Podcast appearances and mentions of Robert McChesney

This week on CounterSpin: They say ignorance is bliss, but I know that, for myself and others, our lack of knowledge of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency will only hurt us in our response to the effects that the dealings around that stuff are having on our lives. Bartlett Naylor breaks it down for us; he works at Public Citizen, as a financial policy advocate at their project Congress Watch. Billionaires don't need tax cuts; they already have a system designed to appease them. But it's not enough! Part of the budget bill to give more to those who have everything is an effort to sell off public land for exploitation for fossil fuel companies, who are determined to die taking the last penny from our fingers. Pulling up the covers and waiting for better times isn't the way; if we stay focused, we can save critical elements of, in this case, unspoiled wild places in this country. We hear from Ashley Nunes, public lands policy specialist at the Center for Biological Diversity. Plus Janine Jackson looks back on an interview with the late Robert McChesney.   The post Bartlett Naylor on Meme Coin Grift / Ashley Nunes on Public Land Selloff appeared first on KPFA.

Monopoly isn't just a board game it is the animating dynamic of our economic system. Really existing capitalism, which relies heavily on taxpayer support, embodies a near genetic drive to consolidate, to dominate and ultimately to eliminate competition. This leaves people with fewer choices and higher prices, exactly the outcome desired by the monopolists. Democracy, particularly in the U.S., has largely morphed into an oligarchy run by and for plutocrats. As corporate control of media increases and as inequality widens, and as the eco-crisis continues apace, one can expect a future of social unrest.

In this episode of A Public Affair from 1997, host Robert McChesney interviews Allen Ruff about his first book. The post A Robert McChesney Retrospective appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

On today's A Public Affair we're honoring the life and legacy of Bob McChesney who passed away on March 25. The post Robert McChesney Retrospective appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

We remember Robert McChesney, the media scholar who was a passionate champion of media democracy. He passed away on March 25 at 72 after a year-long battle with cancer.

“Tell ya the truth, I don't think this is a brains kind of operation.”-Longbaugh (Benicio Del Toro) in the Way of the GunBob and Scott dive into the news of the week. Starting with Signalgate and the utter incompetence, yet remains vile and murderous, in the Trump national security team. And then getting into the escalating repression by the administration on non-citizens that have engaged in anti-genocide organizing. We also discuss Trump rolling back bargaining rights for millions of federal workers. We close with a tribute to the late media activist and scholar Robert McChesney who passed away last week. ------------------------------------Outro- "Love's Gonna Live Here" by Daniel DonatoLinks//+ G&R: State Repression is as American as Cherry Pie (https://bit.ly/3RizqSE)+ G&R: Journalist Will Potter on Big Oil's Attempt to Bankrupt Greenpeace (https://bit.ly/42aJ9jk)Follow Green and Red// +G&R Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/greenandredpodcast⁠⁠⁠ +Our rad website: ⁠⁠⁠https://greenandredpodcast.org/⁠⁠⁠ + Join our Discord community (https://discord.gg/E39FTD62) +Follow us on Substack (https://greenandredpodcast.substack.com)+Follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/podcastgreenred.bsky.social)Support the Green and Red Podcast// +Become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast +Or make a one time donation here: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/DonateGandR⁠⁠⁠ Our Networks// +We're part of the Labor Podcast Network: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.laborradionetwork.org/⁠⁠ +We're part of the Anti-Capitalist Podcast Network: linktr.ee/anticapitalistpodcastnetwork +Listen to us on WAMF (90.3 FM) in New Orleans (https://wamf.org/) This is a Green and Red Podcast (@PodcastGreenRed) production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). Edited by Scott

