Phil Rosenthal, writer of the Chicago Tribune asks: “Now that people get what they want the way they want on the Internet, where does that leave those mainstream media outlets that, in traditional fashion, pair the news people want with the news it is thought they need?” Charles Gibson, anchor of ABC World News Tonight, has [...]
The “U.S. vs. Libby” lawsuit did not only put an administration and its actions in the wake of the Iraq war on trial, but featured many stars of the political media landscape on the witness stand. I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former top aide to Vice-President Dick Cheney was on trial for purgery and obstruction to federal [...]
An attentive observer could come to the conclusion that the conflict in Iraq was solved a long time ago, the next elections would still be years away and all political issues resolved. At least one will get this impression when tuning in to either MSNBC or FOX News these days. While President Bush is announcing his [...]
In 2006, the Tyndall Report notices a bigger coverage of the Iraq war in the American media than in 2005. Hurricane Katrina also is still among the leaders in the battle for airtime minutes. For 20 years, the report of Andrew Tyndall measures each evening which topics get the most coverage among the three leading evening [...]
Each Sunday, Tim Russert, host of NBC’s Meet the Press, interviews the most influential politicians and most important press members in his Sunday talk show and it should come to no surprise that there is only one topic since the mid-term elections: Iraq. In a recent episode, Russert talked to two columnists of The New York [...]
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On Tuesday, members of ACORN and local politicians gathered across the Federal Reserve building in Lower Manhattan to demand a bailout for Main Street, not just Wall Street.
INTRO: WITH FED CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE AND TREASURY SECRETARY HENRY PAULSON TESTIFYING IN CONGRESS TODAY, PROTESTERS NEAR WALL STREET CALLED FOR THE GOVERNMENT BAIL OUT MAIN STREET AND NOT JUST WALL STREET. FRANZ STRASSER WAS THERE.
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My first assignment for a photo class was a series on “labor.” I spent 20 minutes with a guy handing out Metro papers for passengers exiting the 1 train at 116th Street and Broadway.
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