Corporate media's addiction to infotainment is stifling debate in our country.

 

According to a new study by Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), the corporate-controlled mainstream media completely failed to present both sides of the story in the build-up to increased U.S. action against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. FAIR found that during the key moments leading up to increased U.S. military intervention, it was nearly impossible to find an anti-war guest on the airwaves.

 

FAIR's study looked at a number of discussion and news programs between September 7th and September 21st of this year. Those programs included the major Sunday network news shows, as well as CNN's Situation Room, Fox News' Special Report and MSNBC's Hardball.

 

The findings of the study are pretty remarkable. In total, 205 guests appeared on the programs studied to talk about America's military options in Iraq and Syria, but, just 6 of those guests voiced any type of opposition to U.S. military involvement.

 

On the major Sunday news shows, 89 guests were on to talk about war. Of those 89, only one, The Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel, could be considered an anti-war guest. Meanwhile, of the pro-war guests that appeared on the shows, it should come as no surprise that a majority of them were military insiders and shills for America's military industrial complex.

 

Read more here.

 

-Thom

        

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Hour One: When it comes to war...whose side is the media on?
- Peter Hart, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (F.A.I.R.)  

Article: "Debating How--Not Whether--to Launch a New War" by Peter Hart.

Article: "TV News Shows Largely Ignored Anti-War Voices In Run-Up To Syria Strikes: Study" by Michael Calderone.

 

Article: "Franken Blasts Ted Cruz On Net Neutrality: He's 'Completely Wrong' (Video)" by Caitlin MacNeal.

Site: MoveOn.org

Site: Move to Amend

Site: Color of Change

Movie: "Zeitgeist".

Hour Two: Will the FCC do right by the internet?
- Harold Furchtgott-Roth, former FCC Commissioner 

Article: "President Obama Attacks FCC's Independence" by Harold Furchtgott-Roth.

Law: "Communications Act of 1934", of which Title II regulates common carriers.

Article: "Net Neutrality: President Obama's Plan for a Free and Open Internet".

 

Article: "Bush Wants New FCC Chairperson to Draw Line of Decency for All Society" by IMDB News.

Article: "Pregnant, and No Civil Rights" by Lynn M. Paltrow and Jeanne Flavin.

Video: Ted Kennedy on Republicans and Minimum wage, 25 January 2007. "When does the greed stop?"

Article: "Laffer Curve".

Article: "Firefighters let home burn over $75 fee -- again".

 

Talk Radio News Segment:
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Article: "Biden: U.S. Will Grant Some Minors Refugee Status" by Paayal Zaveri.

Article: "President's Climate Preparedness Task Force Releases Recommendations" by Rob Moore.

Article: "Fact Sheet: Recommendations of the President's State, Local and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience and New Executive Actions" by White House.

Article: "Rosebud Sioux Tribe: House Vote On Keystone XL Pipeline An 'Act Of War'" by Andrew Hart.

Article: "Tribe: Keystone vote is 'act of war'" by Lydia Wheeler.

Article: "See the Giant Inflatable Keystone Pipeline on Mary Landrieu's Lawn" by Arlette Saenz.

Article: "St Louis police chief says only criminals were teargassed at Ferguson protests " by Jon Swaine.

Article: "Senate Dems Say They'll Back Executive Action On Immigration" by Justin Duckham.

Article: "GOP senator: Obama immigration order would change funding debate" by Rebecca Shabad.

Article: "Markey demands info on cellphone spying" by Mario Trujillo.

Article: "Americans' Cellphones Targeted in Secret U.S. Spy Program" by Devlin Barrett.

Article: "Mysterious Fake Cellphone Towers Are Intercepting Calls All Over The US" by HipChick.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 11/17" by Victoria Jones.

Hour Three: How the President could reform dark money - Lee Fang, The Nation / Republic Report
- Lee Fang, The Nation / Republic Report  

Article: "Obama Can Reform Dark Money With a Stroke of a Pen" by Lee Fang.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Article: "Lobbyist Fires Warning Shot Over Donation Disclosure Plan" by Eric Lichtblau, April 26, 2011 .

Law: "Taft-Hartley Labor Act", 1947.

 

Article: "Saudi prince paid for 9/11 hijackers' flight lessons: Moussaoui".

Site: Search for Common Ground.

Site: Vice TV.

Quote: "Be the change you wish to see in the world." - attributed to Ghandi.

Bible: "Matthew 6:24" "You cannot serve God and mammon".

Site: "The No Billionaires Campaign".

Article: "Federal drug agents launch surprise inspections of NFL teams following games" by Sally Jenkins and Rick Maese.

Movie: "Interstellar".

Movie: "The Theory of Everything".

Movie: "Citizenfour".

Book: "Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill" by Robert Ney.

Article: "Dag Hammarskj�ld" by Wikipedia.

Article: "A rising tide lifts all boats" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Limbaugh: Net Neutrality Is "The Next Con Game" The Obama Administration Is Running", 17 Nov 2014.

Article: "Pim Fortuyn" by Wikipedia.

Quote: "There must be more to life than having everything" - Maurice Sendak".

Article: "Emergency (NGO)" by Wikipedia.

Site: Emergency.

 

Article: "We Are the Most Unequal Society in the Developed World" by Les Leopold.

Article: "Colorado students employ civil disobedience that school board sought to censor" by Deirdre Fulton.

Article: "Scott Walker's Cynical New Plan To Drug Test Everyone Who Receives Unemployment Or Food Stamps" by Alan Pyke.

Article: "How the US Government Could End the Student Debt Crisis Today" by Ra�l Carrillo.

Article: "These People Serve Meals In The Halls Of Power And They Still Can't Make Ends Meet" by Alan Pyke.

 

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