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Rag Radio! A Conversation with Larry Ray
TUESDAY ON KOOP RADIO IN AUSTIN:RAG RADIOHOSTED BY THORNE DREYER KOOP, 91.7 FM — Every Tuesday afternoon — 2-3 PM The latest addition to the Rag media family, Rag Radio presents issue-oriented discussion and cutting edge cultural programming in the … Continue reading
Journalism at its Best : Rachel Maddow Takes on Tom Ridge
Rachel Maddow leaves Tom Ridge begging for Homeland Security In what essentially amounted to a seminar on left-leaning critiques of the Bush administration, Maddow asked pointed questions on the gamut of security issues… By Joe Coscarelli / September 2, 2009 … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Cable Television, Homeland Security, Journalists, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow
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Houston : Walter Cronkite’s Map
Now it’s Dan’s By Dan Earhart / The Rag Blog / July 20, 2009 Here is my work space. The map has no roads. I look at it every day. It used to hang in the KTRH newsroom in Houston … Continue reading
David Carradine’s Death, and Bizarre Memories from a Reporter’s Early Years
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. I had never seen anything as ghastly. His upper body was pasty white. From about his pelvis down, the flesh was a dark port color. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
Mesmo’s Meanderings : Bud Shrake, Acapulco Gold, Mad Dogs and the Raw Deal
Texas literary legend Bud Shrake, 77, passed away on May 8, 2009, in Austin. Photo from The Texas Observer. Bud Shrake, 77, a seminal literary figure (“a lion of Texas letters,” according to the Austin American-Statesman) and an Austin underground … Continue reading
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Tagged Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, Authors, Bud Shrake, Journalists, Literature, Sixties, Texas
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Bud Shrake, 77 : This Texas Tall Tale is a Literary Legend
Bud Shrake speaks at Texas Book Festival in November, 2008. Photo by Bob Simmons / The Rag Blog. Edwin “Bud” Shrake died Friday, May 8, of lung cancer, at the age of 77. A towering figure in Texas literature — … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Richards, Austin, Authors, Bob Simmons, Journalists, Literature, Texas
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Newsroom Layoffs : Black Journalists Take Hardest Hits
Controversial sports analyst Stephen A. Smith — once a rising star at ESPN radio and television — is leaving the air because he refused a pay cut. With all the hair-pulling about the demise of the print media, and especially … Continue reading
Paul Krassner on The Virtues of Irreverence, Indecency and Illegal Drugs
The Right Irreverent Paul Krassner. ‘In the wishful-thinking corner of my mind, pushing the limits and fostering social change are inextricably connected, but I don’t have any delusions that I’ve inspired an epidemic of epiphanies.’ — Paul Krassner. By David … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Media, Authors, Drug Legalization, Journalists, Paul Krassner, Political Activists, Political Satire, Sixties
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The Media in the Recent War on Gaza
Paul Beckett is the newest addition to the growing family of Rag Bloggers. We are grateful he found us and wants to participate in the effort we have undertaken. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Journalists protesting against censorship outside … Continue reading
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Tagged Gaza War, Israel, Journalists, Palestine, Palestinian Occupation, Paul Beckett
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Send Your Smelly, Old Shoes to the Whitehouse
NOTE: Speaking of shoes and the White House, Skip Mendler of Honesdale, PA has a great idea. He suggests that everyone who is disgusted with the outgoing Bush/Cheney administration send a shoe to the White House. Just imagine a pile … Continue reading
Libel Suit Arrest : French Journalist Humiliated by Police
French journalist Vittorio de Filippis. Photo by Franck Fife / AFP. This over the top arrest by French cops and their strip search of a journalist for a “libel charge” has the Paris press up on arms. Larry Ray / … Continue reading
