use of the filibuster. But those rule changes were essentially squashed by threat of - a filibuster. Key constitutional questions are at stake.
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Monday, January 17, 2011
When Radio Lies, Our Culture Dies Sheriff Clarence Dupnik is taking a lot of heat for his comments saying he has "no doubt" Rush Limbaugh and Right Wing Hate Radio had something to do with the Tucson, Arizona shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and many others. In this piece, Sue Wilson argues that the misinformation drumbeat on Right Wing Talk Radio creates not just hate and vitriol, but it is changing our entire culture - for the worse.
Monday, January 17, 2011When Radio Lies, Our Culture Dies Sheriff Clarence Dupnik is taking a lot of heat for his comments saying he has "no doubt" Rush Limbaugh and Right Wing Hate Radio had something to do with the Tucson, Arizona shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and many others. In this piece, Sue Wilson argues that the misinformation drumbeat on Right Wing Talk Radio creates not just hate and vitriol, but it is changing our entire culture - for the worse.