This week on CounterSpin: Israel has abandoned the ceasefire agreement and restarted its genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza — a war that has destroyed the region and killed tens of thousands of human beings. The ceasefire, as Gaza-based writer Hassan Abo Qamar, among others, reminds us, still allowed Israel to deprive Palestinians in Gaza of “food, water, medical care, education and freedom of movement.” But it wasn't enough and, as Belén Fernández writes for FAIR.org, Israel's U.S.-endorsed resumption of all-out genocide killed at least 404 Palestinians right off the bat but was reported in, for instance, the New York Times as “Israel Tries to Pressure Hamas to Free More Hostages.” We know that elite media will tell us someday that the whole world was horrified by the genocide of Palestinians, and that journalists decried it. But someday is not today. We need reporters who aren't not afraid they will be targeted but who may be afraid and are nevertheless bearing witness. Reporters like Hossam Shabat, 23-year-old Palestinian correspondent for Al Jazeera and Drop Site News, targeted and killed March 24, and not even the first Israeli journalist assassination for the day: hours earlier, Palestine Today reporter Mohammad Mansour was killed in an Israeli strike on his home in southern Gaza. We talk about this with reporter Michael Arria, U.S. correspondent for Mondoweiss and the force behind their new feature called “Power & Pushback.” Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look at recent press coverage of transphobia and remembers FAIR board member Robert McChesney.   The post Michael Arria on Gaza Pushback appeared first on KPFA.

Paris Marx is joined by Victor Pickard to discuss the continued layoffs in news media, and how they are symptomatic of a deeper, structural crisis in journalism.Victor Pickard is Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy at University of Pennsylvania. He's also the author of Democracy Without Journalism?: Confronting the Misinformation Society.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.The podcast made in partnership with The Nation and is produced by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.Also mentioned in this episode:Paris will be speaking in Christchurch on February 4 and Wellington on February 8.Victor wrote for Niemen Lab about the need to divorce news and capitalism, and argued for public newspapers in the Washington Post.In the US, two-thirds of newspaper jobs, or 43,000 journalists, have been lost since 2005.Robert McChesney and John Nichols propose a Local Journalism Initiative.Police raided a newspaper in Kansas on August 11, 2023, setting off a major scandal that's now seen the police chief suspended.Support the show

Major media everywhere shape our understanding of everything including crime.  Spencer Graves describes this.  In the early 1800s the US had more newspapers per capita than any other place or time. Today we face major problems with political polarization. Graves discusses research and recommendations by Robert McChesney for improving this. This is an update and expansion of […] The post Social construction of crime and what we can do about it appeared first on KKFI.

Robert McChesney is a professor in the Department of Communication at University of Illinois, and is the author of several books, including "Dollarocracy" and "The Problem of the Media."

Episode 159 of RevolutionZ is a discussion with Robert McChesney about media history and politics and a project to resurrect local media throughout the U.S.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)

Mike Stephen talks with University of Illinois professor emeritus Robert McChesney about a proposal to save local journalism and democracy and then chats with local singer-songwriter Peter Joly about his new album. And Mike gives an update on some previous segments that aired on the show recently.

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How would a person describe the time in which we live? Typically, this era in human development is referred to as a time of globalization. However, without the communications technology that came about in the 1990s, globalization on this magnitude would have been impossible. The rhetoric, according to author Robert McChesney in his article “Global Media, Neoliberalism, and Imperialism”, is that all people need to do is “sit back, shut up, and shop…”. McChesney goes on to explain that there exists a superior term to describe the trends we have observed over the past decades and that title is “Neoliberalism”. Neoliberalism is a set of national and international policies that requires corporate and business domination of all social affairs and little societal opposition. According to McChesney, “Governments are to remain large so as to better serve corporate interests, while minimizing any activities that might undermine the rule of business and the wealthy.” What the author goes on to describe as the centerpiece of Neoliberal policies is the “…call for commercial media and communication markets to be deregulated.” Before the 1990's, national media systems were typically domestically owned stations. But today,the global media market is dominated by only 7 multinational corporations: Disney, AOL-Time Warner, Sony, News Corporation, Viacom, Vivendi, and Bertelsmann. What McChesney tries to indicate is that none of these companies existed in their current form fifteen years ago. Furthermore, on several occasions, national media deregulation has preceded more general market deregulations, such as in the case of the creation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Over the course of my own research, I will track how the media has been used to support specific neoliberal practices, whether through media deregulation leading to broader market deregulation, or through social advocacy of neoliberal policies. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thomas-saulsberry/support

