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010 Yellow Journalists and the Great Debate
In the companion article to this one, Yellow Journalism, I introduced readers to the origins of the term yellow journalism, sensationalized news reporting from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, primarily designed to foment wars and sell newspapers. Other than protocols of grammar, … [Read more...] about 010 Yellow Journalists and the Great Debate
009 Yellow Journalism, Yellow Journalists
I’m not sure what the presidential debates are revealing more, the sorry state of U.S. politics or the even sorrier state of journalism. I have already devoted two previous blogs as well as a chapter or two in my book Youtopia to the utter absurdity of the corporate news, in 002 … [Read more...] about 009 Yellow Journalism, Yellow Journalists
003 A New Pearl Harbor
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was correct in his address to the nation, to the world, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941––a date which will live in infamy––the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval … [Read more...] about 003 A New Pearl Harbor
002 Mendacious Media
By Lee Anderson Ironically, thanks to the public’s financing of all things military, including Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the internet was created and the Genie is out of the bottle. People no longer have only the controlled corporate media to source information. Alas, … [Read more...] about 002 Mendacious Media