What happens when the news media stops covering news objectively - and instead becomes a source of very specific opinions that serve a very narrow agenda?

For example - in the case of the democratic primary - consider the news coverage of the mere possibility of Vice President Joe Biden challenging Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party's nomination for president.

Biden, of course, would be the sixth candidate in that race - one of whom who's beating Hillary in New Hampshire - and is within 7 points of her in Iowa.

That candidate, of course, is Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.

But if you've been listening to National Public Radio - or you've been reading the New York Times - you might not realize that Bernie Sanders isn't just a 'longshot socialist hopeful with unkempt white hair'.

And you might not realize that he's filled up and overflowed nearly every venue that he's spoken in since he announced - or that as his crowds are growing - so is his standing in the polls.

Which raises the question: why are two of the nation's most trusted news outlets largely ignoring - or marginalizing - Bernie's candidacy?

In the case of commercial media like the New York Times or the big TV networks, it could be that they're simply hostile to Bernie's message - that he wants to weaken corporate control over American democracy - and the corporate media really doesn't want voters to know about that.

But that doesn't explain how NPR - supposedly "public" radio - has managed to mischaracterize or ignore the biggest challenger to Hillary Clinton.

When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 and created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting - the law required that Corporation to operate with a "strict adherence to objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs of a controversial nature."

Tragically, NPR appears to have forgotten that part of their charter.

Read more here.

-Thom

  

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Screwed: Should We Support Al Qaeda Against Isis?
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Thursday's Daily Stack 

Article: "The Latest Craze In Winemaking: Marijuana-Infused Wine" by Kathleen Willcox.

Article: "Brian Pagliano, Former State Department Employee Who Helped Hillary Clinton Set Up Email Server, Takes The Fifth" by AP.

Article: "Did Donald Trump propose the biggest tax hike in American history as Jeb Bush says?" by Amy Sherman.

Article: "One toke over the line: Race on to develop 'pot breathalyzer'" by Natalie Grover.

Article: "Bernie Bias: The Mainstream Media Undermines Sanders at Every Turn" by Rima Regas.

Article: "Let's Compare Senator Sanders and H. Clinton on some key issues" by rhett o rick.

Article: "Will Stories of Mob Ties and Crooked Deals Sink Donald Trump?" by Gaius Publius.

Article: "Stephen Hawking Says 'God Particle' Could Wipe Out the Universe" by Kelly Dickerson.

Article: "Opinion: On Labor Day, consider injustice of forced union dues" by Mark Mix.

Article: "The Powell Memo or Powell Manifesto".

Book: "The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Biden Shocks Hillary Crowd by Stating "Bernie Sanders Doing a Helluva Job"" by Justin Lane.

Article: "Scott Walker: Obama Created Culture That Led to Police Murders" by Alex Griswold.

Article: "Scott Walker suggested it's more dangerous to be a cop today. It's actually much safer." by German Lopez.

Article: "NPR's Morning Edition Repeats GOP Spin About Cory Gardner's Positions On Reproductive Rights" by Rachel Calvert.

Article: "Please contact NPR ombudsman about Mara Liasson" by Admiral Loinpresser.

Article: "Biden Fuels Speculation Of Presidential Run With College Affordability Speech" by Mara Liasson.

 

Talk Radio News Segment:
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Article: "In Alaska, Obama becomes 1st president to enter the Arctic" by Josh Lederman.

Article: "Paring His Bucket List, Obama Relishes Hiking at an Alaskan Glacier" by Julie Hirschfeld Davis.

Article: "Sen. Barbara Mikulski becomes 34th Democrat to support Iran deal" by Jake Miller.

Article: "A former Clinton aide is taking the 5th in the email controversy. It's not as big a deal as it seems." by Jonathan Allen.

Article: "Judge Orders Kentucky Marriage Clerk To Jail" by Nicholas Salazar.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

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

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 9/3" by Victoria Jones.

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Book: Mucusless Diet Healing System: Scientific Method of Eating Your Way to Health by Arnold Ehret.

Site: NutritionFacts.org.

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Excerpt: "An Informed and Educated Electorate" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann (read online).

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Site: Media Matters for America

Bible: Deuteronomy 22:11 "Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together".

Article: "Gabriel Cousens, M.D.".

Article: "Juicing Cannabis: The Potential Health Benefits of Treating Cannabis Like a Vegetable" by Zach Reichard.

Article: "Cannabis International Foundation" by Dr. William Courtney / Kristen Courtney.

Article: "Cannabinoid Deficiency May Explain A Variety Of Health Conditions" by Drake Dorm.

 

Chicago Community Fights For Their School...
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Article: "Seventeen-Day Hunger Strike To Save Chicago School Picks Up Momentum" by Casey Quinlan.

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