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'America's Newsroom' advertisement featuring Bill Hemmer. [Source: Zap2It (.com)]Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer, host of Fox News's flagship news program America's Newsroom, interviews several people involved with the April 15 "tea party" protests (see April 8, 2009), including Felicia Cravens, the organizer of an April 15 "tea party" in Houston. During the interview, Fox News displays information about the protest on screen. Though both Hemmer and Craven call the protests "non-partisan," Fox displays protest footage throughout the interview criticizing President Obama. At the end of the segment, Hemmer directs viewers to go to the Web site of his program for more information about the protests. Hemmer also interviews FoxNews.com contributor Andrea Tantaros, who says of the upcoming protests, "People are fighting against Barack Obama's radical shift to turn us into Europe." The program also states that "Tea Parties Are Anti-Stimulus Demonstrations" and part of a "Growing Revolution" (see October 13, 2009). [Media Matters, 4/8/2009]
Entity Tags: Barack Obama, Andrea Tantaros, Felicia Cravens, Bill Hemmer, Fox News
Timeline Tags: Domestic Propaganda, 2010 Elections
Screenshot of Fox News promoting the 'Tea Party' rally in Houston. [Source: Fox News / Media Matters]Republican lawmakers announce their intention to join with right-wing protesters on April 15, 2009, in what is envisioned as a nationwide protest against the Obama administration's tax policies. The primary organizers are the think tanks Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Works, and right-wing bloggers such as Michelle Malkin. They say that under President Obama, taxes are "too high" and freedoms are being "eroded." They have also called for Obama's impeachment and refer to him as "Obama bin Lyin" and other derogatory nicknames. Republicans, Neo-Nazis, Secessionists Joining in 'Tea Party Protests' - Malkin has called the movement the "Tea Party Protests," in an attempt to connect the protests with the American Revolution's Boston Tea Party. Senator David Vitter (R-LA) is sponsoring legislation to honor the protests. Representatives David Davis (R-TN), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Todd Tiahrt (R-KS), John Fleming (R-LA), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Bob Latta (R-OH), John Shadegg (R-AZ), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Bill Posey (R-FL), and Louie Gohmert (R-TX) will attend local protests, as will Governor Mark Sanford (R-SC) and former Representative J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ). Officials from Senator Bob Corker's (R-TN) and Representative Sam Graves's (R-MO) office will attend the rallies as well, and Representatives Denny Rehberg (R-MT), Jack Kingston (R-GA), and Tom Rooney (R-FL) are urging their constituents to attend tea party protests. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), who heads American Solutions for Winning the Futures (ASWF) and who will speak at the New York City rally, is encouraging his supporters to join the protests, and has provided them with what he calls a "toolkit" of talking points. ASWF is funded by oil and energy interests, and led the recent "Drill Here, Drill Now" campaign. ASWF has been an official "partner" in the Tea Party campaign since March. The Tea Party Protests are being joined by gun rights militias, secessionists, and neo-Nazi groups. Protests Orchestrated by Lobbyist Organizations and Promoted by Fox News - The protests are being heavily promoted on Fox News, which intends to hold all-day "news reports" on April 15 featuring several of its commentators, including Glenn Beck (see March 3, 2009), Sean Hannity, Neil Cavuto, and Greta Van Susteren, live at different venues. Many of the protest organizers' Web sites feature one or more of the Fox commentators as part of their promotion efforts (see October 13, 2009). Beck is one of several Fox commentators and hosts who claims that the protests are "grassroots" organizations "spontaneously" led by "ordinary people," but in reality, the protests are being orchestrated by two lobbyist-run and lobbyist-organized organizations, Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Works. According to progressive news site Think Progress, "[t]he two groups are heavily staffed and well funded, and are providing all the logistical and public relations work necessary for planning coast-to-coast protests." Freedom Works staffers are coordinating conference calls among protesters and working with conservative organizers to give them what it calls "sign ideas, sample press releases, and a map of events around the country" as well as guides featuring talking points and instructions on delivering a "clear message" to the public and the media. Freedom Works has set up numerous Web sites, some of which Think Progress claims are deliberately constructed to appear as the work of amateurs, to promote the protests. In Florida, Freedom Works took over the planning of events. Americans for Progress is writing press releases and planning events in New Jersey, Arizona, New Hampshire, Missouri, Kansas, and several other states. Think Progress calls these activities "corporate 'astroturfing,'" which it defines as corporations' attempts to orchestrate events appearing to be grassroots, citizen-led actions. Freedom Works is headed by former Texas Republican Representative Dick Armey, who is a lobbyist for the firm DLA Piper; Americans for Prosperity is headed by Tim Phillips, who is a former partner of right-wing activist Ralph Reed in the lobbying firm Century Strategies. Americans for Prosperity has organized numerous pro-oil company "grassroots" events. [Think Progress, 4/8/2009; Media Matters, 4/8/2009; Think Progress, 4/9/2009]