You can't have a functioning democracy without a trusted media. That fact explains the state of U.S. democracy, at least in part. The United States has the lowest rate of media trust in the industrialized world, with just under a third of respondents in a 2020 Reuters poll saying they trust the media they consume. … Read More Read More

We spoke with Robert McChesney about the decline of journalism and the political and societal consequences of ISP and internet monopolies. McChesney is the cofounder of the media reform organization Free Press, the author of many books on media and politics, and a retired professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Music by Commodore1983: https://soundcloud.com/commodore1983

Word of the Week: Freedom. Interview by Paul Jay of Robert McChesney on "The Decline of American Journalism," on theAnalysis.news.

The media is driven by the enormous profits made during election campaigns. Feeding the fury and the fear of all types is just good for business. Bob McChesney joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news podcast.

This is the free weekly edition of TMBS. To support the Michael Brooks Show on Patreon and receive hours of weekly members-only content, subscribe at Patreon.com/tmbs  We can end hunger for everyone. Robert Mcchesney joins us to talk about lessons from the Bernie campaign and how to move forward.  During the GEM David breaks down why we need to watch the banks not the stock market.

#Blagojevich #Trump Guests: Atty. C.K. Hoffler - President-Elect National Bar Association Cliff Kelly - ‘The Governor’ of talk radio Dr. Robert McChesney - the University Of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign

Sermon: "Just One Little Item" by Dr. Robert McChesney Dr. Robert McChesney, business teacher, taught business at Adventist mission schools in Africa for many years, including Solusi College in Rhodesia. Later he was a professor of business at Southwestern Adventist University until his retirement.

Sermon: "Evangelism 101" by Dr. Robert McChesney Dr. Robert McChesney, business teacher, taught business at Adventist mission schools in Africa for many years, including Solusi College in Rhodesia. Later he was a professor of business at Southwestern Adventist University until his retirement.

There's no question that the internet has transformed our societies in enormous ways — but sorting through how and why is much more contentious. Media expert Robert McChesney discusses the crucial element missing from our discussions of the internet: capitalism. The post Fund Drive Special: Capitalism and the Internet appeared first on KPFA.

