Bradley at Brave New Films

Will Racism Have an Impact at the Polls? - John Zogby

2008-10-13T12:51:18Z

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Pollster John Zogby discusses Barack Obama and the impact of race on the 2008 U.S. Presidential election.

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As we enter the final months before the historic 2008 presidential election, how has the American character and our attitude towards politics and foreign policy changed?

According to pollster John Zogby, the conventional wisdom about Americans -- that we're isolated from the world, politically fragmented, and inclined toward material pleasure -- isn't just flawed, it may be 180 degrees from the truth.

Drawing on thousands of in-depth surveys, he reveals a new and developing American character, including the emergence of the most globally oriented generation in our history.

Join the Council for a conversation with John Zogby as he helps us to understand where we are headed politically, culturally and globally, as well as how this new direction is shaping the politics behind both presidential campaigns - World Affairs Council of Northern California

John Zogby is President and Chief Executive Officer of Zogby International, a leading public opinion and market research firm. Mr. Zogby routinely conducts polls on health care reform and global health efforts. Among his accomplishments, he is widely recognized for correctly predicting the cliffhanger result of the 2000 presidential election for George W. Bush, in contrast to most other pollsters who had projected that Bush would win easily. Mr. Zogby established his firm in 1984 and since then has been tracking public opinion in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and Europe. He has written guest editorials for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among other major newspapers, and he is the author of a forthcoming portrait of the new American consumer, which will be published by Random House this fall. Mr. Zogby holds degrees in history from Le Moyne College and Syracuse University.

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"The Made-for-TV Election with Martin Sheen" clip 2

2008-06-09T09:34:26Z

www.themadefortvelection.com "Carter's Crisis of Competence" is one of numerous television-based, "pseudo-realities" presented in this rare, never-before-broadcast documentary feature examining how TV changed the 1980 Presidential Election Campaign when Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter. Watch how commercial broadcast networks use polls, gaffes, stereotypes and other show business values to create winners and losers in a drama of their own making to pump the ratings--and distract you from what you need to be an informed citizen and understand what's really happening in America. "Profoundly enlightening... a devastating look at TV's impact on the presidency." --Helen Thomas, Hearst News Service and "Dean Emeritus" of the White House press corps. Before Martin Sheen was playing President and winning elections in NBC's "The West Wing"... before the Supreme Court stopped the recount in Florida... before even the Internet--back when CNN was in its infancy--there was an election. It was an election that was made-by-TV, for-TV. We call it "The Made-for-TV Election." The year was 1980... the raw power of the Big Three TV Networks was at it's peak... CBS wore the Tiffany Crown and Walter Cronkite was "the most credible man in America." Jimmy Carter was stuck in the White House surrounded by gas lines... An actor named Ronald Reagan came out of the West promising "to get government off the backs of the people" and repeal the New Deal. And as had become the habit, the TV Networks put politics and show business together in a blender and branded the brew "Campaign 80": Carter's Crisis of Competence... The Kennedy Challenge... Chappaquiddick Revisited... The Shah Blunder... Jerry Brown the Clown... Bush's Big Iowa Mo... Reagan's Nashua Theatrics... TV's Maverick... The Rose Garden Strategy... The Dream Ticket... Carter the Loser... Reagan the Buffoon... Carter the Meenie... The Great Debate... The October Surprise... America Held Hostage Revisited... Election Night... Day 444... and other episodes that reveal TV's hidden hand in an election that radically changed America's course. "Pertinent, powerful and persuasive... handsomely produced.... brilliant..." former Los Angeles Times TV critic Howard Rosenberg. By revealing TV's role as catalyst, The Made-for-TV Election dispels the Made-for-TV myth that Ronald Reagan's landslide victory represented a "rising conservative tide in America" mandating the "Reagan Revolution" and "a sharp right turn in 1980, both from its own previous half century and, perhaps even more tellingly, from the economic, social and political norms of other developed countries..." This detour into business values, privatization and commercialization of the commons "has come at profound cost to Americans' common good. We work far longer hours, pay more for worse medical care, live shorter and more brutish (less educated, less leisurely, less informed, less equal, more polluting) lives than our European counterparts. That there are no easy solutions should come as no surprise..." From a review of Dean Baker's "The World Since 1980" by Leslie Thatcher, Truthout. "This film should be seen by every American in every city and town." -- Norman Lear, TV producer and Founder, People for the American Way. For US politics and news junkies everywhere, thanks to the Internet, this "must see TV" is coming soon to a screen very close to you. Look for DVD release in April 2008. www.themadefortvelection.com Copyrights 1986-2008 News Analysis Associates All Rights Reserved

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Iraq Veterans Memorial: LCPL. Bradley Michael Faircloth

2008-10-13T12:50:26Z

http://iraqmemorial.org

The Iraq Veterans Memorial is an online war memorial that honors the members of the U.S. armed forces who have lost their lives serving in the Iraq War. The Memorial is a collection of video memories from family, friends, military colleagues, and co-workers of those that have fallen.

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Obama, Clinton and the Bradley Effect

2008-06-14T15:32:31Z

More at therealnews.com
Bill Zimmerman: Will race play a role in the Democratic contest on Tuesday?

Tuesday February 5th, 2008

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Milton Bradley Suicide Bombs His Teams

2008-07-09T20:22:31Z

Bradley's meltdown could cost The Padres playoff push. Watch the entire show at www.theyoungturks.com

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Why Tuesday? Part 14: Fmr. U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ)

2008-06-11T21:29:31Z

Why Tuesday? road team Jacob Soboroff and Barnett Zitron were back at it on March 31, visting with Why Tuesday? honorary co-chair former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ). Bradley was in Mendham, N.J. signing copies of his new book, A New American Story.

www.getoutthewhy.com/weblog

Produced and photographed by Barnett Zitron.

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