shirley jahad

@ShirleyJahad

Public Radio reporter & anchor. Sharing stories news&culture across SoCal &around the world sjahad@gmail.com Adjunct Producer

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Joined April 2009
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    Apr 4

    California Congressman has been supporting Vladimir Putin's interests on the American taxpayer's dime for too long. 2018 is the year for us to send him home.

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    Apr 4

    The 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr is a great time to read or reread his "Letter from Birmingham Jail," truly one of the great documents of US history

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    Apr 3

    GOP wants to keep USA uneducated because when folks get “book learning” they become Democrats — unless they inherent money then family tradition keeps most of them in the GOP. This chart is APPALLING for the richest nation on the planet. If it doesn’t change we’re going bankrupt.

    The US falls far behind other OECD countries when it comes to teacher salaries, research shows:
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  4. Apr 4

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    On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was tragically gunned down on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. We commemorate the 50th anniversary of his untimely death. TONITE watch our tribute “MLK50: A Call to Conscience” on at 9pm ET/8pm CT/6pm PT.
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    Apr 1

    As you watch the simulcasts of Sinclair on-air staff reading scripts about the dangers that some reporters present to democracy, recall this:

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    Apr 2

    This is how he views media historically, going back decades in NY, from the NY Post to Enquirer to TMZ etc. If the reporters couldn’t be moved, the editors/people in charge could. The concept of a government-focused press corps never crossed his path.

    NEW: Vanity Fair: Now, according to four sources close to the White House, Trump is discussing ways to escalate his Twitter attacks on Amazon to further damage the company.
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    Apr 2

    An unfounded, false claim made by the president that the newsroom now has to address; the playbook the president has used repeatedly to create a tinge of suspicion about different people/groups/associations.

    WaPo editor sets the record straight: The Post is independent from Amazon and Trump’s claim to the contrary is “completely made up.” Plus read Marty on Jeff Bezos’ hands-off approach to our journalism —>
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    Apr 2

    Russian bots are tweeting their support of embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham

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    Apr 2

    Sinclair made dozens of reporters recite a script about fake news. In February, they asked top managers to contribute to the company's PAC.

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    Apr 2

    This is terrifying: 64% of the open jobs on (the main journalism job board) are for Sinclair Broadcasting

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    Apr 2

    Donald Trump and the Art of the Arms Deal (for Everyone)

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    Mar 19

    An Alabama man helped the local newspaper bust a sheriff for taking $750k intended for prison food. Four days later the guy got arrested for pot. Sheriff’s office included the weight of butter in his pot butter to bring drug trafficking charges.

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    Apr 2

    “I miss my dad”: Martin Luther King Jr.'s children still grappling with his murder 50 years later.

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    Apr 2

    NY Attorney General will hold press conference tomorrow at 11 a.m. to announce suit on behalf of more than a dozen states to sue Trump administration over adding citizenship question to 2020 census

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    Apr 2

    They got the script wrong. It should read, “Sinclair’s use of local TV stations around the country to push political propaganda is dangerous to our democracy"

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    How America's largest local TV owner turned its news anchors into soldiers in Trump's war on the media:
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    Apr 2

    News anchors looking into camera and reading a script handed down by a corporate overlord, words meant to obscure the truth not elucidate it, isn't journalism. It's propaganda. It's Orwellian. A slippery slope to how despots wrest power, silence dissent, and oppress the masses.

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    Mar 30

    'We will be parents 'til the day we die, not until the day they go'

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    ‘We are going to fight this battle until our last day.’ — The father of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver offered some incredibly brave words at the candlelight vigil
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    Mar 16

    THREAD: SOLUTIONS TO AMERICA'S GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC (Please Share) - Mandatory license & proper training to purchase, just like w cars - Mandatory liability insurance for possession of ANY firearm which can shoot bullets with a kinetic energy >1,000 Joules (i.e. AR-15 & others)

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  19. Mar 31

    taking a break as her advertisers bail

    Have some healthy reflections this Holy Week.
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    Mar 24

    Support for stricter gun laws is one of many issues where the majority is on one side, and organized money is on the other. Money is trumping democracy.

    ICYMI Preference for Stricter Gun Laws Highest Since 1993: All party groups show increased support for stricter gun laws (Gallup) article:
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