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SUPPORT YOUR MEDIA DAY
February 13, 2012
Show the power of all-for-one, one-for-all media during this 24 hour fundraiser -- and help bring the Laura Flanders Show one step closer.
Janine Jackson and Zach Carter: Monitoring Money Media
October 27, 2010
When you hear about a $5 billion election year, you probably wonder where that money is going. A good chunk of it, of course, goes into advertising--lots of money for the money media. But is that shaping coverage? And what about the supposedly non-money-media: NPR and PBS? A new study out from Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, Taking the Public Out of Public TV, found that PBS's guests and hosts differ very little from those in the corporate media.
Mike Papantonio, Kate Clinton, Money Media & Corruption
October 26, 2010
“It's not an election, it's an auction,” says Mike Papantonio of the corporate cash pouring into elections around the country. Papantonio's home state of Florida has seen both its Senate and governor's races attracting national attention, as Tea Party candidates in both races argue for cutting benefits and wages in the name of deficits, and ignore crumbling infrastructure.
Mark Hertsgaard and Sarah Laskow, Finding Louisiana's Methadone
July 12, 2010
Even Louisiana’s greenest are against a moratorium on offshore drilling. This seems absurd considering the seemingly irreversible devastation that BP’s carelessness has inflicted on the land, but the Nation’s Environmental Correspondent Mark Hertsgaard reminds us that oil to Louisiana is heroin to an addict.
JoAnn Wypijewski, Louisiana's Methadone, the Houma Nation and Amazon Empire
July 12, 2010
November elections are coming up and democrats around the country are starting to wonder if they can hold onto the House. Author and Nation contributor JoAnn Wypijewski joins us in the studio to describe her on the ground tour of the United States – talking to people, and figuring out the political fabric at stake. Even Louisiana’s greenest are against a moratorium on offshore drilling. This seems absurd considering the seemingly irreversible devastation that BP’s carelessness has inflicted on the land, but the Nation’s Environmental Correspondent Mark Hertsgaard claims that oil to Louisiana is heroin to an addict. Since its launch 15 years ago Amazon has grown to be, by some measure, the largest bookseller in the world. According to its founder Jeff Bezos, this ascent has been achieved by giving customers what they want: convenience, wide choice and low, low prices.
Creating a New Media with Tracy Van Slyke and Jessica Clark
February 25, 2010
The progressive media during the Bush era grew to new heights, developing in ways that suited the particular tendencies of the left. Tracy Van Slyke and Jessica Clark started to study the way the media was developing while they worked together at In These Times magazine, and continued their work as Tracy founded the Media Consortium (of which GRITtv is a proud member) and Jessica moved to the Center for Social Media at American University.
Daniel Ellsberg, Beyond the Echo Chamber, and Racial Profiling
February 25, 2010
The Bush administration thrived on secrecy; Obama promised more transparency, but has yet to really deliver. What's more, when information does come out, it seems that accountability is nearly impossible to get: the torture memos were released, but there will be no trials. We ask Daniel Ellsberg, one of the world's most famous whistleblowers, if there's anything the people can do to take the power back.
Reproductive Rights, Wendell Potter, and Trish Kinney
January 14, 2010
Wendell Potter worked for CIGNA health insurers for over 15 years, including a position as head of communications. He left that job, in a 180-degree switch, to fight for the rights of all Americans to affordable health care.
Weekly Audit: Too Big to Fail is Just Too Big
November 3, 2009
Last week, President Barack Obama released key legislation designed to fight the banking industry's too-big-to-fail problem. But Obama's plan doesn't actually address too-big-to-fail at all. It reinforces a broken system in which economically dangerous companies are bailed out whenever they drive themselves to the brink of failure.
Daily Pulse: Deep Six the Gang of Six
September 2, 2009
A power shift is underway in Washington. Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick announced on Monday that a special election to replace the late Sen. Ted Kennedy would not take place until January 19, 2010. With Kennedy’s seat empty, the Democrats no longer have the 60 votes they need to break a filibuster in the Senate.

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