robert scheer it's an honor to have you on the show. great to be here yet you've added a truly legendary career as a journalist ramparts magazine and the l.a. times the nation true deg radio shows things have changed a lot over the years in some ways there are actually fewer gatekeepers then when you started and you know anyone can post articles online and ostensibly get them seen by the world but on the other hand the mainstream media is now owned by just a handful of massive corporations how do you feel journalism and news media have changed over the course of your career is it better or worse we should not under and underestimate the worse at least there used to be something about attracting eyeballs or having readers and so when i was at the l a times it wasn't easy to fire me because there were lots of people want to read me so there was a marketplace restraint that is gone now they don't need eyeballs would do targeted advertising with the surveillance that is the norm to the internet they can get all the readers of the new york t

today i have one of our biggest guests to date the legendary journalist author and radio host robert scheer his career spans 50 years he started at ramparts magazine interviewed every president from richard nixon all the way through bill clinton as author best selling books spent nearly 30 years producing award winning journalism for the l.a. times and the san francisco chronicle and his various radio shows have been syndicated around the globe he also founded and headed the award winning site truthdig and later in the show now only mcgill will also show us the hidden history of the pledge of allegiance but 1st here's my talk with legendary journalist robert scheer robert scheer it's an honor to have you on the show great to be here you are truly legendary career as a journalist ramparts magazine in the l.a. times the nation true dig radio shows things have changed a lot over the years in some ways they're actually fewer gate keepers then when you started and you know anyone can post articles online and ostensibly get them seen by the world but on the other hand the mainstream media is now

robert scheer it's an honor to have you on the show great to be here you are truly legendary career as a journalist ramparts magazine the l.a. times the nation true dig radio shows things have changed a lot over the years in some ways they're actually fewer gatekeepers then when you started and you know anyone can post articles online and ostensibly get them seen by the world but on the other hand the mainstream media is now owned by just a handful of massive corporations how do you feel journalism and news media have changed over the course of your career is it better or worse we should not under and underestimate the worse at least you used to be something about attracting eyeballs or hair.

teachers virtual education has at least kept students and staff at gregory gardens elementary and robert scheer a preschool in pleasantville connected, but nothing beats him anything could be in the parade on friday the parent, teachers association organized a teacher appreciation car parade, gregory gardens parking lot, teachers watch from the sidewalk 6 feet apart from one another. >>as to >>you see just how is is great and we get to see the kids a few times a week but it's a cheap substitute for actually being there with the kids of this. this means everything. >>it comes just a little more than a month after teachers and staff did the students to the >>place got extended to make it just sort of broke all of our we really miss the >>acacia brings people together and there's a special connection between a teacher and a student and even the parents and because the par lives into them in the effort is clearly appreciated. >>in pleasant hill, a >>a political talking about teacher appreciation week and how some kids were managing to celebrate. time now to check in on the forecast meteorologist ma

today i have one of our biggest guests to date the legendary journalist author and radio host robert scheer his career spans 50 years he started a ramparts magazine interviewed every president from richard nixon all the way through bill clinton as author best selling books spent nearly 30 years producing award winning journalism for the l.a. times and the san francisco chronicle and his various radio shows have been syndicated around the globe he also founded and headed the award winning site truthdig and later in.

today i have one of our biggest guests to date the legendary journalist author and radio host robert scheer his career spans 50 years he started a ramparts magazine interviewed every president from richard nixon all the way through bill clinton as author best selling books spent nearly 30 years producing award winning journalism for the l.a. times in the san francisco chronicle and his various radio shows.