Tony Palmeri's Media Rants

Welcome To Tony Palmeri's Media Rants! I am a professor of Communication Studies at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. I use this blog to try to promote critical thinking about mainstream media, establishment politics, and popular culture.

Monday, December 01, 2025

America's 15 Minutes of Famish and Other Hot Takes

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I think you'd have to go back to the last year of the George W. Bush presidency (2008) for a time when the United States seemed as compl...

Friday, October 31, 2025

Resolution Designating November 4, 2025 as the "National Day of Remembrance for Victoria Leigh Soto"

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Not long after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, US Senator Rick Scott of Florida put forth a resolution designating Mr. Kirk's birthd...

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Free Press In Crisis

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Note: I had the good fortune of being asked to participate in " A Constitution Challenged ," a September 18, 2025 Constitution Day...

Monday, September 01, 2025

Minnesota Tragedy: NOT The Hate That Hate Produced

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We are witnessing a fascinating and predictable transformation in the way the political right wing responds to mass shootings. For decades t...

Monday, August 11, 2025

Interviews With Mike McCabe

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I recently was fortunate to do two interviews with Wisconsin author and democracy activist Mike McCabe for the Media Rants podcast . Mike wa...

Friday, August 01, 2025

Ozzy Osbourne and the Liberation of Auden's Unknown Citizen

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This post is going to make a connection between the recently deceased rock singer Ozzy Osbourne, his band Black Sabbath, and the late, brill...

Friday, July 25, 2025

Media Rants Interview With Dr. Chu May Paing

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tony palmeri: I teach Communication Studies (First Amendment, Classical Rhetoric, Civic Engagement, Rhetoric of Rock Music) at UW Oshkosh. Served two terms on Oshkosh City Council. Originally from Brooklyn, NY.

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