Bio Victor Pickard (@vwpickard) is an Associate Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication. His research focuses on the history and political economy of media institutions, media activism, and the politics and normative foundations of media policy. Before coming to Annenberg, he taught at New York University in the media, culture, and communication department. Previously he worked on media policy in Washington, DC as a Senior Research Fellow at the media reform organization Free Press and the public policy think tank the New America Foundation. He also taught media policy at the University of Virginia and served as a Media Policy Fellow for Congresswoman Diane Watson. Pickard's work has been published in numerous anthologies and scholarly journals, including Critical Studies in Media Communication, Journal of Communication; Media, Culture & Society; Global Media and Communication; International Journal of Communication; Communication, Culture & Critique; New Media and Society; Journal of Communication Inquiry; Newspaper Research Journal; Journal of Internet Law; International Journal of Communication Law and Policy; CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Policy; Political Communication; Journal of Information Policy; Digital Journalism; Journalism Studies; Communication & Critical/Cultural Studies; and Communication Theory. He is a frequent commentator on public and community radio and he often speaks to the press about med ia-related issues. His op-eds have appeared in venues like the Guardian, the Seattle Times, the Huffington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Atlantic. In 2009, Pickard was the lead author of the first comprehensive report on the American journalism crisis, "Saving the News: Toward a National Journalism Strategy" (published by Free Press as part of the book Changing Media: Public Interest Policies for the Digital Age). He is the co-editor of the books Will the Last Reporter Please Turn out the Lights (with Robert McChesney, published by The New Press) and The Future of Internet Policy (with Peter Decherney, published by Routledge), and he is the author of the book America's Battle for Media Democracy: The Triumph of Corporate Libertarianism and the Future of Media Reform (published by Cambridge University Press). Resources University of Pennsylvania - Annenberg School for Communication  America's Battle for Democracy: The Triumph of Corporate Libertarianism and the Future of Media Reform by Victor Pickard (Cambridge University Press)   Ill Fares the Land by Tony Judt (Penguin Books, 2011) News Roundup The FCC's effort to overturn net neutrality in one word: chaos The FCC's efforts to overturn the net neutrality rules have descended into total and complete chaos. First of all, it's hard to find anyone other than telecom companies, and the beltway insiders that represent them,  that support Ajit Pai's plan to overturn the rules at the December 14th meeting. A new Morning Consult poll finds that some 52% of Americans support net neutrality , with 29% who say they don't know. Just eighteen percent outright oppose. Further, the opposition to Ajit Pai's efforts appears to be bipartisan, with 53% of Republicans and Democrats coming in at just 2 points higher--55% who support the existing net neutrality rules. And then there's the Pew Research study showing that just 6% of comments submitted in the net neutrality docket are genuine, with others being fake and duplicates. Yet the FCC doesn't appear to be accounting for the onslaught of fake comments submitted in this proceeding.  And a man was arrested and charged for threatening to kill Congressman John Katko if he failed to support net neutrality. Twenty-eight year old Patrick D. Angelo left a voicemail for Katko saying "Listen Mr. Katko, if you support net neutrality, I will support you. But if you don't support net neutrality, I will find you and your family and I will kill…you…all. Do you understand?" This is according to the U.S. Attorney's office. So the net neutrality debate has assumed a very unhealthy tone. Perhaps the FCC should wait on overturning the rules. That would certainly seem to be the most democratic way to go. Incidentally, some 200 businesses, including Airbnb, Tumblr, Pinterest and others sent a letter to Ajit Pai on Cyber Monday urging him to hold on overturning the rules.  Supreme Court hears location-tracking case The Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in Carpenter v. U.S. --that's the cellphone location data tracking case. The defendant was suspected of serving as a lookout during several armed robberies in Detroit. Authorities used Carpenter's cell phone location data to determine his proximity to the robberies. They found that Carpenter was indeed nearby to where the crimes took place.  He was convicted and is now serving a 116-year sentence. But the justices seemed to lean in support of Carpenter's argument that his 4th Amendment rights were violated--despite the third party doctrine which holds that individuals give up their right to privacy in information disclosed to third parties. Robert Barnes covers this in the Washington Post.  Pushback against tattoo recognition technology The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is suing the U.S. government -- specifically the Department of Commerce and the Department of Homeland Security--for its work on developing a tattoo recognition technology. EFF sees the effort as an intrusion into civil liberties. Harper Neidig reports in The Hill.  GAO: Tech severely lacks diversity A new Government Accountability Officer report found that people of color are disproportionately underrepresented within tech firms.  Congressman Bobby Scott--Ranking Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee--ordered the study. The report found that some 10% of Hispanic and 7% of Black workers had Bachelors or Masters-level technology degrees, yet they represent only 5% or less of tech companies.   Softbank bids for Uber Softbank has initiated a formal, $48 billion takeover bid for Uber--the embattled ride-sharing company. Softbank offered to purchase Uber shares despite 3rd Quarter losses of $1.5 billion, which was up from $1.1 billion Uber lost in the second quarter. Eric Newcomer reports for Bloomberg.  Bitcoin takes off Finally, the digital currency Bitcoin had banner week last week. It jumped to over $11,000, from just $1,000 in the spring. Is it a bubble? Should it be regulated? Should the Fed create its own cryptocurrency? And, most importantly, what the hell is it??? Those are the questions being asked this week as Nasdaq prepares to trade Bitcoin. Michael Derby reports in the Wall Street Journal.           

