In his endorsement of Barack Obama at American University, Senator Edward Kennedy announced that “with Barack Obama we will turn the page on the old politics of misrepresentation and distortion”, but this is not my experience with Obama’s campaign staff. On [...]
Obama’s Campaign Of Old Politics And Political Censorship
By Will Riley
January 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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Price To Be President
By Will Riley
January 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Approximately, how much money does it take to purchase a U.S. presidency from the corporate media?
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Kucinich Drops Presidential Bid Because He Must Defend His Congressional Seat From Corporate Media
By Will Riley
January 24th, 2008 · No Comments
When we think of Dennis Kucinich’s recent announcement to end his bid for the White House to return home and fight for his seat in Congress, we cannot help but reflect on the fact that he returned home, in large part, because [...]
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Why Did MSNBC Exclude Kucinich?
By Will Riley
January 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments
Personally, I dislike the cheerful format of the Kucinich Weekly Update, especially the music in the theme song and the polished communication style of the news anchor, but within this packaging, the Kucinich campaign actually makes some substantive points. In its interviews, [...]
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Breaking News: Wolf Blitzer Said All Of “The Democratic Candidates” Will Attend The Next CNN Debate
By Will Riley
January 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
I was shocked and awed at the latest reversal of political censorship on CNN, when Wolf Blitzer said that “the Democratic candidates” would be at the next debate. This was breaking news and I had to call the CNN Headline News [...]
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Micropayment Politics
By Will Riley
January 21st, 2008 · No Comments
I just payed $3.95 for a bit of political voice at Congress.org, a political website run by non-partisan and for-profit Capital Advantage. They call it a soapbox commentary, and it’s a pay-per-comment service that advertises your political perspectives to those [...]
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CNN Excludes Kucinich From Debate, While People Laugh About Aliens
By Will Riley
January 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments
CNN has decided to exclude Kucinich because he did not receive 5% of support in two national polls. Instead, Kucinich received 4% of support - only 1% shy of the arbitrary standard set by the executives at CNN and its parent [...]
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FCC Accepts The Political Censorship Of Dennis Kucinich
By Will Riley
January 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I called the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requesting that the FCC commissioners issue a public statement against ABC’s exclusion of presidential candidate Rep. Dennis Kucinich. I asked them to say in their own words that it would be in the public [...]
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Regulating Citizen Journalism
By Will Riley
January 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The debate between David Hazinski and Leonard Witt about whether or not to regulate citizen journalism presents several good reasons to support each position, but ultimately neither argument addresses the basic reforms that must occur to handle citizen journalism.
In “Unfettered ‘citizen journalism’ [...]
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New York Times Neglects Kucinich And Silences His Supporters
By Will Riley
January 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I recently read the New York Times article, “Kucinich Should Be Allowed To Debate, Judge Rules” by Brian Stelter, and posted the following comment:
“The New York Times continues to participate in the silencing of Dennis Kucinich. Consider the fact that this article [...]