Thom Hartmann to Receive 2014 Freedom of Speech Award
Source: Talkers.com
The TALKERS editorial board has named progressive radio and television talk show host Thom Hartmann as the 2014 recipient of The Gene Burns Memorial Award for Freedom of Speech.
The award recognizes broadcasting achievement in raising consciousness and awareness of the First Amendment, displaying courage and commitment in exercising First Amendment rights and contributing to the viability of the First Amendment through deed and example.
The award, one of the most prestigious and high-profile honors presented to individuals in the talk media industry, has a colorful (and often controversial) history that goes back to the early 1990s when the modern era of talk radio emerged and the format became recognized as an influential forum of public policy and social change following the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine. It was re-named in honor of talk radio pioneer Gene Burns upon his death in May 2013.
Read more: http://www.talkers.com/2014/05/27/tuesday-may-27-2014/
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)after the oligarchs took progressive radio out of Seattle.
rurallib
(62,416 posts)He has (or is) moving back to the noon (ET) 9AM (PT) time slot to replace Ed.
Happy listening - I love Thom.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Maddow in the car during my commute. I havent gotten into podcasts yet.
rurallib
(62,416 posts)WCPT is a live station in Chicago - one of the few lefty stations left.
the link I gave is one you can listen to if you have access to a computer during the day.
We also have Sirius XM in our car and thus can listen live there.
Just wanted you to know they were still kicking.
alp227
(32,025 posts)uhnope
(6,419 posts)Glenn Beck Al Franken, Sean Hannity, Bill OReilly...It's a joke award. Thom should have quit RT and kept his integrity when Liz Wahl did.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)were on CNN or Fox? I respect Thom's decision to broadcast on RT. I am not terrified by the word "Russian". American corporate media is the worst. Who do you follow?
uhnope
(6,419 posts)to the Russian dictatorship?
Are you aware at all of what's going on in Russia? I don't think you can be, or else you wouldn't scoff at people like Hartmann who collaborate with Putin's anti-democracy, anti-progressive, neocon, gay-bashing, press-closing, Pussy-Riot-imprisoning regime.
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)Our media aided the Bush administration into lying us into wars of choice and pretty well stayed crawled up Lil' Boot's ass until he finally fucked off to paint ugly pictures.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)I laugh at those that might claim to be liberal but hide under the bed when the word Russia appears. American media is the worst. I realize that RT may have bias but I figure I am smart enough to figure it out. But I see where you might be scared and disparage Thom Hartman because he lost his integrity by being on RT. I suppose you love CNN and Wolf Blitzshit. I question whether you know what integrity really means.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)Integrity is also living by your words. Here are yours:
If you didn't mean that American corporate media is worse than Russian media, then have the integrity clarify your words. But you better do some research first, because you probably don't know that Putin has closed every independent media outlet in the whole country, and he actually pays for RT.
More research http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/10/1283668/-Thom-Hartmann-Sticking-with-RT-despite-Resignations-over-Putin-s-Actions-in-Ukraine
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)the millions of children living in poverty. Thom Hartman has more integrity than your Wolf Blitzshit in his little finger.
I think the biggest danger to American Democracy is our Oligarchy. But you go ahead and listen to their propaganda. While you are cowering, afraid of the Red Menace, your Oligarchy is robbing the middle class blind.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)because at least that was definitely true, and admitting you don't know is at least decent, unlike your sad descent into personal attacks and hysterical verbiage ("cowering, afraid" "Red Menace" "your Wolf Blitzshit"
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)ABC? Who do you respect?
uhnope
(6,419 posts)I don't have cable so I don't watch CNN or any commercial news, actually.
But do you understand the bad logic of that, right? They could all be bad; bad corporate media in USA doesn't improve the quality of RT. Corporate-funded media isn't inherently worse that dictatorhip-funded media. Celebrating and hyping RT because you're mad at corporate media just doesn't make sense. And from a progressive standpoint, it's horrible to do anything that support the neo dictatorship of Russia.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)name. And you do realize that those (the oligarchs) that wish to pick your pocket will use distractions, like "the Communists are coming" as well as others. I think that the noose around our necks being tightened by the Carlyle Group or whoever the oligarchs are, is of concern.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)and that ignorance is not bliss in this case, but really ugly. You know what? You should dismiss RT because it's Kremlin-sponsored propaganda, yes of course you should.
You want to be progressive? Then:
Stand up for gay rights! In Russia, Putin has made it illegal to publicly say you're gay.
Stand up for Pussy Riot, jailed for their freedom of speech against the Russian dictator.
Stand up for freedom of the press! Putin has closed every independent media outlet and now plans to make bloggers register.
Stand up for freedom from oligarchs and corruption! Putin's regime is totally corrupt. Read about Sergei Magnitsky, RIP.
Stand up against Putin's lies, and oppose RT.