Entity Tags: Newt Gingrich, Neil Cavuto, Louis Gohmert, Marshall Clement ("Mark") Sanford, Jr, Obama administration, Michelle Malkin, Rob Bishop, Sue Myrick, Sean Hannity, Tom Rooney, Todd Tiahrt, Tim Phillips, Think Progress (.org), John Shadegg, Sam Graves, John Fleming, Jason Chaffetz, Jack Kingston, Bob Latta, Bill Posey, Century Strategies, Barack Obama, Americans for Prosperity, American Solutions for Winning the Futures, Ander Crenshaw, DLA Piper, Bob Corker, David Vitter, Greta Van Susteren, J.D. Hayworth, Freedom Works, Fox News, Denny Rehberg, David Davis, Glenn Beck, Dick Armey
White House communications director Anita Dunn says that the White House believes Fox News is not a traditional, non-partisan news provider, but a media outlet for the Republican opposition. Fox News is "a wing of the Republican Party," Dunn says. "They take their talking points, put them on the air; take their opposition research, put them on the air. And that's fine. But let's not pretend they're a news network the way CNN is." Dunn continues: "[W]e're not going to legitimize them as a news organization.… We're going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent. As they are undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House, we don't need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave." [Time, 10/8/2009; New York Times, 10/11/2009; Fox News, 10/12/2009] In late September, Dunn told a reporter: "It's opinion journalism masquerading as news. They are boosting their audience. But that doesn't mean we are going to sit back." [Time, 9/30/2009] Fox News retorts that its news reporting segments, which its vice president Michael Clemente defines as being broadcast between "9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. on weekdays," are non-partisan, and criticism of the White House and Congressional Democrats is limited to commentary by on-air personalities such as Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck (see October 13, 2009). "The average consumer certainly knows the difference between the A section of the newspaper and the editorial page," Clemente says, and adds that the White House is intentionally conflating Fox's news programs with its opinion shows: "It's astounding the White House cannot distinguish between news and opinion programming. It seems self-serving on their part.… Instead of governing, the White House continues to be in campaign mode, and Fox News is the target of their attack mentality. Perhaps the energy would be better spent on the critical issues that voters are worried about." Another Fox News vice president, Bill Shine, welcomes the criticism, saying, "Every time they do it, our ratings go up." Fox News has recently hired more outspoken conservative media figures, including former ABC News reporter John Stossel for its spin-off channel, Fox Business, and is reputedly negotiating to hire commentator Lou Dobbs away from CNN. Dunn and others say that it will not ostracize Fox News, and its White House correspondent, Major Garrett, will continue to be welcome at White House press conferences. Clemente has instructed Garrett, news anchor Shepard Smith, and other Fox reporters not to appear on some of its commentary programs. However, the White House has limited appearances by its members on Fox News shows; in mid-September, when President Obama made the rounds of Sunday morning talk shows, he skipped Fox, and the White House called Fox an "ideological outlet" instead of a legitimate news provider (see September 18-19, 2009). White House advisers note that in the past, Fox News hosts have falsely accused Obama of attending an Islamic "madrassa" to receive indoctrination in radical Islam (see January 22-24, 2008), promoted "tea party" rallies against the government (see March 23-24, 2009, April 6-7, 2009, April 6-13, 2009, April 13-15, 2009, April 15, 2009, April 15, 2009, April 16, 2009, May 13-14, 2009, July 28, 2009, and August 28, 2009), called Obama "unpatriotic" for attempting to land the 2016 Olympics for the US (see October 2, 2009), and led a push to force low-level White House adviser Van Jones out of his job (including accusations from Beck that Jones was a "communist-anarchist radical"). The White House notes that Beck and other Fox commentators regularly lie about the day's events, and cites a recent example where Beck complained that Garrett was "never called on" at White House press briefings, when Garrett had asked a question of the president that same day. Beck has repeatedly called Obama a "racist," leading to a boycott of advertisers for Beck's show (see July 28-29, 2009). [Time, 10/8/2009; New York Times, 10/11/2009; Media Bistro, 10/11/2009] Fox News encourages and promotes the dispute with the White House, and its ratings improve. Later, a Fox News executive tells Clemente that the White House's attacks were like "a hanging curveball" for the network. [New York Magazine, 5/22/2011]
