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.

Sunday, April 29, 2018

An interview with Tom Breuer (AKA Aldous J. Pennyfarthing)

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In 2002 Tom Breuer (pronounced BROY-er) was editor of the Fox Valley SCENE , an alternative, independent monthly newspaper published in nort...

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Sunday, April 01, 2018

MLK 50: Justice Through Journalism

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April 4th is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. My guess is that few Americans know that King was killed i...

Thursday, March 01, 2018

America's Children Need UN Intervention

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September 6, 2019 Update: Since I wrote this piece in March of 2018, the situation for America's children has become even MORE despera...

Thursday, February 01, 2018

Censored in 2017

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Since 1976, Sonoma State University’s Project Censored has challenged the news media to meet their First Amendment responsibilities. Annual...

Monday, January 01, 2018

The 2017 Tony Awards

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Welcome to the annual Tony Awards post. Every year since 2002 I've awarded a Tony to the best media of the previous year. Some years (l...

Friday, December 08, 2017

Dr. Chris Terry on Net Neutrality and Media Ownership

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Critical issues related to media, like net neutrality and media ownership, are often discussed in wonky, technical terms that leave even th...

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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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