Hard Pass

Hard Pass

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  • No News Is Good News

    The president has once again targeted specific news outletsand banned them from entering the White House in order to cover this administration. In this episode we look at how well corporate media are doing when it comes to covering the story when they ARE the story. This is episode 37 of season two of Hard Pass.

    38 min
  • No News Is Good News AUDIO

    The president has once again targeted specific news outletsand banned them from entering the White House in order to cover this administration. In this episode we look at how well corporate media are doing when it comes to covering the story when they ARE the story. This is episode 37 of season two of Hard Pass.

    38 min
  • Trumpapalooza AUDIO

    The first-ever Republican midterm convention was interesting for several reasons. One, the president promised every adult in America a $5,000 dividend check if the House and Senate remain under Republican control after the election. Second was the unusual oath that he asked the attendees to recite - which included a pledge to cheat when voting. We cover this and a lot more in this edition of Hard Pass.

    31 min
  • Trumpapalooza

    The first-ever Republican midterm convention was interesting for several reasons. One, the president promised every adult in America a $5,000 dividend check if the House and Senate remain under Republican control after the election. Second was the unusual oath that he asked the attendees to recite - which included a pledge to cheat when voting. We cover this and a lot more in this edition of Hard Pass.

    31 min
  • The Pentagon and the Polygraphs

    On this episode of Hard Pass, we’ll be looking at corporate media coverage of the latest round of polygraphs of high ranking officers and civilians that were ordered by the Department of Defense. We’ll also be looking at the latest tariff wars that have been ordered by Mr. Trump.

    41 min
  • The Pentagon and the Polygraphs AUDIO

    On this episode of Hard Pass, we’ll be looking at corporate media coverage of the latest round of polygraphs of high ranking officers and civilians that were ordered by the Department of Defense. We’ll also be looking at the latest tariff wars that have been ordered by Mr. Trump.

    41 min
  • Beef Boondoggle

    On this episode we talk about media coverage of Mr. Trump's decision to import beef from Argentina amid concerns about the quality of that meat. Texas cattle ranchers are certainly not happy about this choice. We also talk about the judicial back and forth associated with Trump's executive order on mail in ballots. All of this and more on this edition of Hard Pass.

    41 min
  • Beef Boondoggle

    On this episode we talk about media coverage of Mr. Trump's decision to import beef from Argentina amid concerns about the quality of that meat. Texas cattle ranchers are certainly not happy about this choice. We also talk about the judicial back and forth associated with Trump's executive order on mail in ballots. All of this and more on this edition of Hard Pass.

    41 min
  • Free Speech is AWOL

    In what appears to be another effort by this administration to control the narrative, three of the top managers at the military newspaper Stars and Stripes were dismissed. How is this story being framed in corporate media? And new information about the reasons why conditions were poor on the USS Abraham Lincoln has been discovered. Why is this new info not being widely reported? This is season two, episode 33 of Hard Pass.

    47 min
  • Free Speech is AWOL

    In what appears to be another effort by this administration to control the narrative, three of the top managers at the military newspaper Stars and Stripes were dismissed. How is this story being framed in corporate media? And new information about the reasons why conditions were poor on the USS Abraham Lincoln has been discovered. Why is this new info not being widely reported? This is season two, episode 33 of Hard Pass.

    47 min

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White House reporter Brian Karem (Salon) and two university journalism professors, Dr. Michael Mirer (UW-Milwaukee) and Dr. Mark Mederson (Texas State University), analyze whether news media are…