Entity Tags: Shepard Smith, Michael Clemente, Van Jones, Lou Dobbs, Obama administration, John Stossel, Major Garrett, Fox News, Bill O'Reilly, Anita Dunn, Glenn Beck, Bill Shine
Timeline Tags: Domestic Propaganda
The progressive media watchdog Web site Media Matters releases the results of an analysis it has performed on Fox News's claims to be an objective news provider. According to Media Matters, Fox News's news reporting (as opposed to its commentary) is permeated with conservative slant, spin, and outright falsehoods. The Media Matters analysis, which restricts itself to material broadcast in 2009, is prompted by White House claims that Fox News is not an objective source of news, but a purveyor of Republican- and conservative-sourced propaganda (see October 11, 2009). [Media Matters, 10/13/2009] Anchors Echoed False Health Care Claims - In February, Fox News anchors Bill Hemmer and Megyn Kelly echoed a false claim made by health care lobbyist Betsy McCaughey that a legislative provision in a Senate spending bill would empower the government to "dictate treatments" doctors can provide for patients (see February 9-10, 2009). Anchor Echoed Republican Press Release So Closely that Typo Is Repeated - Also in February, Fox News anchor Jon Scott repeated the claims of a Senate Republican Communications Center press release so closely that the on-air graphics repeated a typographical error from the original document (see February 10, 2009). Scott did not acknowledge the source of the research, even after apologizing for the typo. News Show Passed Off Seven-Month-Old Video Clip as New to Claim White House Hypocrisy - On March 15, Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum used video clips of Vice President Joseph Biden to falsely assert that the administration's economic message had drastically changed since the election, from negative characterizations to positive assertions. MacCallum did not tell the audience that the clip of Biden was a seven-month-old clip from the presidential campaign, and that the words Biden was speaking were his characterization of Republican candidate John McCain's perceptions (see March 16-17, 2009). Anchor Promoted, Praised 'Tea Parties' - Several times in March and April, Hemmer, the host of Fox News's flagship morning news broadcast America's Newsroom, hosted segments promoting and praising the upcoming April 15 "tea party" protests (see March 23-24, 2009, April 6-7, 2009, and April 13-15, 2009). Labeled GOP Op-Ed Claims as 'Facts' - On April 1, Scott repeated claims made by a Republican congressman in an editorial about the GOP's "alternative budget" almost verbatim, but labelled them "facts" (see April 1, 2009). Fox Repeated Discredited GOP Claims about Price of 'Cap-and-Trade' Proposal - On April 1 and 2, anchors Eric Shawn and Alisyn Camerota repeated a disproven claim that the Obama administration's "cap-and-trade" emissions control proposal would cost American households over $3,000 per year. They did not report that the claim had been disproven (see April 1-6, 2009). Obama Budget '4X Bigger' Than Bush Budgets - On April 3, Hemmer's America's Newsroom displayed an on-air "chyron" that falsely claimed President Obama's 2010 budget proposal was four times larger than the largest budget submitted by former President Bush (see April 3, 2009). News Anchors Promoted 'Tea Parties' - On April 15, Fox anchors joined opinion commentators in touting the day's "tea party" protests (see April 15, 2009). The next day, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly admitted that the network gave the protests "PR" coverage (see April 16, 2009). Correspondent Used GOP Research to Criticize Democratic Spending - On April 23, Hemmer used research by Republican House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) to "expose" several "wasteful" projects funded by the Democrats' economic stimulus act, without revealing the source of the research to his audience (see April 23, 2009). Correspondent Claimed Legislation Would Curb Religious Expression - On April 29, Fox News correspondent Molly Henneberg repeated disproven claims that a pending hate crimes bill would interfere with Americans' right to religious expression (see April 29, 2009). News Anchor Accused Democrats of Defending Pedophiles - On May 6, Hemmer falsely accused Congressional Democrats of voting to extend "hate crimes" protection to pedophiles (see May 5-6, 2009). News Anchor Accused Supreme Court Nominee of 'Reverse Racism' - On May 26, Kelly misrepresented a remark by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to accuse her of "reverse racism" (see May 26, 2009). Misleading Editing to Bolster Obama 