Category Archives: Society

John Oliver Provides the Most Thorough “News” Coverage on America’s Predator Drone Strikes to Date on HBO’s “Last Week Tonight”

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro It seems to me that we get much of our best coverage of news stories from comedians/comedy programs these days. I’m a big fan of The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and Last Week Tonight—which is hosted … Continue reading →

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The Case of the “Houdini Handcuff Suicide”: Young Black Man Supposedly Shoots Himself in Back Seat of Police Cruiser in Louisiana (VIDEOS)

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Here’s an interesting story about a young black man who was shot while in police custody earlier this year. Twenty-two-year-old Victor White III died in a Louisiana hospital on March 3rd. He was the “victim of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Countries, Crime, DOJ, FBI, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Louisiana, Racism, United States | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Regarding the Killing of John Crawford III in a Wal-Mart Store in Ohio: Should the Police Officer Who Shot Him Have Been Indicted?

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Previously, I wrote a post titled The Killings of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and John Crawford III: It’s Not about Race…It’s Never about Race!. John Crawford III, an African American, was shot and killed by a white police … Continue reading →

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“Vetted Moderate Syrian Rebels” Condemn U.S. Air Strikes

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Bob Stone

Has anyone else noticed a change public discourse regarding foreign affairs after passage of the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012?    Why do I get the feeling that freeing the State Department to direct their “strategic communications” toward American citizens helped … Continue reading →

Posted in Neoconservatives, Propaganda, Syria, Uncategorized, War, War on "Terror" | 16 Comments

Police Chief of Ferguson, Missouri, Apologizes to Michael Brown’s Parents (VIDEO)

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Thomas Jackson, the police chief of Ferguson, Missouri, apologized to the parents of Michael Brown in a video message earlier today. Jackson extended his apology to peaceful protesters who may think that he didn’t do “enough to … Continue reading →

Posted in Free Speech, Local Government, Missouri, Racism, Short Video, Society, United States | Tagged , , , , | 18 Comments

“The Face of Disgrace”: Charlie Pierce’s Brief Look at Three Failures of the Mainstream Media Since 2001 (VIDEO)

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Today, Charlie Pierce has a post on his Politics Blog at Esquire titled The Face of Disgrace. The post is short—but points out the mainstream media’s failure to cover a few important events that occurred in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Countries, George W. Bush, History, Media, Movies, Music, Politics, Propaganda, Short Video, Society, United States, War | Tagged , , | 23 Comments

St. Louis Police Academy Announces “Highly Entertaining” Course on Officer Involved Shootings That Will Provide Students with Essential Strategies That Will Help Them Win with the Media

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro The St. Louis County and Municipal Police Academy seems to think it has come up with a good way to prevent future problems with the media when people like Michael Brown are shot to death by police … Continue reading →

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Exclusive CNN Video Captures Witnesses’ Disbelief to the Shooting Death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By ELAINE MAGLIARO Yesterday, CNN aired an exclusive cell phone video that was recorded several minutes after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The video captured the reactions of two contractors to the shooting of Michael Brown. The … Continue reading →

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Smear Merchants and Bias in News Reporting: Regarding Michael Brown, Darren Wilson, Race, Right-Wing Blogs, and the Mainstream Media

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By ELAINE MAGLIARO Bias in the Mainstream News Media? On August 14th—five days after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri—Nick Wing published an article on Huffington Post titled When The Media Treats White Suspects And Killers Better Than … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Crime, Law Enforcement, Murder, Propaganda, Racism, Society, United States | Tagged , , , , , | 40 Comments

POETRY FRIDAY–“I, Too, Am America”: The Poetry of Langston Hughes

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

Submitted by Elaine Magliaro Back in August of 2013, I did a post about the poetry of Langston Hughes for Res Ipsa Loquitor. The impetus for my doing that was the—at times contentious—discussions we had been having about race, racism, … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Equal Rights, Literature, Poetry, Racism, Short Video, Society, United States | Tagged , | 11 Comments