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The Uncomfortable Truth About The Political Nature Of Fox News

Jay Murdock

Aug 8, 2016
5 min

The Uncomfortable Truth About The Political Nature Of Fox News

May 27, 2015 11:05 AM EDT ››› ERIC BOEHLERT Fox News has been on the air nearly two decades and some Beltway journalists are still denying the transparent truth about the cable channel and its intricate political machinations. Even some longtime conservatives, such as historian and former Reagan aide Bruce Bartlett, now concede Fox News is “brainwashing” the conservative electorate, and that the GOP is being harmed by the network. Responding to Bartlett at Politico, senior me

Five Things You Might Have Missed on ‘Poverty Day’

Jay Murdock

Sep 28, 2013
18 min

Five Things You Might Have Missed on ‘Poverty Day’

Greg Kaufman The Nation September 27, 2013 The annual release of the US Census poverty data is the one day you can be sure the mainstream media will turn their attention to poverty. This year was no exception when Poverty Day arrived last Tuesday. Amidst the frenzy of coverage of the new data, here are five things you may have missed: 1) A Crisis for Children of Color Under Age 5 Melissa Boteach, director of Half in Ten, a campaign to cut poverty in half in ten years, notes “

Why the Upcoming Shutdowns and Defaults are Symptoms of a Deeper Republican Malady

Jay Murdock

Sep 23, 2013
3 min

Why the Upcoming Shutdowns and Defaults are Symptoms of a Deeper Republican Malady

ROBERT B. REICH: Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley Former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton Administration – Saturday, September 21, 2013 Congressional Republicans have gone directly from conservatism to fanaticism without any intervening period of sanity. First, John Boehner, bowing to Republican extremists, ushers a bill through the House that continues to fund the government after September 30 but doesn’t fund the Affordable Ca

Income Inequality Didn’t Happen By Accident (Video)

Jay Murdock

Sep 13, 2013
1 min

Income Inequality Didn’t Happen By Accident (Video)

#economy #Unemployment #economicdisparity #EconomicCrisis #MiddleClass #RobertReich #Jobs

Across Generations, the Jobs Numbers Show We’re All in This Together

Jay Murdock

Sep 10, 2013
3 min

Across Generations, the Jobs Numbers Show We’re All in This Together

Richard (RJ) Eskow – Writer;Senior Fellow, Campaign for America’s Future Posted: 09/10/2013 1:40 am We’re in the midst of the worst employment crisis in modern memory. Lackluster jobs reports like last week’s should remind us that the crisis will last a long, long time, unless we act. It would be tragic if superficial “improvements” created by discouraged workers dropping out of the labor force become an excuse for continued inaction – or worse. But buried in the discouragin

50 Years After the March on Washington: Racial Economic Inequality Beyond Black and White

Jay Murdock

Aug 27, 2013
2 min

50 Years After the March on Washington: Racial Economic Inequality Beyond Black and White

Dedrick Muhammad Senior Director of Economic Programs, NAACP – posted 08/27/13 The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a multiracial movement. And like 50 years ago, today many of the disparities — wealth, unemployment, and income — are not only experienced by African Americans, but exist in varied forms among all people of color. Unlike the African American population, the Hispanic population is rapidly growing with trends projecting Hispanics will comprise 30

Media Push Economic Inequality To The Backseat

Jay Murdock

May 14, 2013
2 min

Media Push Economic Inequality To The Backseat

ALBERT KLEINE – Media Matters May 14, 2013 Media outlets largely ignored economic inequality in discussions about the overall economy, despite mounting evidence suggesting that the problem has increased in recent years. While media have been quick to highlight ostensibly positive gains for the economy — notably that the Dow Jones Industrial reached 15,000 for the first time in its history, GDP grew by 2.5 percent in the first quarter of 2013, and unemployment for April edged

The Remarkable Renaissance of John Kasich

Jay Murdock

May 8, 2013
5 min

The Remarkable Renaissance of John Kasich

By Andy Kroll – Mother Jones May. 6, 2013 3:00 AM PDT John Kasich, the Republican governor of Ohio, had hit rock bottom. It was March 2011, and Kasich was about to sign Senate Bill 5, the controversial anti-union legislation that curbed bargaining rights for cops, firefighters, teachers, and other public employees. Most Ohioans thought SB 5 was a terrible idea, and Kasich’s approval rating had sunk to a pitiful 35 percent. In a hypothetical revote, 55 percent of Ohioans surve

Wealth Inequality: Core Challenge for National Security

Jay Murdock

May 1, 2013
6 min

Wealth Inequality: Core Challenge for National Security

By Edward Corcoran / Ret. Strategic Analyst, U.S. Army War College / 04/30/2013 America prides itself on being the Land of Opportunity, and has made real efforts to be a land of equal opportunity. But it has never claimed to be a land of equal results. The driving force of the capitalist economic system is to get ahead with hard work and clever thinking, get ahead of the crowd in terms of assets and prestige. This is in stark contract to a socialist system focused more on le

Jay Murdock

Apr 26, 2013
1 min

Rent is TOO Damn High!

#economy #Entertainment #Video