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Danny Schechter

News dissector Danny Schechter directed ‘Plunder: The Crime of Our Time,’ a film on the financial crisis as a crime story. Plunderthecrimeofourtime.com. Comments to dissector@mediachannel.org

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Dec 10, 2017
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Op-Ed

Is Obama’s Teddy Roosevelt Rhetoric Just Talk?

Is Barack Obama changing? If so, many in the Occupy Wall Street Movement are patting their efforts on the back, and even claiming credit for what looks like…
by
Danny Schechter,
Consortium News
December 13, 2011
Truthout
Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street’s Next Challenge

One of the oldest patterns of media coverage can be summed up this way: First, they ignore you. Then, they ridicule you. Then, they realize you are a…
by
Danny Schechter,
Consortium News
November 29, 2011
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News

The Trashing of the People’s Library

One of the clearest indicators of a fascist mentality is its contempt for oppositional ideas. The Nazis staged mass book burnings, and some U.S. religious zealots followed in…
by
Danny Schechter,
Consortium News
November 21, 2011
Truthout
News Analysis

After the Zuccotti Park Raid

It was strange, after all these weeks, to be on the outside looking in at a new set of occupiers who were there because they have the guns…
by
Danny Schechter,
Consortium News
November 16, 2011
Truthout
News Analysis

“Occupy” Protests at a Crossroads

A week ago, I produced a TV documentary on inside the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York. It was already somewhat obsolete by the time it aired.…
by
Danny Schechter,
Consortium News
November 14, 2011
Truthout
News Analysis

Occupy Wall Street’s Elegant Message

Demonstrators with the Occupy Wall Street protests listen to a performance by Arlo Guthrie at Columbus Circle in New York on October 21, 2011. (Photo: Marcus Yam /…
by
Danny Schechter,
Consortium News
November 1, 2011
Truthout
Op-Ed

The Mainstream Media’s Fear of Occupy Wall Street

Journalism should be about the new and unexpected, but most journalists really prefer the routine and expected, so their days go easier. And they shy away from…
by
Danny Schechter,
Consortium News
October 26, 2011
Truthout
News Analysis

TV Networks “Monetize” Politics

Already the 2012 projections are in – not for who is going to win the election – but for how much it is likely to cost. …
by
Danny Schechter,
Consortium News
August 24, 2011
Truthout
Op-Ed

Spain’s Challenge to Austerity

Spain is justly proud of the Paella, a distinctive dish that mixes diverse vegetables or seafood into a tasty fusion of delectability. They have now…
by
Danny Schechter,
Consortium News
June 20, 2011
Truthout
News Analysis

The Martin Luther King Legacy and the Global Economic Crisis: Can One Influence the Other?

Martin Luther King, Jr. 1964. (Photo: Library of Congress) Before he went over that mountain top in that week in April like this one back in…
by
Danny Schechter,
Truthout
April 4, 2011
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