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By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Watching the Sunday morning news programs… NBC’s “Meet the Press” and ABC’s “This Week with Christiane Amanpour” at 8, CBS’s “Face the Nation” at 9:30, “Fox News Sunday” at 10, and PBS’s “Washington Week” at 11… it is possible to see a wide variety of very successful and highly-paid [...]

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I just finished a 10-minute interview with Jeff Horwich, a reporter with American Public Media’s “Marketplace“, a program carried on more than 500 public radio stations across the country. Asked questions about the recently-released consumer confidence numbers and the relationship between those numbers being down and the news media’s reporting on the economy, I focused [...]

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While I often point out the failings of the mainstream news media on this blog, the video below highlights one of the unexpected outcomes many believe will accompany the end of print journalism.

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High noon showdowns took place at some 100 locations around the country Saturday as conservatives and anti-socialism Americans gathered for “Can You Hear Me Now” rallies focusing attention on mainstream news media outlets’ blatant bias and consistent failure to report both sides of important news stories. The video below shows how KSDK, the NBC affiliate [...]

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UPDATE 10-2-09 11:43 p.m. Central: Saint Charles Tea Party Video I don’t make it a practice to share much news about events in my local area, but I’m making an exception when it comes to the St. Charles (Mo.) Tea Party.  I’ll be attending the event Friday, Oct. 2, 4 to 7 p.m., at Frontier [...]

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Jake Tapper’s Political Punch post, about a “newsgathering” effort (see video above) launched recently by the Obama Administration, reminded of something I learned during my brief tenure as a graduate student studying Russian language at Oklahoma State University almost 25 years ago. Under the tutelage of Dr. John Schillinger almost 25 years ago, I learned [...]

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On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, just minutes before learning of the terrorist attacks on America, Democratic strategist James Carville was hoping for President Bush to fail, telling a group of Washington reporters: “I certainly hope he doesn’t succeed.” The words above appeared as the lead paragraph of a must-read article by Fox News’ [...]

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