Podcasts about Danny Schechter

In this episode of the #KeiserReport, Max and Stacy, in their latest episode from Paris, mark the beginning of their ten year anniversary by looking back on where it all started. From autumn of 2009, it started with the very first episode about the late Danny Schechter’s film, PLUNDER: THE CRIME OF OUR TIME. Ten years later this still holds true both in the real economy where the world continues to suffer from the quantitative easing and other extraordinary measures taken to bailout the banks after their plunder and on the Keiser Report where the ongoing plunder and the rolling aftermath unfold in headlines across each episode. They then turn to their conversation with #MattTaibbi from one of the show’s first ever episodes about the naked short selling swindle. They then conclude with a look at the Global Insurrection Against Banker Occupation (#GIABO) that continues to this day for the same (mostly) unprosecuted crimes outlined since episode one.

In this RAI he tells Paul Jay about the fight against apartheid and meeting and chronicling Mandela in South Africa.

Investigative journalist, author, filmmaker, media critic and activist Danny Schechter died of pancreatic cancer on March 19, 2015.  On the March 26, 2015 edition ofTell Somebody,two frequent guests of the show remember their friend. First, bestselling author Greg Palast explains how Schechter influenced him to abandon his career as an investigator to become an investigative journalist.  Then former CIA analyst Ray McGovern shares his recollection of spending a couple of hours with his friend and fellow Bronx native just a few weeks before Schechter’s passing.  Palast and McGovern both talk about the importance of Schechter’s impressive life’s work. ​​Click on the pod icon above, or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" or "save link as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer. You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or other podcast directory. If you have any comments or questions on the show, or problems accessing the files, send an email to mail@tellsomebody.us. Follow Tell Somebody  on Twitter: @tellsomebodynow. “Like” the Tell Somebody page on facebook:  www.facebook.com/TellSomebodyNow

Some people are just ahead of their time.  Sometimes they are in science, or academia, or economics…but sometimes they're in the media and they see what we all will see, long before it happens. Pioneering author, filmmaker and media reform activist Danny Schechter was such a talent.  He worked as a producer at ABC's 20/20, where he won two Emmy Awards, and at CNN, when it was newly launched.  He was part of the media when it still made a difference; before it morphed into entertainment and ridicule.  He wrote 12 books, including “The More You Watch, the Less You Know.” He understood the potential of the Internet long before most of us. He was a leading activist and journalist against apartheid in South Africa.  That work led him to leave corporate journalism to make six documentaries about Nelson Mandela and produce the cutting-edge television series, “South Africa Now,” which aired on over 150 public television stations in the late 80's and early 90's . Schechter died last week of pancreatic cancer at the age of 72.  Back in 1998, I had the opportunity to talk to Schechter about television news and his book, The More You Know.  While some of the conversation is dated, what's amazing is how much is not and how much Schechter saw the dystopian future of corporate media. Here is that conversation.

On the December 19, 2013 edition of Tell Somebody,  Danny Schechter, the News Dissector, returned to talk about his new book about Nelson Mandela.  “Danny Schechter has produced and directed six documentary films about Nelson Mandela and was the only American documentary filmmaker Mandela trusted to be part of his team in the United States and in South Aftrica after his release and his election as South Africa’s president.”  Click on the pod icon above, or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" or "save link as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer. You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store  or other podcast directory. If you have any comments or questions on the show, or problems accessing the files, send an email to mail@tellsomebody.us. Follow Tell Somebody  on Twitter: @tellsomebodynow.   “Like” the Tell Somebody page on facebook: www.facebook.com/TellSomebodyNow

Emmy Award-winning journalist, television producer, blogger and author Danny Schechter the News Dissector  made his first appearance on Tell Somebody  on the November 21, 2013 edition of the show. This page and the podcast are produced and maintained by Tell Somebody and may or may not reflect the edition of the show broadcast on the radio.   Click on the pod icon above, or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target as" or "save link as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer. You can also subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store  or other podcast directory. If you have any comments or questions on the show, or problems accessing the files, send an email to mail@tellsomebody.us. Follow Tell Somebody  on Twitter: @tellsomebodynow. “Like” the Tell Somebody page on facebook: www.facebook.com/TellSomebodyNow

