Media

By David Swanson

As someone who believes the producers of Fox News should be behind bars for promoting illegal wars and instigating domestic violence, and as someone who advocates never watching it, I feel compelled to speak up against the notion that Fox News is not a news outlet.

Now, Fox News does little investigative reporting. Mostly it chitters and chatters and re-processes. Nor does it stick with reliable information. It intentionally lies and distorts. It also screams and yells, demonizes read more

I’ll be on these shows:

Salute America, 8 pm ET October 21st.

Radio Or Not with Nicole Sandler on Air America, 11:15 to Midnight ET October 21st.

Swami Beyondananda’s show (if you can find link you’re a better googler than I) at 3 pm ET October 22nd.

Coy Barefoot’s Charlottesville Right Now 4:30 to 4:55 pm ET October 22nd.

Watch this http://tr.im/Cxh3

Today at: http://www.theurbanjournal.org

Seg. 1 Former Defense Secretary William Cohen
Seg. 2 David Cho, Washington Post
Seg. 3 David Swanson, author/activist author of “Daybreak”
Seg. 4 Kevin Muhammad (encore)

Greener Times
Maryrose Asher is a former Chair of the Green Party of Washington State and a tireless activist of many causes.

The co-founder of the After Downing Street Coalition, David Swanson, has just written a book, Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union, which I will review for next week’s column. Swanson uses a reference to a Yes! Magazine article, “Our Own Agenda to Policies for a Better America” by Sarah read more

From Lila Garrett:

Monday morning at 7 I’ll be back on CONNECT THE DOTS offering the following premiums:

Daybreak By David Swanson 342 pp. Book $100
True Compass Ted Kennedy memoir 532 pp… Book $180
Lila’s interview with Ted Kennedy CD $35
Lila’s Pack All of it $275

TRUE COMPASS by Ted Kennedy, is an instant best seller for good reason. With remarkable candor he goes through his life, with his family, his marriages, his heartbreak and years of struggle in the wake of his brother’s read more

By David Swanson, http://dontattackiran.org

The New York Times doesn’t mention the pivotal role it played in lying us into a war in Iraq, but it doesn’t have to. Everybody knows. On Wednesday, the Times put this article on its front page, and I highly recommend it as an ideal liner for bird cages:

In Dispute With Iran, Path to Iraq Is in Spotlight
By SCOTT SHANE, New York Times

WASHINGTON — To many Americans, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell’s February 2003 speech to the United read more

Tonight I’ll be on…

6:10-6:40 pm ET Paul Berenson Show.

7:00-8:00 pm ET Truth Hurts.

9:00-9:30 pm ET Between the Lines.

Residents to Protest City’s Failure to Address Unsafe Traffic
Aug 1, 2002

Over 100 Accidents in Past 5 Years in West Oak Cliff, But Dept. of Traffic and Public Works Refuses to Act
WHAT: Crowd of residents to protest in the street with signs, banners, chants
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Monday Aug. 5
WHERE: Intersection of Cockrell Hill Avenue and Falls Drive

There have been over 100 traffic accidents in the Hispanic neighborhood of West Oak Cliff in Dallas in the past 5 years. Cars routinely drive 50 read more