'Apology Tour' Claim - On June 2, Fox anchors Scott and Jane Skinner aired selectively edited clips of a speech by Obama in France to falsely claim that the president had nothing but criticism for the US while in Europe. They then asked if Obama intended to embark on a second "apology tour" (see June 2, 2009). On July 30, The Live Desk guest host Gregg Jarrett told viewers that a recent decision by the Obama Justice Department may have meant that it was permissible for blacks to intimidate whites at the voting booth, but not the other way around (see July 30, 2009). News Anchor Reported False Allegation of Criminal Activity by Obama Official - On October 1, Hemmer reported that Education Department official Kevin Jennings covered up the crime of statutory rape. The allegation had been disproven five years before (see September 28 - October 1, 2009). [Media Matters, 10/13/2009]
Entity Tags: Eric Shawn, Elizabeth ("Betsy") McCaughey, Eric Cantor, Bill Hemmer, Alisyn Camerota, Obama administration, Molly Henneberg, Senate Republican Communications Center, Media Matters, Megyn Kelly, Jane Skinner, Jon Scott, Gregg Jarrett, Kevin Jennings, Martha MacCallum, Fox News
Former President Bill Clinton warns that the "tea party" movement is led, not by grassroots organizers and ordinary Americans, but by "people backing ultra right-wing corporate interests" who have been pushing the same agenda "for the last 30 years" (see May 16, 2008, August 2008, February 19, 2009, February 27, 2009, March 2, 2009, March 13, 2009 and After, March 23-24, 2009, April 2009 and After, April 6-7, 2009, April 8, 2009, April 14, 2009, April 15, 2009, April 16, 2009, May 13-14, 2009, July 23, 2009, July 24, 2009, August 4, 2009, August 5, 2009, August 5, 2009, August 6, 2009, August 6-7, 2009, August 10, 2009, August 10, 2009, August 11, 2009, August 11, 2009, August 11, 2009, August 12, 2009, August 28, 2009, July 3-4, 2010, and August 30, 2010). Clinton has advised Democrats to "listen to the tea party" because many of its supporters are "people who feel the middle class has been hosed… by big business and government.… There are a lot of real people in this tea party movement that are saying something everyone should hear—which is: 'Seems like everyone but average Americans are doing all right here. The people that caused the financial crisis are all back in great shape.'" Clinton expresses his "sympathy" for the members, but draws a sharp distinction between the "tea party" rank and file and its leadership. "The problem is that if you look at the financial energy behind the tea party movement, it's not about restricting abuse of big public and private power," Clinton says. "It's about destroying the role of government in our life so that private centers of power will be untrammeled, and I don't think that's good for average Americans." Democrats should listen to "tea party" members, but Clinton warns against letting their rhetoric "cloud their judgment." If Republicans take back the House of Representatives in November 2010, Clinton warns that that body will spend most of its time launching pointless, politically-driven investigations into the White House. The nation will experience "two years of unrelenting investigations into the White House, staff, and cabinet," he says. That is how President Obama will be "rewarded" by Republicans for not investigating alleged Bush administration wrongdoing, he adds. [Politico, 9/20/2010; Salon, 9/21/2010]
Entity Tags: William Jefferson ("Bill") Clinton, Obama administration
A person described as a "former Fox News insider" tells author and Media Matters columnist Eric Boehlert that Fox News is indeed "a propaganda outfit" calling itself a news provider. In an interview, the source tells Boehlert that Fox routinely reports false information to "prop up Republicans and knock down Democrats," and calls the news channel a "purely partisan operation" that actively spins almost every news story to reflect a Republican/conservative slant (see November 3, 2003, April 1, 2009, April 1-6, 2009, and April 23, 2009). "I don't think people would believe it's as concocted as it is," the source says; "that stuff is just made up (see February 14, 2003).… It is their MO to undermine the [Obama] administration and to undermine Democrats (see December 2002, January 2009, February 24, 2009, April 3, 2009, and August 11, 2009). They're a propaganda outfit but they call themselves news" (see 1995, January 20, 2003, and July 2004). Boehlert says that "[e]veryone knows" Fox News has always reported news with a conservative slant: "Everyone who's been paying attention has known that since the channel's inception more than a decade ago" (see October 7, 1996). But over time, Boehlert writes, Fox News has become "an open and active political player, sort of one-part character assassin and one-part propagandist, depending on which party was in power." The source confirms Boehlert's observation, saying: "They say one thing and do another. They insist on maintaining this charade, this facade, that they're balanced or that they're not right-wing extreme propagandist[s]." The facade is one that, Boehlert