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, November 01, 2022

Tribute Songs For My Old Man

My dad passed away on October 23 at the age of 93. Music icon Jerry Lee Lewis died almost a week later and in our celebrity obsessed cultur...

Saturday, October 01, 2022

Free Speech Survey Returns To University of Wisconsin

Last April, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater interim chancellor Jim Henderson resigned abruptly, in part because of his objection to the m...

Thursday, September 01, 2022

Celebration of the Music of 1972, Part 2

Back in July I celebrated 26 albums released in 1972 , one of the most magical years in the history of popular music. In that year, a number...

Monday, August 01, 2022

Media Rants At 20

2025 Update: This post is continuously updated to include links to Media Rants written POST 2022 --Tony P. Believe it or not--and most days ...

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About Me

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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