Jeff Cohen

4 weeks ago | fair.org | Jeff Cohen

Robert W. McChesney was a leading voice and a precious colleague in the battle for a more democratic media system, and a more democratic society. Bob passed away on Tuesday, March 24, at the age of 72. No one did more to analyze the negative and censorial impacts of our media and information systems being controlled by giant, amoral corporations. Bob was a scholar—the Gutgsell endowed professor of communications at University of Illinois—and a prolific author.

Aug 20, 2024 | truthdig.com | Jeff Cohen

Phil Donahue passed away Sunday night, after a long illness. He was beloved by those who knew him and by many who didn’t. He started as a local reporter in Ohio, was a trailblazer in bringing social issues to a national audience as a daytime broadcast TV host, and then he was pretty-much banished from TV by MSNBC because he—accurately, correctly, and morally—questioned the horrific U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Aug 19, 2024 | smirkingchimp.com | Jeff Cohen

Phil Donahue passed away Sunday night, after a long illness. He was beloved by those who knew him and by many who didn’t. He started as a local reporter in Ohio, was a trailblazer in bringing social issues to a national audience as a daytime broadcast TV host, and then he was pretty-much banished from TV by MSNBC because he—accurately, correctly, and morally—questioned the horrific U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Aug 19, 2024 | alternet.org | Jeff Cohen

Phil Donahue passed away Sunday night, after a long illness. He was beloved by those who knew him and by many who didn’t. He started as a local reporter in Ohio, was a trailblazer in bringing social issues to a national audience as a daytime broadcast TV host, and then he was pretty-much banished from TV by MSNBC because he – accurately, correctly and morally – questioned the horrific U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Oct 2, 2023 | truthdig.com | Jeff Cohen

If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. follows through on his apparent plans to run for president in the fall 2024 general election, that will make it all the more important for progressives to have a clear understanding of who Kennedy is and what he really stands for. In advance of announcing that he’ll run as an independent, according to Mediaite, the Kennedy campaign will deploy “attack ads” against the Democratic National Committee for preventing an open primary process.