Virtually Speaking Sundays – 6p pac, 9p eastern

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From the VS Media Panel — Joan McCarter and Jay Ackroyd —   discuss developments of the week; countering narratives and highlighting issues neglected or misrepresented by the legacy media. Informed, lively and informal.

Joan McCarter – Senior Policy Editor and regular front page contributor to Daily Kos – Joan tracks national legislative developments.  Follow @joanmccarter

Plus commentary from political satirist Culture of Truth, author of the Bobblespeak Translations.

The Virtually Speaking Media Panel — Avedon Carol, Cliff Schecter, David Dayen, Dave Johnson, David Waldman, digby, Gaius Publius, Joan McCarter, Marcy Wheeler, Stuart Zechman

Virtually Speaking with Jay Ackroyd 6pm Pacific, 9p Eastern
Stuart Zechman considers trust funds, specifically about how the redirection of the Highway Trust Fund to general federal revenues presages the plans for the Social Security Trust Fund if the centrists, ‘moderates” and other Very Serious People in Washington have their way. Follow @StuartZechman

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Virtually Speaking Sundays 6p pacific, 9p eastern

Digby & Stuart Zechman – discuss developments of the week. Countering the narratives and highlighting issues neglected or misrepresented by the legacy media. Lively, timely, informed and informal.

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digby – An American political writer and founder of the liberal blog Hullabaloo, Digby has contributed to Campaign For America’s Future’s blog The Big Con, Salon Magazine, Huffington Post, Crooks and Liars and Firedoglake. • Follow @digby56

Stuart Zechman orgnizes public commentary at legacy media political blogs, such as TIME Magazine’s Swampland. A movement liberal, entrepreneur and technologist, Stuart uses Twitter as a primary communications tool. He posts at Avedon’s Other Weblog and Yves Smith’s Naked Capitalism. • Follow @stuart_zechman

Virtually Speaking with Jay Ackroyd. 6p pac, 9p eastern
Tonight American journalist Dave Weigel —   Slate political reporter and MSNBC contributor. They’ll talk about the factions of the US convervative movement, their role and influences on US policy. Follow @daveweigel @jayackroyd

Links: http://www.slate.com/authors.david_weigel.html
http://daveweigel.com/

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Virtually Speaking Sundays March 23 6p pacific 9p eastern

Two members of our media panel discuss developments of the week, countering the narratives of the traditional media, highlighting issues neglected or misrepresented or otherwise messed with on the Sunday morning broadcasts.

This week Cliff Schecter & Gaius Publius

• The sequester and benefit cuts: where we stand
• Gun legislation and recent action in the Senate
• Harry Reid, filibuster reform and progressive senators (the collegiality problem and how to solve it)

Plus media satire from Culture of Truth, author of the Bobblespeak Translations. Jay Ackroyd moderates.

Cliff Schecter – co-founder and part owner of Washington DC’s independent progressive radio station, We Act Radio, 1480AM; nationally syndicated columnist and political commentator – writes for Al Jazeera English and appears weekly on Take Action News w/ David Shuster and The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder. Follow @cliffschecter

Gaius Publius — Professional writer of stories, poems, and books on education & technology. Gaius has two political-themed works in process, one fiction and one non-fiction. Frequent writer and Contributing Editor at AMERICAblog.com. Occasional guest on Ring of Fire Radio, The Matt Filipowicz Show and other venues. Follow @Gaius_Publius.

Links

http://americablog.com/author/gaius-publius

http://libertasllc.com/

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VS Sundays 6p pacific, 9p eastern – Listen live or later

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Two members of our media panel discuss developments of the week, countering the narratives of the traditional media, highlighting issues neglected or misrepresented or otherwise messed with on the Sunday morning broadcasts.

Avedon Carol writes about American politics, captured media, captured gov’t, censorship and health care.  Read Avedon’s Sideshow. Follow @Avedon_Says

VS Host and producer – and IT pro – Jay Ackroyd joins Avedon. Follow @JayAckroyd

Plus satire from Culture of Truth, author of the Bobblespeak Translations.

Links:

http://avedoncarol.blogspot.com/

Virtually Speaking Sundays – 6p pacific – Listen live or later

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Two writers from our media panel discuss developments of the week, countering the narratives of the traditional media, highlighting issues neglected or misrepresented or otherwise messed with on the Sunday morning broadcasts. Jay Ackroyd moderates. Tonight:

David Dayen writes about state and national issues at Salon.com. Since 2004, his work has been cited by the LA Times, the New York Times and the Washington Post and he has been a guest on NPR, Pacifica Radio and Air America. Follow @ddayen

David Waldman scrutinizes the US Congress and hosts Kargro in the Morning for Daily Kos. Follow @KagroX

Virtually Speaking Sundays – 6p Pacific|9p Eastern – Listen live and later:

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From our media panel, Dave Johnson & Stuart Zechman discuss trends and current developments, countering the narratives of the traditional media, highlighting issues neglected or misrepresented or otherwise messed with on the Sunday morning broadcasts. Culture of Truth provides the most ridiculous moment from the Sunday morning legacy media.

A Fellow with Campaign for America’s Future and a Senior Fellow with Renew California, Dave Johnson writes regularly at Seeing the Forest and Alternet. Follow @DCJohnson

A provocative member of the commentariat, movement liberal, entrepreneur and technologist, Stuart Zechman uses Twitter as a primary communications tool. He posts at Avedon’s other blog, TIME’s Swampland, Yves Smith’s Naked Capitalism and the Daily Howler.  • Follow @stuart_zechman