Mark Heisler on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/mark_heisler Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2012 2012-09-12T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo The Big Idea in This Election http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_big_idea_in_this_election_20120911/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_big_idea_in_this_election_20120911/ 2012, bailout, barack obama, bill clinton, campaign, conservatives, debate, democrats, election, fdr, government, health care, mark heisler, mitt romney, politics, republicans, ronald reagan,

This isn’t just a choice of philosophies, but the long-awaited showdown between post-FDR Democrats and post-Reagan Revolutionaries.

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]]> 2012-09-12T00:00:00+00:00 Arise, Facebook Nation http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/arise_facebook_nation_20120803/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/arise_facebook_nation_20120803/ arab spring, aurora, aurora shooting, aurora theater shooting, colorado, colorado shooting, colorado shooting victims, colorado theater shooting, egypt, facebook, facebook activism, james holmes, social network, social networking, twitter, By Mark Heisler and Mike Littwin

If social networks helped mobilize Egyptians to confront Hosni Mubarak’s tanks and men, shouldn’t they also be able to take on a PAC, even one as powerful as that belonging to the National Rifle Association?

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]]> 2012-08-04T19:51:00+00:00 Lessons of JoePa, in Case the Next Witch We Hunt Doesn’t Drop Dead http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/lessons_of_joepa_in_case_the_next_witch_we_hunt_doesnt_drop_dead_20120125/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/lessons_of_joepa_in_case_the_next_witch_we_hunt_doesnt_drop_dead_20120125/ child abuse, college football, comments, internet, joe paterno, journalism, mark heisler, media, penn state, rape, scandal, sports, Sports

Unfortunately, most people will insist they were the ones insisting this was a witch hunt all along, and believe it.

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]]> 2012-01-25T21:15:00+00:00 Joe Paterno Gets Due Process of Us http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/joe_paterno_gets_due_process_of_us_20111110/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/joe_paterno_gets_due_process_of_us_20111110/ college football, football, jerry sandusky, joe paterno, mark heisler, media, molestation, news, penn state, rape, scandal, sex, sports, Sports

These days you don’t get due process of the law until long after you have gotten due process of us ... and the “us” isn’t our rational side, but our bloodthirsty one, as presented by media.

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]]> 2011-11-10T23:34:00+00:00 Confessions of a Dead Tribune http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/confessions_of_a_dead_tribune_20110819/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/confessions_of_a_dead_tribune_20110819/ economy, history, internet, journalism, los angeles times, mark heisler, media, newspapers, sports,

For the last 32 years, I had been “Mark Heisler of the Los Angeles Times.” Before that, “Mark Heisler of the Philadelphia Bulletin” or “Mark Heisler of Somewhere” since June 1, 1967, when Gannett hired me at $125 a week. Suddenly, I was just “Mark Heisler.” Who in the hell was Mark Heisler?

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]]> 2011-08-19T08:55:00+00:00 We Can Live Without Leagues http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/we_can_live_without_leagues_20110717/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/we_can_live_without_leagues_20110717/ basketball, david stern, football, labor, lockout, mark heisler, money, nba, nfl, roger goodell, sports, unions, Sports

If bad times bring out the best in ordinary people, sports labor brings out the worst in the privileged lives of owners and players.

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]]> 2011-07-17T22:03:00+00:00 A Country the NFL Can Be Proud Of http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_country_the_nfl_can_be_proud_of_20110405/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_country_the_nfl_can_be_proud_of_20110405/ football, labor, mark heisler, nfl, players, roger goodell, sports, super bowl, union, Sports

Let’s put it this way: If the NFL was in danger of flying too close to the sun, like Icarus whose wax wings melted, Commissioner Roger Goodell would have the orb repositioned beforehand.

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]]> 2011-04-05T10:37:00+00:00 Who, Us Bloodthirsty? http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/who_us_bloodthirsty_20110130/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/who_us_bloodthirsty_20110130/ ben roethlisberger, economy, football, green bay, mark heisler, media, nfl, pittsburgh, pittsburgh steelers, sports, super bowl, Sports

In an age challenged by separating real life from reality programming or the absurdly heightened reality that comes from merely being on TV, no one seems to want to err on the side of compassion.

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