Stories by Dan Kennedy
An apparent war crime is caught on video – why hasn't it stuck with the American public?
Posted on Dec 7, 2004
Meet the new Republican senators. Five of them hope to make your worst nightmares come true.
Posted on Nov 17, 2004
The public as well as opinion leaders of diverse ideological stripes are finally so outraged by the FCC sellout that they are demanding action.
Posted on Jun 9, 2003
FCC chairman Michael Powell wants us to pay no attention to those 'big fish' that are swallowing our media -- and threatening our democracy.
Posted on Jan 17, 2002
Mad Cow Disease could be much ado about nothing -- or a terrifying threat to our food supply. It's time for the media to take another look.
Posted on Jan 9, 2002
Since Sept. 11, news organizations have been spending more and earning less. Will profit-obsessed Wall Street put on the brakes?
Posted on Oct 30, 2001
While listeners rely on public radio stations as virtually the last bastion of serious news and talk, their dependence on corporate underwriting raises some very troubling issues.
Posted on Oct 26, 2001
In the war on terrorism, print journalism remains essential, according to this media critic who reviews the best reporting from the last month.
Posted on Oct 15, 2001
As we wrap ourselves in the flag, let's not forget to cling tightly to the Bill of Rights.
Posted on Oct 2, 2001
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, a little-noticed decision by the Bush administration last May has emerged as a powerful symbol of US fecklessness.
Posted on Oct 2, 2001
Media coverage of the worst terrorist attack in American history is full of reactions rather than reporting and irresponsible conjecture about the Taliban's responsibility.
Posted on Sep 12, 2001
The FCC reaches a new low by censoring an already censored Eminem hit -- even as it gives its blessing to greater media concentration.
Posted on Jun 19, 2001
Bush was brutal, but the media -- wanting to be fair and cowed by an ignorant public -- pronounce him fit to serve.
Posted on Oct 4, 2000
A modest proposal to reverse declining convention viewership: Force people to watch.
Posted on Jul 31, 2000
Some extremely random observations and outrageous digressions about our cultural obsession with Bill Gates.
Posted on Jun 27, 2000
Dan Kennedy speaks with Jerold Starr, public broadcasting advocate, about Starr's campaign to save his local public television foundation, the resulting lessons and their national implications.
Posted on May 30, 2000
