Media Discussion Forum - Democratic Underground Forums

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views

The US stands as a cautionary tale for what happens when a media system is dominated by market value 2 Thaddeus Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 2019

Republicans just don’t get Stephen Colbert: Why the Fox News-watching, climate-change denying crowd 1 jakeXT Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 1761

Think you’re reading the news for free? 0 Thaddeus Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 1535

Leaked Comcast Docs: Data Caps Have Nothing to Do With Network Congestion. 2 forest444 Nov 2015 Nov 2015 0 1662

How can any reputable news outlet continue to put Brian Williams 5 DianeK Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1864

Andria Mitchell Doing Sit Down Interview With Bernie Sanders In 3, 2, 1.... 6 Yallow Sep 2015 Oct 2015 2 2340

Is anyone here a regular listener to Ian Masters? 2 tech3149 Jul 2014 Oct 2015 0 1894

A commentary about the sorry state of radio 0 Koch Ebola Oct 2015 Oct 2015 0 1584

Not One Word on CNN About Wall Street Running Congress 3 Yallow Oct 2015 Oct 2015 9 1754

what is going on with Huffington Post? 4 SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2015 Sep 2015 0 2747

WIFI internet clock radio 9 63splitwindow Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 5539

Late night non-political talk radio 9 63splitwindow Jul 2015 Aug 2015 0 4578

CNN Hacks Heap Praise On Walker's Ridiculous Analogy Comparing Iran To Teenagers | CrooksandLiars 0 Fred Sanders Aug 2015 Aug 2015 2 1575

Trump/Fox Truce Shatters Over Megyn Kelly, again - Fox News 'Knocks' Trump Over Megyn Kelly 'Conspiracy Theories' 3 Fred Sanders Aug 2015 Aug 2015 0 1945

Is the National Report in the same league as the Onion? 4 question everything Jun 2015 Aug 2015 0 1860

Hmm interesting 6 nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 Aug 2015 9 2250

NBC trying to keep Brian Williams - but maybe not as 'Nightly News' anchor 5 Eugene May 2015 Jul 2015 1 1965

This is how that liberal PBS News hour talks about Bernie 7 YOHABLO Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 2353

Brooks parrots GOP Propaganda...Clinton's "untrustworthiness"... on PBS Newshour.. again.. 1 Bill USA Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 1775

Geraldo Rivera: the voice of reason 2 pscot Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1913

Is the Planned Parenthood Video Fraud... 2 HoosierCowboy Jul 2015 Jul 2015 0 2052

This message was self-deleted by its author 10 Freelancer Jul 2015 Jul 2015 8 4801

NYT Poo-Poos Bernie Sanders in pale, limp rhetoric 2 HoosierCowboy Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 1785

So working on a story on...taxes. 2 nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 Jul 2015 3 1680

Why do news reports - at least at print - refer to the shooter as "suspect" 5 question everything Jun 2015 Jul 2015 0 1883

Help Support Street Documentary Film and Photography 0 votesparks Jun 2015 Jun 2015 0 1441

Anyone remember the story where Tamir Rice was decribed as "man" 2 hadrons Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 2398

Fox News is Light on Substance but Heavy on Legs 0 Nasty Jack Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 2229

Fox News Decides to Help Duggar Family Sugar Coat Son's Molestation 2 Nasty Jack Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 1971

Fox News Has Become a Retirement Community 0 Nasty Jack May 2015 May 2015 7 1986

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views

It's Official-Fox News Viewers Are Really That Dumb 9 Nasty Jack May 2015 May 2015 35 4283

Lapdogs, redux: How the press tried to discredit Hersh’s bombshell reporting on CIA domestic spying 1 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 9 1830

CIA Officer J. Sterling Sentenced to Prison: The Latest Blow in the Government’s War on Journalism 3 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 4 1694

“I Am Not Backing Off Anything I Said” An interview with Seymour Hersh. 2 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 13 1915

My fave invest Journalist 0 Miigwech May 2015 May 2015 0 1762

Watching Shadows of Liberty 0 jakeXT May 2015 May 2015 1 1717

Nice job BBC... 2 LunaSea May 2015 May 2015 0 1873

Periscope's livestreaming revolution is nowhere to be found in Baltimore 0 Renew Deal May 2015 May 2015 0 1546

Reasons why the British press are so desperately partisan this general election 0 T_i_B Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1727