On what is one of the longest episodes in Examineradio's history, we devote almost the entire show to marking the auspicious occasion of the one-year anniversary of the Chronicle Herald strike. First we speak with veteran arts reporter about the cautious optimism surrounding the current round of negotiations between the union and management and the dearth of in-depth arts criticism in Halifax. We also speak with two experts in the newspaper industry and modern journalism: Robert McChesney is a professor of communication at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He's a co-founder of , an advocacy group that "...fights to ... curb runaway media consolidation, protect press freedom, and ensure diverse voices are represented in our media." He's also the co-author of .  is a media business analyst at the in Tampa, FL. Finally, CKDU's was at the demonstration in front of the Chronicle Herald offices this past Monday. She spoke with some of the striking workers as well as politicians and supporters.

Finally, I have him with us!  Gutgsell Endowed Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Robert McChesney, author of 23 books translated into thirty-one languages, is here discussing his latest book, People Get Ready!  Is humanity on the verge of its darkest hour or its greatest moment?  We'll delve into the coming consequences of the technological revolution, the stagnation caused by capitalism, the demise of journalism and how the US political process, so dominated by billionaires and corporate special interests, by corruption and monopoly, stymies not just democracy but progress.  Robert proposes a bold strategy for democratizing our digital destiny - before its too late - and unleashing the real power of the Internet and of humanity! 

A talk by Robert McChesney and John Nichols based on their book "People Get Ready - The Fight Against the Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy."

Robert McChesney returned to the show for the last pledge drive edition of Tell Somebody, on February 4, 2016. We started the show talking about how over two years ago Tell Somebody covered the Michigan emergency manager law, ignored in the corporate media, which led to the Flint water crisis. Then we talked about the new book coauthored by McChesney with John Nichols- People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy ​​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

Guest Robert McChesney, Ph.D., Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and cofounder, Free Press, discusses media, money and politics as it influences food and farming choices. The need for media literacy has never been greaterRobert W. McChesney

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The Social Network Show welcomes Dr. Robert McChesney to the February 10, 2015 episode. Robert McChesney, PhD, Professor in the Communications Department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, talks about democracy and capitalism and his new book, Blowing the Roof off the Twenty-First Century: Media, Politics, and the Struggle for Post-Capitalist Democracy. Hear what Dr. McChesney has to say about what is happening in the world today, the media and social media's reporting of world events and the populations lack of awareness. Robert W. McChesney, PhD  is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. His work concentrates on the history and political economy of communication, emphasizing the role media play in democratic and capitalist societies. Dr. McChesney has a particular interest in the state of journalism, and the relationship of media systems and structures to effective self-governance. He is the co-founder of Free Press, a national media reform organization. From 2002–2012 Dr.  McChesney hosted the “Media Matters” weekly radio program every Sunday afternoon on WILL-AM Dr. McChesney is among the most widely read and honored communication scholars in the world today. His work has been professionally translated into 31 languages. Utne Reader in 2008 listed him as one of their "50 visionaries who are changing the world." Since launching his academic career in the late 1980s, McChesney has made some 800 conference presentations and visiting guest lectures as well as more than 1,000 radio and television guest appearances. He has been the subject of more than 130 published profiles and interviews. Learn more about Dr. Robert McChesney on Wikipedia, and check out his books on Amazon.                    

Robert McChesney, Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois, has a new book out, Blowing the Roof Off the Twenty-first Century – Media, Politics, and the Struggle for Post-Capitalist Democracy. McChesney talks about the book on the January 29, 2015 edition of Tell Somebody. 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

The Social Network Show welcomes Dr. Robert McChesney to the September 26, 2014 episode. The focus of The Social Network Show interview is McChesney's recent book, Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Against Democracy (2013).  The book is a political economic examination of the digital revolution based upon 15 years of research. The book aims to help scholars and citizens be informed participants, and to see that the revolutionary democratic potential of the digital revolution be realized.  The show reveals how "Net Neutrality" protects against privatization of the Internet.  To learn about what the consequences of policy decisions now being made will be for you, listen to Dr. McChesney's answers to Dr. J's questions.  Visit Freepress.net to see what the average Joe can do. Robert W. McChesney, PhD  is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. His work concentrates on the history and political economy of communication, emphasizing the role media play in democratic and capitalist societies. Dr. McChesney has a particular interest in the state of journalism, and the relationship of media systems and structures to effective self-governance. He is the co-founder of Free Press, a national media reform organization. From 2002–2012 Dr.  McChesney hosted the “Media Matters” weekly radio program every Sunday afternoon on WILL-AM Dr. McChesney is among the most widely read and honored communication scholars in the world today. His work has been professionally translated into 31 languages. Utne Reader in 2008 listed him as one of their "50 visionaries who are changing the world." Since launching his academic career in the late 1980s, McChesney has made some 800 conference presentations and visiting guest lectures as well as more than 1,000 radio and television guest appearances. He has been the subject of more than 130 published profiles and interviews. Learn more about Dr. Robert McChesney on Wikipedia, and check out his books on Amazon.                

