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On AlterNet: sirota

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "sirota"

Fox News: Partisan Propaganda Machine

Fox News: Partisan Propaganda Machine

David Sirota, AlterNet: PEEK. August 11, 2009.
Fox is not merely a right-leaning news outlet -- it is a partisan propaganda machine.

Obama Must Dare To Be Revolutionary

Obama Must Dare To Be Revolutionary

David Sirota, AlterNet. June 22, 2009.
For all the positive steps Obama's America seems poised to take, the aspirations still seem too confined by old conceptions of how things must work.

D.C. Reporters Just Make Sh*t Up, Part 1,489,890,992,384

D.C. Reporters Just Make Sh*t Up, Part 1,489,890,992,384

David Sirota, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. April 19, 2009.
When creating D.C. myths, Washington reporters aren't interested in actual data.

Obama's Bailout Double Standard and the Revival of Reaganism

Obama's Bailout Double Standard and the Revival of Reaganism

David Sirota, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. April 1, 2009.
What’s fascinating about all this is the surprising revival of tactics first pioneered under Ronald Reagan.

America Is Moving Toward Czarism and Away from Democracy

America Is Moving Toward Czarism and Away from Democracy

David Sirota, SFGate.com. January 24, 2009.
Every patriot should be concerned about the intensifying efforts to supplant democracy with something far more authoritarian: "American czarism."

Leaving Las Vegas: Are Americans Ready to Put Cataclysmic Consumption and Hedonism Behind Them?

Leaving Las Vegas: Are Americans Ready to Put Cataclysmic Consumption and Hedonism Behind Them?

David Sirota, AlterNet. December 27, 2008.
Will we finally accept the public policy and lifestyle changes that the real world now requires? Or will "Viva Las Vegas" always be America's motto?

Media Fixate on the Obama Family Dog, Ignore Local Elections

Media Fixate on the Obama Family Dog, Ignore Local Elections

David Sirota, AlterNet. December 6, 2008.
In our nation, presidential pooches are front-page stories. Local democracy is, at best, filler surrounding classified ads and comic strips.

Discussing McCain's Faux Populism with Rachel Maddow

Discussing McCain's Faux Populism with Rachel Maddow

David Sirota, Campaign for America's Future AlterNet: Video. October 17, 2008.
What we are seeing from McCain is old-school right-wing populism: package tax cuts for the wealthy as a "gift" to regular folks.

There Is More to a Democracy Than the Office of President

There Is More to a Democracy Than the Office of President

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. August 22, 2008.
Yet the media fixate on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, neglecting local elections and issue-based organizing.

Lou Dobbs Said He'd Be Happy to Triple Number of Legal Immigrants

Lou Dobbs Said He'd Be Happy to Triple Number of Legal Immigrants

Sam Stein, Huffington Post. May 30, 2008.
David Sirota's new book reveals unexpected tidbit about the God Father of the Anti-Immigration Set.