New York Times Leads Pulitzer Pack, Washington Post Honored Despite Correction 0 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1651

Norway announced it will be the first country to shut off FM radio 4 Renew Deal Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1814

Ben Affleck asked PBS to edit slave-owner relatives out of show on his family history 2 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 2001

The Miami Herald, the CIA, and the Bay of Pigs scoop that didn’t run 1 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 1524

They Have ‘Propaganda,’ US Has ‘Public Diplomacy’–and a Servile Private Sector 1 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1548

NBC’s Conduct in Engel Kidnapping Story is More Troubling than the Brian Williams Scandal 0 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1484

CBS’s “Late Show With David Letterman” Announces Lineup Of Guests For Dave’s Final 28 shows 0 Renew Deal Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1722

Media Were Already Running With Police Fantasy When Video Exploded It 2 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 3 1928

Seymour Hersh on My Lai and the state of investigative journalism 1 jakeXT Apr 2015 Apr 2015 1 1744

‘Emergency alert’ sparks panic among TV viewers nationwide 1 jakeXT Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 3450

Towards a Media That Is "Good and Just" 1 Thaddeus Mar 2015 Mar 2015 2 1632

10 Places Google Earth Is Hiding From You 0 Electric Monk Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1926

So sick of Faux and CNN broadcasting recruiting films for ISIS and the KKK 1 Still In Wisconsin Mar 2015 Mar 2015 1 1923

Matthew Dowd parrots GOP Propaganda re Clinton on PBS Newshour 1 Bill USA Mar 2015 Mar 2015 3 1999

Google wants to rank websites based on facts not links 11 jakeXT Mar 2015 Mar 2015 7 3729

Native ads and the new journalism economy 0 Thaddeus Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1520

PBS Newshour 'rediscovers' the word "filibuster" after 6 yrs --- now that the Democrats have used it 3 Bill USA Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 2219

Peter Oborne: Why I have resigned from the Telegraph 3 T_i_B Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 1950

Did CNN just annex Ukraine for Russia? 4 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2363

CBS makes a swing and a massive miss 5 JayhawkSD Feb 2015 Feb 2015 12 2398

Former NBCUniversal boss comes to the defense of Brian Williams 3 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2198

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views

CNN Apologizes for Calling Ukrainian Troops ‘Pro U.S.’ 4 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 1991

64% of journalists surveyed believe that the U.S. gov. has probably collected data about their phone 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1802

NBC’s Brian Williams Recants Tale of Helicopter Attack 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1795

Saudi prince sells most of his News Corp stock for £125m 0 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 1643

British army creates team of Facebook warriors 1 jakeXT Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 1917

Before Net Neutrality: The Surprising 1940s Battle for Radio Freedom 2 Thaddeus Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1845

It is being reported that one of the Mayors of the UK will start 3 sammy750 Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 2366

The history of America’s news media and what went wrong 3 Thaddeus Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 1984

Fox apology for Birmingham 'Muslim-only city' claim 1 Eugene Jan 2015 Jan 2015 3 1839

No Teachable Moment as Jim Clancy Leaves CNN 0 jakeXT Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1748

New York Post and UPI Twitter accounts hacked 0 Eugene Jan 2015 Jan 2015 1 2658

U.S. News Fox affiliate fires reporter and cameraman who deceptively edited video of police brutali 3 jakeXT Dec 2014 Jan 2015 12 2839

Dangerous year for journalists as 2014 death toll reaches 60 0 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1457

Link hoping led me to Aj-Jazeera and Bush's apparent hatred for them is fascinating 2 JonLP24 Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1840

Bloomberg Rescinded Offer To Writer Jessica Pressler After New York Magazine Hoax 0 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1770

Why is the comments section on Yahoo articles a cesspool for right-wing fanatics? 7 gmb92 Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 22337

A Book for Now 0 Thaddeus Dec 2014 Dec 2014 0 1462

CNN: While running a live, silent background feed of Obama speaking, anchor asks CNN on-air analyst 3 pinto Dec 2014 Dec 2014 2 2126

Torture Report Reveals CIA’s Manipulation of US Media 1 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 3 1681

Big News Outlets Are Fighting A Gag Order To Access An Indicted Coal Baron’s Court Records 1 jakeXT Dec 2014 Dec 2014 5 1634

Media

Media Continued...

Media Continued...