On the May 15, 2014 edition of Tell Somebody, guest John Nichols talked about Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex  is Destroying America, one week ahead of an appearance in Kansas City to talk about the book.     Nichols, Washington correspondent for the Nation Magazine, co-founder of the media reform organization Free Press, and co-author with Robert McChesney of “Dollarocracy,” is coming to speak at the downtown central Library in Kansas City, MO next Thursday May 22.   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

The cost of American democracy is the most expensive in the world. In the 2012 elections billions of dollars were spent on political campaigns. But there's a growing consensus that big business and wealthy individuals are buying power. Authors John Nichols and Robert McChesney have a name for the state we're in: Dollarocracy. Thanks to Pirate TV for use of their recording. Featuring:   John Nichols, Washington, DC correspondent, Nation magazine; Robert W. McChesney, Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. More information: Robert McChesney and John Nichols   Dollarocracy The post Making Contact – Dollarocracy: Corporate Cash in Politics appeared first on KPFA.

The cost of American democracy is the most expensive in the world. In the 2012 elections billions of dollars were spent on political campaigns. But there’s a growing consensus that big business and wealthy individuals are buying power. Authors John Nichols and Robert McChesney have a name for the state we’re in: Dollarocracy. Thanks to Pirate TV for use of their recording

The cost of American democracy is the most expensive in the world. In the 2012 elections billions of dollars were spent on political campaigns. But there’s a growing consensus that big business and wealthy individuals are buying power. Authors John Nichols and Robert McChesney have a name for the state we’re in: Dollarocracy. Thanks to Pirate TV for use of their recording

On the August 8, 2013, edition of Tell Somebody,  Professor Robert McChesney talks about Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America, his new book with co-author John Nichols. 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" 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 Click here to "like" Tell Somebody on facebook. Follow Tell Somebody on twitter: @tellsomebodynow

Professor Robert McChesney  returned to Tell Somebody for the February 12, 2013 edition to talk about the vital importance of independent media and the urgent need to support it. Robert McChesney is co-founder and former president of Free Press, the national non-partisan media reform group that organized opposition to the Federal Communication Commission's decision to relax media ownership rules in 2003. He is the author of many books, and is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.. 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" 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 your podcast directory. If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to:  mail@tellsomebody.us  Twitter: @tellsomebodynow Tell Somebody on facebook

On the February 7, 2012 edition of Tell Somebody, we got Professor Robert McChesney on the phone to help out with the KKFI Winter Pledge Drive.  Along the way he talked about how the US has slipped badly in freedom of the press rankings compared to other countries, threats to the internet, and how corporate dreams of  lifting even more  media cross-ownership restrictions refuse to die. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target 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 your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us   

On November 27, 2011, I gave a talk on independent media and the journalism crisis at the All Souls Sunday Forum at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in Kansas City, Missouri.  "The UU Forum, Kansas City’s longest ongoing conversation, has offered a platform for the discussion of significant issues since 1943. Guest speakers typically focus on issues of political, social justice, moral, educational and artistic significance..." This talk borrowed heavily from The Death and Life of American Journalism by Robert McChesney and John Nichols, but also includes a lot of my own observations after six years of producing and hosting Tell Somebody on 90.1 FM KKFI Community radio in Kansas City. Where does the internet fit in as cause or solution of the journalism crisis?  How do the "Occupy" phenomenon and the Move to Amend the Constitution to overturn Citizens United v FEC relate to the journalism crisis? What should the future role of community radio be? Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to this presentation, or right-click and choose "save target as" to save a copy of the audio file to your computer.  You can also subscribe to the Tell Somebody podcast, for free, at the iTunes store or other podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us

