Freedom of the Press: A Cherished Right That Could be Plundered
We take press freedom for granted. What if one day every TV station was like Fox News? “If You Can...
Category: Media
Too Many Ads! The State of Our Commercialized Media
Most media are fighting for scraps left behind by Google, Facebook, and Amazon. Hold on! I want to watch these...
When Newspapers Were in Demand on the Streets of Philadelphia
My reminiscence of being part of a crew who got up before dawn to hawk a tabloid newspaper on Philadelphia...
James O’Keefe’s Dishonest Voter Fraud ‘Sting’ Helped Enable Trump’s ‘Big Lie’
The faux journalist’s election year misadventure targeted Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who conservatives love to hate. You might have heard...
Notable Rock Books Now on the Shelves
Printed-word storytelling is not a lost art in this new crop of rock books hitting bookstores and libraries this fall....
COVID Misinformation by Fox News Making Pandemic Deadlier
The Republican death cult seems to have given up trying to slay the beast. The issue before us is no...
Following Trump’s Lead, Cops Now Brutalizing Journalists
Demonizing the press is a crucial part of an authoritarian’s playbook. They say it is common practice in authoritarian countries…think...
Conservative Sinclair Broadcasts Falsehoods, Risks Lives
Right wing media giant uses local news to tow the Trump line on the coronavirus. Behold the great and powerful...
Hedge Fund Vultures Swallowing Local News Whole
McClatchy, a major news publisher, the latest to throw in the towel. It started as a family business in 1857,...
Apple Shutting Down iTunes! Well, Kind of, Maybe…
Nothing changes for Windows users. For Mac fanatics, a paywall looms. It’s official! At last week’s World-Wide Developers Conference in...
Trump Attacks on Media Having Opposite Effect on Aspiring Journalists
Journalism educators like Temple’s David Mindich are inclined to emphasize truth, accuracy and non-partisanship. Another day, another Trump attack on...
Net Neutrality Not Dead Yet
The underlying conflict is a familiar one: the role of government to enforce fairness. “It ain’t over till it’s over.”...
Payola, Radio Song Royalties, and Sinatra’s Dying Wish
While streaming compensation was recently bolstered, traditional broadcasters still don’t pay song royalties to performers. In the Beginning…Payola At the...
Bite of the Apple: First iPods, Now iTunes?…All Gone
Is Spotify the spoiler in Apple’s U2 victory dance? $165 per share. That was the opening price for Spotify’s Initial...
Community Radio: Music With That Personal Touch
Good News! Public radio remains viable as it competes with a multitude of platforms Community radio. Also called public radio....
James O’Keefe’s Bad Faith Efforts to Embarrass Liberals Usually Go Down in Flames
Still waiting to hold this fraud accountable for ACORN’s demise. I’m sure you’ve heard of this guy. His specialty is...
Sinclair Broadcasting: A Much Bigger Threat Than Fox News
Trump TV? Pending television merger would have right wing provocateur Sinclair infiltrate 72% of American households Just when we had...
Overturning Net Neutrality a Solution in Search of a Problem
‘All internet traffic shall be treated equally’ – Trump’s FCC begs to differ What a delightful quirk to the continuing...
Local News No Easy Conquest for Trump’s War on Media
Will Donald Trump’s poisonous scapegoating of our media ‘trickle down’ to state and local coverage? Maybe not. As we gird ourselves for...
Trumpsters Now Claim All Mainstream Media Is “Fake News”
By Turning Their ‘Fake News’ Election Trickery on Its Head, Right Wingers Seek to Erode a Pillar of Accountability Perhaps...
Did the Media Create Their Fame Monster?
When It Comes to Ratings and Clicks, Entertainment Trumps News Every Time Just when you thought the 2016 presidential campaign...
How Media Is Competing in the New Digital Landscape
Some “old school” leisurely activities that involve media–watching TV, flipping through glossy magazines and keeping up with local news–are helping steer mass media through a vast digital gauntlet. It doesn’t seem...
‘Inspirational’ Book Displays Tout Conservative Provocateurs…
…but Not a Word About Pope Francis I’ve driven the Philadelphia-State College round-trip so many times that I believe...
Educator Ken Robinson on ‘Thinking Outside the Box’
Ken Robinson Explores the Creative Mind… “Education is not a linear process of preparation for the future: It is about cultivating...
Conservative ‘Best-Sellers’ Mostly a Work of Fiction
Take a walk through your favorite book store, turn left or right to the section probably called Current Events, and you...
Ahmet Ertegun was ‘The Last Sultan’
When Making Records Mattered A review of The Last Sultan by Robert Greenfield. Robert Greenfield has done it again! The Last...
Their Business Model Shattered, Alternative Weeklies Face Finale or Reset
Here in Philadelphia, for those of us who love and admire the truth-telling in good journalism, venturing to our local...
The ‘Liberal Media’ Are Dead; Long Live Progressive Media
If you squint into the hodgepodge of hucksterism, misinformation and occasional brilliance that make up today’s American mass media, you...
