Category Archives: mainstream media

Fox balks, NPR fires somebody

Posted on October 20, 2011 by oddmanout215

It’s easy to joke about the level of self-censorship at NPR, as I did recently, but hard to exaggerate the uselessness of a news operation whose managers constantly bend to kiss the asses of the right-wingers aiming to kill government … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, mainstream media, Politics, taxes | Tagged Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Fox News, Lisa Simeone, National Public Radio, self-censorship, Soundprint | 1 Comment

You’d get jail. NYC cop gets slap on wrist.

Posted on October 19, 2011 by oddmanout215

I know, it’s part of the code. Cops have each other’s backs, just like the Three Musketeers or members of a motorcycle gang. You mess with one, you mess with them all, and risk being shot or used for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, mainstream media, Occupy Wall Street, The New Depression, Wall Street | Tagged Anthony Balogna, Caligula, Lyoyd Blankfein, NYPD, pepper-sprayed, Praetorian Guard | 3 Comments

On lies and the lying liars quoted in the NYT

Posted on October 18, 2011 by oddmanout215

I was going to post some comments on a New York Times story in which Wall Street types were asked to comment on the Occupy Wall Street movement. Thankfully, NYT columnist Paul Krugman beat me to it: On Saturday The … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, globalization, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, mainstream media, New York Times, Politics, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged financial services industry, financialization, Paul Krugman, Wall Street | 1 Comment

Elected Dems to protesters — we’re with you, sort of

Posted on October 17, 2011 by oddmanout215

Chris Hedges, plainly stating why “liberal” has become a dirty word not only to right-wingers but to many thinkers and activists on the left: Tinkering with the corporate state will not work. We will either be plunged into neo-feudalism and … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, mainstream media, Politics, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged Chris Hedges, imperial wars, liberals, neo-feudalism, Occupy Wall Street | 2 Comments

Freedom of assembly? Not in MY public space

Posted on October 16, 2011 by oddmanout215

From Michael Kimmelman’s thoughtful piece about… well, about America’s rediscovery that movements to effect social change are often sparked by large, sustained public gatherings of protesters: THE ever expanding Occupy Wall Street movement, with encampments now not only in Lower … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Great Recession, livable cities, mainstream media, New York Times, Politics, The New Depression, unemployment, world-wide economy | Tagged First Amendment rights, Occupy Wall Street, public spaces, quasi-public spaces, Zuccotti Park | 2 Comments

Toomey puppet paraded at Occupy Philly

Posted on October 15, 2011 by oddmanout215

“Follow the puppet!” The oversize papier-mache likeness of right-wing Sen. Pat Toomey stood tall among hundreds of Occupy Philly sympathizers marching from City Hall to Toomey’s Philly office with a petition for job creation. Coordinators shouted again when some marchers … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Congress, economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, Philadelphia, Politics, taxes, The New Depression, unemployment | Tagged Occupy Philly, OccupyWallStreet Global Day of Action, Pat Toomey | 1 Comment

Bloomberg backs off plan to sweep away OWS

Posted on October 14, 2011 by oddmanout215

Weary looking Russell Simmons, answering a reporter’s question about Occupy Wall Street after the movement survived a threat by NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg to “clean up” its camp in Zuccotti Park: The message is coming out. It’s pretty simple. We … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, mainstream media, Obama, Politics, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged Goldman Sachs, Matt Taibbi, Mayor Bloomberg, Occupy Wall Street, Russell Simmons, vampire squid | 1 Comment

Uh-oh, ‘the help’ is marching in NYC

Posted on October 13, 2011 by oddmanout215

How would you like to make pennies cleaning up after the royalists who helped create one of the biggest financial messes of all time, or after people just like them? Workers in NYC don’t like it at all: Hundreds of … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Goldman Sachs, mainstream media, Politics, taxes, The New Depression, Wall Street | Tagged David Koch, Jaime Dimon, JPmorgan Chase, Occupy Wall Street, office cleaners, Rupert Murdoch, security guards | 1 Comment

Warren way too honest for Obama’s inner circle

Posted on October 12, 2011 by oddmanout215

I hope she runs Scott Brown’s pickup truck off the road, I’ll root for her all the way, BUT… I won’t forget how Barack Obama turned his back on Elizabeth Warren for her loyalty, not to mention her effectiveness at … Continue reading →

Posted in CFPB, Congress, economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, Obama, Politics, The New Depression, Wall Street | Tagged Barack Obama, CFPB, Congress, Elizabeth Warren, Mother Jones, Scott Brown, Vanity Fair | 1 Comment

Question for NYT: WHOSE economy is growing?

Posted on October 11, 2011 by oddmanout215

News stories often raise more questions than they answer. Such is the case with an article by Robert Pear, who seems to agree with Robert Reich that we’re in a “jobs depression,” then says something else: In a grim sign … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, globalization, Great Recession, mainstream media, New York Times, The New Depression, unemployment, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged banksters, depression, economic growth, Robert Pear, Robert Reich | 1 Comment