Sunday, February 28, 2010

March Media Rant: Jo Egelhoff Reviews the Post-Crescent

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Last month at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association (WNA), the Appleton Post-Crescent (PC) was named the state's ...
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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Sunlight and the Health Care Summit

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Kudos to the Sunlight Foundation for their brilliant live coverage of today's White House Health Care Summit. As each wealthy special i...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010

I'll be on Week in Review Tomorrow

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AnnAlthouse and I will be on Wisconsin Public Radio's "Week in Review" tomorrow from 8-9 a.m. Questions/comments can be calle...
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Monday, February 01, 2010

Censored in 2009, Part 2

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Censored in 2009, Part 2 Media Rants By Tony Palmeri Last month I identified half of the top ten stories that were underreported, ignored, ...
Saturday, January 30, 2010

Thank You Howard Zinn

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When I think of all the people who have influenced my politics, civic life, and approach to teaching, the late Howard Zinn is near the top ...
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Friday, January 29, 2010

Former City Manager Was Not Fired

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One of Gannett's questions to this year's common council candidates starts off with "When the Council fired the former city ma...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Review of Going Rogue

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Over 40 people showed up at the Appleton Public Library last night to discuss Sarah Palin's Going Rogue: An American Life . After Brian ...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Discussion of Palin Book at APL Wednesday Night

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Political activist Brian Farmer and I will be leading a discussion of Sarah Palin's Going Rogue tomorrow (Wednesday) evening from 6:30 ...
Thursday, January 07, 2010

Deer Cull: Firearms Were Discharged Illegally

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Because neither the public at-large, the press, nor the city council were warned of the imminence of a deer cull, no one was in a position t...
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Lamb Not Sheepish About Transparency

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The C-Span icon wants the congressional Democrats and president Obama to hold true to their pledge of maximum transparency in health care d...
Monday, January 04, 2010

So Much For Transparency

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All members of the City Council received this notice today from city manager Rohloff: " Chief Greuel reported to me that Urban Wildlife...
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Monday, December 28, 2009

Censored In 2009, Part I

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The following Media Rants column will appear in the January, 2010 edition of The SCENE .--TP Censored in 2009, Part I Media Rants By Tony P...
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Friday, December 25, 2009

Not Quite Blowin' In The Wind . . .

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. . . but Bob Dylan is now using music to help feed the hungry. Proceeds from his " Christmas in the Heart " recording will suppor...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Buyer Beware Care Passes Senate

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I had an opportunity to watch some of last night's US Senate "debate" over health insurance reform. Earlier in the day, the e...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Tell Feingold to vote NO on Lieberman Bill

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Back in June Senator Feingold said he was "not interested passing health care reform in name only." He called a strong public opti...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Dean: Vote NO on Health Bill

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Howard Dean urges the Senate to kill a "reform" bill that no longer includes even a diluted public option. Russ Feingold, who ough...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

House Honors "Kind of Blue"

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Rep. John Conyers (D-Michigan), who recently received a request from the POTUS to stop "demeaning" him , hasn't been able to g...
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Brooklyn Guerrilla Bike Lane Painters

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Thanks to Lo for passing this on. I'm actually from the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn where this biketroversy is taking place.

Palmeri, Egelhoff on Friday "Week in Review"

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Jo Egelhoff of FoxPolitics.net and I will join Joy Cardin for WPR's Week in Review on Friday, Dec. 11 from 8-9 a.m. You can call in du...
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009

The 2009 TONY Awards

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Yes, what everyone's been waiting for . . . the 2009 TONY Awards Media Rants for excellence in local media. The hard copy can be seen in...
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