These are dangerous times, and news organizations putting profits over democracy is a sure path to America ending up like Hungary with a corrupt, strongman "conservative" running the country...

Donald Trump — the most corrupt president in our history — is getting better press right now (and has for 6 years) than Joe Biden, who is working to restore democracy and sanity to our country. Where the hell did this come from?

The fact is that our media, particularly our broadcast media, is a business that profits when its viewership and listenership goes up. And Donald Trump, who NBC paid millions to train as a reality TV star, is walking, talking clickbait.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Article: "Why the Media Needs a True Reckoning about Serving the Public Good" by Thom Hartmann.

Site: "PressRun.media".

Article: "Bah humbug — media blaming Biden for Christmas gift shortage" by Eric Boehlert.

Article: "Biden, the press, and the "unity" charade" by Eric Boehlert.

Article: "Is the campaign press rooting for Trump?" by Eric Boehlert.

Article: "The media's summer of discontent — waging war on Biden" by Eric Boehlert.

Article: "They miss Trump so much " by Eric Boehlert.

Article: "USA Today's pandemic shame — pushing Trump propaganda" by Eric Boehlert.

Article: "Why Trump doesn't deserve a Biden debate" by Eric Boehlert.

Article: "Worse than Trump — press gets called out for rigged Biden coverage" by Eric Boehlert.

Twitter: "Brian Stelter".

Twitter: "Eric Boehlert".

Twitter: "Dana Milbank".

Article: "'Surreal.' Reporters share what it was like to cover the Trump and Biden campaigns" by Brian Stelter.

Show: "Reliable Sources".

Article: "Leslie Moonves on Donald Trump: "It May Not Be Good for America, but It's Damn Good for CBS"" by Paul Bond.

Site: "Media Matters for America".

Article: "3 Times As Many Biden Jobs As Bushes, Trump Combined" by Simon Rosenberg.

Article: "'Bluetooth-Phobic': Experts Blast Attack on VP Harris – From a News Giant Owned by a Million-Dollar Trump Donor" by David Badash.

Article: "The media treats Biden as badly as — or worse than — Trump. Here's proof" by Dana Milbank.

Law: "Telecommunications Act of 1996" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Viktor Orbán" (Hungary) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Did Ronald Reagan Pave the Way for Fox News?" (Fairness Doctrine) by Dan MacGuill.

Article: "Senate votes to repeal key Biden administration vaccine and testing policy" by Tony Romm.

Article: "Georgia Republicans purge Black Democrats from county election boards" by James Oliphant and Nathan Layne.

Article: "Revealed: Mark Meadows possessed 'insane' blueprint for military seizing ballots after Trump's 2020 defeat" by David Edwards.

Article: "Los Angeles school district fires 500 employees who failed to get vaccinated in time - but they can return to work if they get the shot" by Rachael Bunyan.

Article: "99 Oregon state workers fired for not getting COVID-19 vaccine" by AP.

Article: "Election Fraud, Foreign Interference & Options for 6 JAN" by Mark Meadows.

Article: "'Reno 911' resurrected for special episode to locate QAnon to serve the conspiracy group " by Sarah K. Burris.

Article: "Rupert Murdoch" by Wikipedia.

Article: "2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Cancer eating the heart of Australian democracy" by Kevin Rudd.

Article: "Assassination of John F. Kennedy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Kent State shootings" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ellen Ratner" by Wikipedia.

Article: "WGN-TV" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Clear-channel station" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Alan Berg" by Wikipedia.

Article: "What Is Section 230-And Why Does Trump Want To Change It?" by Abram Brown.

Article: "Section 230" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ed Schultz: I Was Fired From MSNBC Because I Supported Bernie Sanders" by Emily Zanotti.

Article: "Marjorie Taylor Greene Doubles Down on 'Jihad Squad' Remarks" by Brendan Cole.

Hour Two: Warning: COVID-Fueled Mental Health Crisis Will Be a Costly Second Pandemic
- Lynn Parramore, Senior Research Analyst - Institute for New Economic Thinking / frequent contributor to Reuters, Salon, Alternet, etc. / Author - Reading the Sphinx

Article: "Warning: COVID-Fueled Mental Health Crisis Will Be a Costly Second Pandemic" by Lynn Parramore (article has links to many items mentioned).

Article: "Texas passes law banning abortion after six weeks" by BBC.

