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.

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

On Public Displays Of Affliction

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In 1962 historian Daniel J. Boorstin released The Image: A Guide To Pseudo-Events in America . Pseudo-events are planned, often highly chore...

Sunday, October 01, 2017

Cop Culture and Mindless Media Collusion

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On July 31st of this year, 28-year-old Isaiah Tucker of Oshkosh was shot and killed by an Oshkosh police officer when he refused commands t...

Friday, September 01, 2017

Inching Toward Glasnost--American Style

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We American boomers who came of age during the Cold War will recall being told--repeatedly in the press and in school--that the major differ...

Tuesday, August 01, 2017

It's the War, Stupid

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In September Hillary Clinton will release a campaign memoir. The book is called What Happened . Publisher Simon and Schuster tells us what t...

Saturday, July 01, 2017

My Favorite Albums Of 1967

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On the day of my birth in July of 1961, the #1 song in the United States was " Quarter to Three " by Gary U.S. Bonds . Exuberant d...

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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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