The Fromson File

Reporting, analysis and commentary on current and historical events by Murray Fromson, veteran journalist and professor emeritus at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication.

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TAKE A HIKE, PROFESSOR SUMMERS!

April 14th, 2009 No Comments

Beware, this gets complicated and outrageous… An account of how Lawrence Summers enriched himself handsomely before coming to the White House was not exactly new news. But when Frank Rich dug it up and repeated the details last Sunday in the New York Times (4/12), it packed quite a wallop. I just wonder how many [...]

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Not a Dime… Unless

November 9th, 2008 No Comments

Big news! What a way to emerge from the excitement of last Tuesday’s election than to read about the three major automakers plea for another handout. Not a handout, they insist, only a loan of $25 billion from the Federal government to get rid of their debt. Ah yes, another example of socialism for the [...]

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Truth and Consequences

September 23rd, 2008 No Comments

At a time when the U.S. economy seemed to be going into the tank, the question no one seemed to be asking the past two weeks was what about the press… the talking press? For years, everything seemed quite rosy if you watched or listened to the broadcast media. Rukeyser, Dobbs and all the other [...]

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