Stories by Danny Schechter
Danny Schechter writes the News Dissector blog for MediaChannel.org. His latest book is PLUNDER: Investigating Our Economic Calamity (Cosimo Books).
Posted on Jul 1, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Most of South Africa takes pride in Mandela, including the older generation that first knew him as an apartheid government-designated terrorist.
Posted on May 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Fox's formula feeds into a political strategy of promoting partisanship through heightening polarization and political conflict.
Posted on Jan 31, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Tens of thousands in the streets are being driven by an economic disaster that has sent unemployment skyrocketing and food prices climbing.
Posted on Jan 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Although the financial crisis that swept the world may have started on Wall Street, it has brought down governments and shredded economic security worldwide.
Posted on Jan 16, 2011, Source: Smirking Chimp
Fascism is a term we are used to reading in histories about WWII, not in news stories from present-day America. Yet the word has crept into popular use.
Posted on Aug 22, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The economy is already down, and it can go lower. And no one seems willing to fix it.
Posted on Jul 12, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Our government can sort out international espionage affairs in the blink of an eye. So where's the justice for our financial criminals?
Posted on Jun 23, 2010, Source: AlterNet
In this era of corporate anarchy, legal, ethical and financial rules have all been rescinded in the pursuit of profit.
Posted on May 28, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The American people are clamoring for justice but our voices are still being ignored. The President says he is on our side. Is he?
Posted on May 24, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The plunder goes on, but Dems will pat themselves on the backs and move on to the next issue, praising half-baked 'reform.'
Posted on May 9, 2010, Source: MediaChannel.org
Last week's market plunge continues to baffle economists. Should we blame a trader who made a typo or were there others playing a shadier game of market manipulation?
Posted on Apr 14, 2010, Source: MediaChannel.org
How we can be experiencing the largest economic meltdown in decades with no real mass mobilization or ongoing response from the progressive world?
Posted on Jan 25, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Taking care of the victims of predatory rip-offs is only fair. Human rights must come before property rights.
Posted on Jan 18, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Everyone wants to believe in the best intentions of all involved, but five days after the quake, with so few being helped, we have to ask: how did this get so badly done?
Posted on Jan 12, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The Treasury Secretary's pro-Wall Street policies, along with those of adviser Larry Summers, are failing.
Posted on Jun 22, 2009, Source: AlterNet
We're dealing with a political elite that is more Clintonesque than Rooseveltesque. Will meaningful change be possible?
Posted on May 26, 2009, Source: AlterNet
There seems to be a lack of curiosity about the costly frauds that flushed our economy down the toilet.
Posted on May 11, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Will the U.S. Senate pass long-needed reforms of credit card abuses?
Posted on Mar 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet
What is happening there will make things worse for us here.
Posted on Feb 24, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Why haven't we seen punishment for those corporations that "recklessly sliced and diced all this debt into worthless gambling chips."
Posted on Feb 21, 2009, Source: AlterNet
At a time when we need hard-hitting investigations into our financial catastrophe, we are getting superficial reporting -- even on PBS.
Posted on Jan 31, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Sooner rather than later, we'll learn that "reformism" does not rise to the challenge of the current crisis.
Posted on Jan 19, 2009, Source: AlterNet
There is a complicated tension between civil rights leaders from MLK's era and President-elect Obama about how change can be made.
Posted on Jan 17, 2009, Source: AlterNet
To discover who will make change once Obama takes office, supporters need to look in the mirror.
Posted on Dec 24, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Outlaws used to rob banks; now banks rob us. Meet the new poster boy for Wall Street excess and larceny.
Posted on Nov 26, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The Democrats have always sung "happy days are here again," but it doesn't seem to be the right song for these hard times.
Posted on Oct 28, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Markets are volatile and trending down while banks are still not lending despite frequent projections of massive unemployment and stagflation.
Posted on Sep 26, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Missing in our media coverage is a sense of what's really behind this mess -- a debt we cannot manage or wish away.
Posted on Sep 15, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Congress and the press have to investigate this secretive "working group."
Posted on Aug 12, 2008, Source: AlterNet
While everyone's watching the housing meltdown, few are paying attention to the next bubble expected to burst: credit cards
Posted on Jul 28, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Even as foreclosures double, and the price of gas and food rises sharply, it's been business as usual in newspapers and in Washington.
Posted on Jul 17, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Instead of having a light at the end of the tunnel, we have another train. Brace yourselves for a wreck.
Posted on Jun 24, 2008, Source: AlterNet
With trillions already lost, is the FBI's action too little too late?
Posted on May 14, 2008, Source: AlterNet
In many ways, Mao was right: The occupant of the oval office is a paper tiger.
Posted on May 9, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Borrowers are being crushed under the credit crisis. Someone needs to pay.
Posted on Mar 31, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Suddenly, it's been discovered that the financial system is on the verge of collapse. Solution? Dump the problem in someone else's lap.
Posted on Feb 21, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Policy proposals are not enough to save the economy. Candidates, take note.
Posted on Jan 15, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Bank of America bought out Countrywide Home Loan to avoid harming its other ambitious and often avaricious strategies.
Posted on Jan 11, 2008, Source: AlterNet
So far, none of the debates are focusing on solutions for the growing economic squeeze.
Posted on Dec 3, 2007, Source: AlterNet
America's confidence is eroding because our brand of unregulated capitalism is increasingly not working for them.
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