Article: "What's in the House-passed Build Back Better bill? Paid leave, universal pre-K and more" by Joey Garrison and Ledyard King.

Article: "USPS removed 711 sorting machines this year, new court documents show" by Kristen Holmes and Paul P. Murphy.

Article: "Louis DeJoy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Biden Nominates Two New Postal Service Board Members" by Madeleine Ngo.

Article: "The latest COVID deaths are of people in their 30's" by Chaplain M.

Article: "askST: What happens if I am unvaccinated and need treatment for Covid-19?" by Joyce Teo.

Article: "Biden federal contractor vaccine mandate blocked nationwide by federal judge in Georgia" by Tierney Sneed.

Article: "COVID Cases, Deaths Notably Worse In Red States Than Blue States: Report" by Mary Papenfuss.

Article: "212 House Republicans vote to slash billions of dollars from Medicare" by Josh Israel.

Article: "US Covid cases surge as vaccine progress slows and Omicron variant sparks fears" by Eric Berger.

Article: "Courts block two Biden administration COVID vaccine mandates" by Tom Hals.

Article: "Federal judge blocks Biden's last remaining COVID vaccine mandate rule on contractors due to 'vast economic and political significance': Judges have already blocked mandate being imposed on businesses or healthcare workers" by Reuters and Harriet Alexander.

Article: "New Hampshire bill would require teachers to put a positive spin on slavery" by Judd Legum.

Article: "John Dean" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Strict Father vs. Nurturant Parent" by Matthew Linderman.

Article: "Monsanto Forced Fox TV to Censor Coverage of Dangerous Milk Drug" by Jeffrey Smith.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution" .

Article: "Fox News lawyer tells judge that Tucker Carlson's audience doesn't expect him to report the facts" by Roger Sollenberger.

Article: "Biden sounds alarm at virtual summit about global democracy" by AP.

Article: "Powell Memo".

Article: "Jerome Powell" by Wikipedia.

Clip: Phone conversation between President Lyndon Johnson and Sen. Everett Dirksen (R) 968. "Here's the latest information we've got... This is treason. ... "

Article: "The FDA says 16- and 17-year-olds can now get Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine booster shot" by Jake Epstein, Andrew Dunn.

Article: "Scientists just came to a disturbing conclusion about the political divide in the United States " by Nicole Karlis.

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Article: "America First Committee" by Wikipedia.

Article: "German American Bund" by Wikipedia.

Image: "American Nazi organization rally at Madison Square Garden, 1939" by .

Article: "Stitt's blustering likely won't stop Guard vaccine mandate" by Enid News & Eagle Editorial Board.

Article: "Gov. Kristi Noem Brags About Infecting The Great Plains And Midwest With COVID" by Jason Easley.

Article: "Sturgis rally may have caused more than 250,000 new coronavirus cases, study finds" by Doha Madani.

Article: "Legal affairs of Donald Trump" by Wikipedia.

Case: "Brown v. Board", 1954.

Article: "Iran Hostage Crisis" by Wikipedia.

Site: Trump Death Toll.

Article: "Pic Of The Moment: No Difference Between The Two Parties?" by EarlG.

Article: "COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China" by Wikipedia.

Article: "China shuts terminal at world's 3rd busiest port after COVID case" by Bloomberg.

Article: "COVID-19 Deaths by Race/Ethnicity" by KFF.

Article: "Lee Atwater" by Wikipedia.

Article: "America Must Never Forget what Trump & the GOP Did On April 7th, 2020" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Trump says he wanted Biden 'to be successful' in tackling COVID-19, blasts his successor's handling of the pandemic" by John L. Dorman.

Article: "UF researchers felt pressure to destroy COVID-19 data, not criticize DeSantis, report says" by Divya Kumar.

Show: "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: November 14, 2021: Union Busting".

Article: "Lauren Boebert challenger Sol Sandoval wins backing from progressive group" by Ernest Luning.

Bible: "Deuteronomy 27:19" - ""Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"".

Article: "John Birch Society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Fred C. Koch" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Silver Thursday" (Hunt brothers) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mueller Report (Redacted) Searchable Version (PDF)".

Article: "Mark Milley" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Real Crime General Milley Exposed Laid Bare" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "They Thought They Were Free" by Milton Mayer. "First they came for the ... What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise..."

Article: "Vladimir Putin" (Russia) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Adolf Hitler" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Benito Mussolini" by Wikipedia.

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