Stories by Danny Schechter
Danny Schechter writes a blog for MediaChannel.org. He is the author of "Embedded: Weapons of Mass Deception: How the Media Failed to Cover the War on Iraq" (Prometheus).
Instead of having a light at the end of the tunnel, we have another train. Brace yourselves for a wreck.
Posted on Jul 17, 2008
With trillions already lost, is the FBI's action too little too late?
Posted on Jun 24, 2008
In many ways, Mao was right: The occupant of the oval office is a paper tiger.
Posted on May 14, 2008
Borrowers are being crushed under the credit crisis. Someone needs to pay.
Posted on May 9, 2008
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 Mar 31, 2008
Policy proposals are not enough to save the economy. Candidates, take note.
Posted on Feb 21, 2008
Bank of America bought out Countrywide Home Loan to avoid harming its other ambitious and often avaricious strategies.
Posted on Jan 15, 2008
So far, none of the debates are focusing on solutions for the growing economic squeeze.
Posted on Jan 11, 2008
America's confidence is eroding because our brand of unregulated capitalism is increasingly not working for them.
Posted on Dec 3, 2007
The media is complicit in "shop-apocalypse," as consumers go wild in a shaky economy.
Posted on Nov 24, 2007
How will Fox's new business channel's vigorous pro-business attitude fare during a time when pessimism about the U.S. economy is so high?
Posted on Oct 17, 2007
The debt crisis is more significant than most people think, and is causing panic in high places.
Posted on Sep 26, 2007
The "subprime" credit crunch is really a sub-crime ponzi scheme in which millions of people are losing their homes because of criminal tactics by financial institutions.
Posted on Aug 10, 2007
Sources inside Al Jazeera confirm that there is an internal struggle underway that may dilute Al Jazeera's independence and steer it in a more pro-western, pro-US direction.
Posted on Jun 8, 2007
Just as a scandal in the Justice Department has the Bush Administration reeling, al Qaeda's #3 operative has admitted to killing U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl. So, what can we believe?
Posted on Mar 20, 2007
Self-satisfied movie moguls keep dissing documentaries at the Oscar ceremonies, doing a great disservice to our political culture and democracy.
Posted on Mar 5, 2007
China may be violating trade agreements, but the savings-poor U.S. lacks the power to do anything about it.
Posted on Dec 13, 2006
The media's acceptance of the Haditha 'mistake' makes it an accessory to the crime.
Posted on Jun 1, 2006
No wonder some studies find that news viewers rapidly forget what they have just seen -- that's the intention.
Posted on May 27, 2006
The attempt by Big Telco to control the internet makes the spy scandal a mere misdemeanor.
Posted on May 16, 2006
Concealed ads posing as news is bad; even worse is the daily drivel that passes for 'real' news.
Posted on Apr 12, 2006
As the three-year milestone passes in Iraq, poor media coverage marches on.
Posted on Mar 22, 2006
Yes, moviemaking is as much about marketing as messages. But Sunday's Oscars confirmed that even celebrities (sometimes) care about causes.
Posted on Mar 8, 2006
If we had better media, we would not be facing Bush's takeover of the Supreme Court.
Posted on Jan 16, 2006
From a broken media, cautious optimism emerges.
Posted on Jan 3, 2006
After a week of mainstream media's Gaza disengagement-related 'hot footage' and 'emotional storytelling,' have we actually learned anything?
Posted on Aug 23, 2005
Danny Schechter reports from Edinburgh, Scotland on this past weekend's Live 8 concerts and protests. Is the "job done," as organizer Bob Geldof proclaimed?
Posted on Jul 6, 2005
In St. Louis last weekend citizens met to discuss ways to 'take back' a media beholden less to democracy than to the bottom line.
Posted on May 19, 2005
The op-ed page is no longer the marketplace of ideas it was established to be.
Posted on Apr 9, 2005
It's not just that some journalists today are on the government payroll. The rot in our corporate media goes deeper. Much deeper.
Posted on Mar 28, 2005
The U.S. press and right-wing blogs are ignoring – or in some cases denying – the serious discrepancies surrounding a deadly U.S. attack on an Italian convoy.
Posted on Mar 7, 2005
MediaChannel's Danny Schechter gives a personal account of appearing on the windtunnel known as
Hannity & Colmes to make some key points about the Eason Jordan comments.
Posted on Feb 10, 2005
Instead of exploring our cultural need for celebrity spectacle, the media will busy themselves worrying about future docu-dramas and possible sequels.
Posted on Feb 9, 2005
This year's re-inauguration promises the latest in crowd containment and control; but will the press be along for the ride?
Posted on Jan 18, 2005
With so much rhetoric devoted to voting rights and media mis-coverage of elections, why aren't progressive groups helping to build an alternative media that offers a corrective?
Posted on Jan 11, 2005
U.S. war strategy in Iraq has been run like a political campaign with key message points and "message of the day" perception management techniques underlying a strategy of "information dominance."
Posted on Nov 11, 2004
In an age of scandal and crisis, the media outlets themselves have become a target for popular outrage.
Posted on Oct 7, 2004
While rightwingers may be breaking out the champagne to celebrate the humiliation of their favorite punching bag, reports of the demise of Dan Rather's career are greatly exaggerated.
Posted on Sep 22, 2004
The reporters may not be 'embedded' any more, but their coverage of the election campaign is no less deferential to the White House than during the Iraq war.
Posted on Sep 9, 2004
Despite the recent spate of mea culpas, most media outlets still largely support the war including the Bush administration's rationalization for it.
Posted on Aug 18, 2004
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