Stories by Paul Schmelzer
Paul Schmelzer is a Minneapolis-based writer and edits the website Eyeteeth: A Journal of Incisive Ideas (http://eyeteeth.blogspot.com).
The police assault on civil liberties takes an early start ahead of the RNC.
Posted on Aug 31, 2008, Source: Minnesota Independent
What's driving the Sinclair news cycle? Some employees say the company is pulling strings based on its – and its executives' – financial and political interests.
Posted on Feb 17, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Jon Leiberman was fired for challenging Sinclair Broadcasting's cardinal rule: partisanship before principle. But the company's decision to back away from its original plan reveals the high price of playing politics.
Posted on Oct 20, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Protestors at the Republican National Convention may be trading black masks for tech-savvy tools.
Posted on Aug 12, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The corporate tactics of the Sinclair Broadcast Group offers a glimpse of the post-deregulation world where local news may be produced in one giant newsroom.
Posted on Apr 23, 2003, Source: AlterNet