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July 30, 2015

Anyone watching "Poldark" on PBS Masterpiece Theatre?

It's very good, and, if I may indulge myself a bit, leading man Aidan Turner, is to die for.

July 28, 2015

Comcast Killed the Ed Show for talking about TPP

Source: Old Tulsan Ring of Fire Radio

http://www.ringoffireradio.com...
Comcast Killed The Ed Show For Talking About TPP



When it comes to coverage of the Trans Pacific Partnership, no one in the corporate media covered the issue more than Ed Schultz on MSNBC’s The Ed Show. When it was announced last week that they were pulling the plug on his program, they effectively killed the only national voice that was talking about the disaster of a trade deal on cable news.

According to Media Matters, between August 1, 2013, and January 31, 2015, Ed Schultz covered the TPP on 71 different segments, not including the time he brought up the issue during the network’s coverage of the State of the Union Address in 2015. The only other host who mentioned the TPP during this same time period was Chris Hayes, who only mentioned it one time in passing on his show. The rest of the network’s personalities remained completely silent on the issue during this 18-month period


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