I could go on. These are the crimes and injustices represented by the FOX News of Russia, RT. You're hurting yourself, and progressive causes, when you support RT and dictatorships like Russia.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Of course Russia is not a free country. But before I worry about that, we need to fix our own Democracy. Those that want to control us love it when we can be distracted by fear of something over there. Look over there.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)I don't bring up Russia for no reason--there are unfortunately tons of dictatorships in the world (though few as large and dangerous as Russia). I bring up Russia because YOU bring up Russia when you say you say you're not "afraid" of the word Russia in Russia Today. As a progressive, you should be afraid for progressives when you hear the word Russia, and you should be alert to any support of or collaboration with the neocon Kremlin dictatorship, instead of dismissing Hartmann's collaboration.
But I've made the point several times and you always resist it. I'm done--it's now between you and your conscience.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)I wouldnt mind except they are literally killing Americans today. But you go ahead and worry about the Russians and continue to support the oligarchs here at home. H. Clinton is a Wall Street hack.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)making personal attacks.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)Interesting. Please tell us more about this conspiracy and about your proof of a "New Democrat" pay-per-post campaign against Hartmann.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)uhnope
(6,419 posts)Who organizes it? How are the conspirators recruited? How do you know about it? Please expose it to the light of day.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)It was covered in the Guardian and several other places a few years back.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks
http://boingboing.net/2011/02/18/hbgarys-high-volume.html
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2011/feb/23/need-to-protect-internet-from-astroturfing
uhnope
(6,419 posts)and says this:
Centcom said it was not targeting any US-based web sites, in English or any other language, and specifically said it was not targeting Facebook or Twitter.
Second link is broken. Third is opinion piece.
However, I don't doubt these things are being used by some groups or foreign countries, and the pro-Russian bots that pop up on DU would be likely suspects.
But we need proof. I would love some proof that the DLC or Americans for Prosperity or Russia or Israel or whatever were paying people to go to chat rooms and message boards like DU. I just haven't seen it. Have you?
yurbud
(39,405 posts)more often than Blackwater, and when Obama was a candidate for the US Senate, he had to distance himself from the DLC to avoid becoming TOO popular with Democratic voters:
http://www.blackcommentator.com/47/47_cover.html
and later
http://www.blackcommentator.com/48/48_cover.html
Although Obama did bravely stand up to be counted as a "New Democrat" AFTER he was elected president.
The only reason a candidate and later elected official would dance around any connection to a group like that is because it would make him TOO popular with the activists and base of his party, right?
mdbl
(4,973 posts)Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)There must be some mistake. He works for a bad channel owned by bogey men.
alp227
(32,025 posts)prairierose
(2,145 posts)RT just broadcasts the evening show...anyone telling you he works for Putin does not know what they are talking about. He is also on freespeech tv and has a radio show 3 hours a day. He owns both shows. Find his youtube channel or go to http://www.thomhartmann.com/
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)bananas
(27,509 posts)90-percent
(6,829 posts)It seems to me Thom can keep his integrity and work for RT at the same time. Thom and his career stand for something. Integrity, among many other things.
Thom's integrity is utterly intact, as far as I'm concerned, and his intellect and research are one of the few consistantly bright burning beacons of hope we've had in this era of corporate totalitarianism.
=90% jimmy
alp227
(32,025 posts)must give Thom the final say on creative/intellectual control of the show.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)and he goes easy on Putin. Not the definition of integrity, exactly http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/10/1283668/-Thom-Hartmann-Sticking-with-RT-despite-Resignations-over-Putin-s-Actions-in-Ukraine
cascadiance
(19,537 posts)Sometimes, in this day and age of control of media by many people we don't like, you have to make tradeoffs. I believe Thom that he controls his own show. Putin and the Russians pay him, probably because they know a show that even they don't control, would do more damage to those other entities they don't like in control of our government and working against them than any of their own shows could do. He has far more credibility than any of their own shows do.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)but no self-respecting media person allows themselves to be used like a tool by dictatorships
cascadiance
(19,537 posts)than RT. Even if Thom had no connections at all to RT, they would still appreciate that Thom's shows question the real criminal activities in our government and corporate power structure. Thom operating completely independently, and even questioning the actions of Putin in RT is far more apt to happen and not be a problem for them, than Thom trying to do an independent show with any kind of domestic media company partnerships who WOULD demand control over his content, as they wouldn't see value in giving him resources unless they did.
Thom is as much of a tool or more for us than he is for Putin now. And it is a tool we very much need if we want to have any kind of chance at keeping a government that has any kind of accountability to us.
Corporate media and many corporate bought politicians in both parties are used like a tool by the Chinese dictatorship which uses them to preserve the trade relationships that screws the American worker and helps them take our manufacturing business from us, amongst other things.
navarth
(5,927 posts)notwithstanding some of the horse shit I've read on this thread.
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)And hope to be in his league one day at Independent Underground Radio LIVE. Huge Congratulations!
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)I no longer have access to Thom except on the internet. Just as TPTB wanted it.
handmade34
(22,756 posts)is one of the really good guys I worked for/with him yeas ago and he's the real deal!!
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Love Thom