The October 11, 2011 edition of Tell Somebody starts out with a couple of voices from Occupied Kansas City and a short segment on the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers before spending most of the hour with Robert McChesney, co-author with John Nichols of The Death and Life of American Journalism - The Media Revolution That Will Begin the World Again on a pledge drive show. Click on the the pod icon above or the .mp3 filename below to listen to the show, or right-click and choose "save target 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 your podcast directory.  If you have any comments or questions about the show or any problems accessing the files, send an email to: mail@tellsomebody.us   

Aired 03/20/11 There are the repercussions of the Republican electoral victories in last fall's elections - not just in Washington but in statehouses across the country. Though they well know that they were swept into office due to unemployment and a weak economic recovery on the one hand, and voter ignorance and lack of memory on the other, the GOP in DC is acting like they have a mandate for gutting Planned Parenthood, Public Radio and Television, and the EPA. Even worse, in the states, they are seizing on budget shortfalls to try to crush public employee unions. JOHN NICHOLS is a Washington correspondent for The Nation and associate editor of The Capital TImes in Madison, Wisconsin. He is the author of Jews for Buchanan, and co-author with Robert McChesney of Our Media Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media.

John Nichols and Robert McChesney's new book, The Death and Life of American Journalism - The Media Revolution That Will Begin the World Again has been much in the news lately.  Recently I spoke to McChesney about it on the air and for this edition of Tell Somebody, I decided to give another listen to what John Nichols had to say kicking off a week of media reform events Alice Kitchen and I organzied with help from  Friends of Community Media and other groups in Kansas City with help from www.freepress.net and Common Cause in October, 2008. To download a copy of this show, right-click on the .mp3 filename below and choose 'save target as' to save a copy to your hard drive, or subscribe to the podcast, for free, at the iTunes store.  Search for KKFI and Tell Somebody in your podcast directory. Tom Klammer email: mail@tellsomebody.us

University of Illinois Professor Robert McChesney returns to Tell Somebody to talk about The Death and Life of American Journalism - The Media Revolution That Will Begin the World Again , the new book he co-authored with John Nichols of The Nation magazine. Right-click on the .mp3 filename below and choose "save target as"  to save the audio file to your computer.  Email your comments or questions on the show to mail@tellsomebody.us.  

This week on CounterSpin: a special look at the state of the media in America. Every week on CounterSpin we talk mostly about what the media are getting wrong. But the big story inside the media business is the collapse of the business itself. What are the implications for citizens? What can we do about it? And how concerned should we be about the failures of corporate owners that have done so little to promote good journalism in the first place? We'll talk about all that and more with our guests Robert McChesney and John Nichols, co-authors of the new book ''The Death and Life of American Journalism: the Media Revolution That Will Begin the World Again.' The post Counterspin – February 5, 2010 appeared first on KPFA.

Recently, Robert McChesney put out an email that said,in part, "The Nation just published an article I wrote on the crisis on journalism with my friend John Nichols. It is titled " The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers," though it concerns the entirety of journalism. If this is an issue that you care about, I think you might find the piece of more than passing interest. We make an argument to address the problem going far beyond most of what has been proposed to date." In this edition of Tell Somebody I talk to McChesney about the future of journalism.

ElectionWatch '04: All the News That's Fit to Buy What we learn through the news media shapes how we choose our elected officials. In a democracy, we expect the media to serve the public interest. On this edition, we'll take a look at how media companies have failed the public interest by influencing the political process. We'll also hear from media critic and author Robert McChesney, who says the media's complicity with the government impacts the health of democracy in the United States. – www.radioproject.org The post Making Contact – July 9, 2004 appeared first on KPFA.