Archive for the ‘Corporatism’ Category
The 700 billion dollar bailout package that is likely to pass Congress this week is notable for several things. It is an unprecedented commitment of taxpayer revenue for a single purpose, it breaks hard with the governing free-market ideology that has dominated both parties for the past thirty years, and it grants unprecedented new powers [...]
Disaster scenes in our own country are becoming all too-familiar to Americans. The dramatic photos show people forced out of their homes seeking shelter, massive property destruction and often death. The recent pictures coming out of Iowa City last week call up memories of Hurricane Katrina but with an all-white cast of characters. These weather-related [...]
Tim Russert died today, which is front page news on all the networks and papers. My condolences to his family for the loss of a loved one. For the rest of us, I can only hope that his removal will allow a real journalist to occupy the position that he wasted for so long. Tim [...]
On Dan Rather’s excellent news show for HDNet, “Dan Rather Reports,” he tackles the kind of investigative reporting that used to regularly grace the network evening news, but would never pass muster at any of the networks now for fear of offending an advertiser. In this piece, Rather makes a case that the new Boeing [...]
Each day this week, headlines repeatedly announce hundreds of flights canceled by major carriers and focus on the frustration of stranded travelers. CNN devotes itself to coverage of how difficult this is for the airline industry and scare-and-reassure information for the weary traveler. It’s the kind of story that sells papers, and every outlet in [...]
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