Aired 01/10/10 DAVID DEGRAW is the day-to-day director of http://mediachannel.org/ whose slogan is "As the media watch the world, we watch the media." Founded by Danny Schechter and Rory O'Conner, MediaChannel deals with the political, cultural and social impacts of the media, large and small. David created http://ampedstatus.com/ to combine cutting-edge technology with human intelligence. He and his team analyze thousands of news items daily to deliver the most hard-hitting and informative. DAVID DEGRAW started a tech company with friends during the internet boom of the late 90's. They'd raised millions in venture capital when David chose to leave to do more socially conscious work. He did online marketing/business development consulting on projects with Sony, Pearl Jam, AlterNet, etc. After consulting on Danny Schechter's documentary Weapons of Mass Distraction, he moved to Media Channel, where he has been director for five years. In the spring of 2009, he debuted http://ampedstatus.com/

Emmy Award winning journalist, Author, filmmaker and "News Dissector" Danny Schechter talks about his latest book Plunder and the results of his investigation of the subprime scandal and economic calamity. Danny Schechter has spent decades as a "truth teller" in the media as an independent filmmaker with the award-winning independent company Globalvision. He won an Emmy Award for his work on the news magazine 20/20. His Documentary, In Debt We Trust, America Before the Bubble Bursts -predicted the current credit squeeze -long before it became reality. If you are concerned about our economy -and want to know the truth -and what caused this current crises...this is a show you won't want to miss!

Emmy Award winning journalist, Author, filmmaker and "News Dissector" Danny Schechter talks about his latest book Plunder and the results of his investigation of the subprime scandal and economic calamity. Danny Schechter has spent decades as a "truth teller" in the media as an independent filmmaker with the award-winning independent company Globalvision. He won an Emmy Award for his work on the news magazine 20/20. His Documentary, In Debt We Trust, America Before the Bubble Bursts -predicted the current credit squeeze -long before it became reality. If you are concerned about our economy -and want to know the truth -and what caused this current crises...this is a show you won't want to miss!

No, this episode of Punditocracy isn't about the seminal Alan Moore graphic novel...although it certainly got your attention, didn't it ya' nerd? We in fact speak with media watchdog Danny Schechter, an Emmy award winning journalist who has devoted much of his forty year career to calling the corporate news on their bullshit. He's an author ("When News Lies"), a blogger (www.mediachannel.org) and a documentary filmmaker ("In Debt We Trust"), whose film "WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception" will be screening at Liberty Hall on March 14th. We spoke with Mr. Schechter about Iraq, Iran, media consolidation, and why all you're hearing about instead is Anna Nicole Smith. It's the Politics & Culture Podcast's frontal assault on the fourth estate!

Deck the halls!  Irene meets Danny Schechter at the opening of "In Debt We Trust" in San Francisco; Arthur Grau from JustThink.org discusses the simple living movement and how to scale back our expectations; "Predators" raises the roof from the "In Debt We Trust" soundtrack; Irene, Skye and Chris discuss school, debt, shopping and bad Christmas carols.  Happy holidays to one and all!  Part 3 of 3.

The holiday show continues as Professor Miriam Smith drops by to discuss the meaning of "giving"; we feature the "In Debt We Trust Anthem" from Danny Schechter's new film; Irene talks to author Bill McKibben about how to achieve a "Hundred Dollar Holiday"; Polarity 1 performs "Winter in America" from "In Debt We Trust."  Part 2 of 3.

'Tis the season for a special N1L look at the holidays and consumerism!  Skye tests her holiday shopping IQ; we feature the trailer from Danny Schechter's film, "In Debt we Trust" (more at www.indebtwetrust.com); Irene talks to Jo Robinson, co-author of "Unplug the Christmas Machine"; the Austin Lounge Lizards perform "It's Always Christmastime for Visa" from the film.  Part 1 of 3.

Interview: filmmaker & media expert Danny Schechter on his book Weapons of Mass Deception

Interview: filmmaker & media expert Danny Schechter on his book Weapons of Mass Deception