writes, "permeates the entire Fox News culture and one that staffers and producers have to learn quickly in order to survive professionally." The source says: "You have to work there for a while to understand the nods and the winks. And God help you if you don't because sooner or later you're going to get burned." Virtually every hard-news story is presented in a way that either bolsters conservative ideology, criticizes liberal/progressive ideology, or both. "[A]nything—anything—that was a news story you had to understand what the spin should be on it," the source says. "If it was a big enough story it was explained to you in the morning [editorial] meeting. If it wasn't explained, it was up to you to know the conservative take on it. There's a conservative take on every story no matter what it is. So you either get told what it is or you better intuitively know what it is" (see June 8, 2004). The source says with some apparent sarcasm: "My internal compass [on 'spinning' a story] was to think like an intolerant meathead. You could never error on the side of not being intolerant enough." Spin Training - The source reflects on how Fox News executives trained its employees to "spin" news stories, saying: "When I first got there back in the day, and I don't know how they indoctrinate people now, but back in the day when they were 'training' you, as it were, they would say, 'Here's how we're different.' They'd say if there is an execution of a condemned man at midnight and there are all the live truck outside the prison and all the lives shots. CNN would go, 'Yes, tonight John Jackson, 25 of Mississippi, is going to die by lethal injection for the murder of two girls.' MSNBC would say the same thing. We would come out and say, 'Tonight, John Jackson who kidnapped an innocent two-year-old, raped her, sawed her head off, and threw it in the school yard, is going to get the punishment that a jury of his peers thought he should get.' And they say that's the way we do it here. And you're going, alright, it's a bit of an extreme example but it's something to think about. It's not unreasonable." Changed over Time - Fox News officials always insisted that they were serving as "a bit of a counterpart to the screaming left wing lib media," the source says. "So automatically you have to buy into the idea that the other media is howling left-wing. Don't even start arguing that or you won't even last your first day." However, things have changed since the source first joined Fox: "For the first few years it was let's take the conservative take on things. And then after a few years it evolved into, well it's not just the conservative take on things, we're going to take the Republican take on things which is not necessarily in lock step with the conservative point of view. And then two, three, five years into that it was, 'We're taking the Bush line on things,' which was different than the GOP. We were a Stalin-esque mouthpiece. It was just what Bush says goes on our channel. And by that point it was just totally dangerous. Hopefully most people understand how dangerous it is for a media outfit to be a straight, unfiltered mouthpiece for an unchecked president." As time went on, the source says, the news reporting became ever more strident and more partisan. Siege Mentality - Using the source's descriptions, Boehlert describes it as an "us-vs.-them mentality… a siege mentality that network boss Roger Ailes encourages, and one that colors the coverage his team produces." The source confirms Boehlert's observation, saying: "It was a kick-_ss mentality too. It was relentless and it never went away. If one controversy faded, godd_mn it they would find another one. They were in search of these points of friction real or imagined. And most of them were imagined or fabricated. You always have to seem to be under siege. You always have to seem like your values are under attack. The brain trust just knew instinctively which stories to do, like the War on Christmas" (a seasonal series of stories by Fox commentator Bill O'Reilly and others that regularly claim liberals, progressives, and the like "hate Christmas" and want to see it "destroyed"). It is rare for former Fox employees such as the source to share "insider" information after leaving, in part because of a strict non-disclosure agreement each exiting employee is asked to sign, and in part because of Ailes's "siege mentality." The source says that Ailes is bent on presenting a "unified Fox News front to the outside world," to the point where he refuses to publicly criticize or critique other Fox employees regardless of how unprofessionally or even outlandishly they may behave on the air (see April 1, 2003, February 3-4, 2005, September 28-October 1, 2005, March 6, 2007, June 4-5, 2008, June 26, 2008, February 9-10, 2009, February 10, 2009, February 20, 2009, March 3, 2009, March 16-17, 2009, March 17-24, 2009, March 25, 2009, April 15, 2009, May 5-6, 2009, May 26, 2009, May 28, 2009, July 8, 2009, July 17, 2009, July 23, 2009, July 27, 2009, July 28-29, 2009, August 8, 2009, August 10, 2009, August 11, 2009, August 11, 2009, September 29, 2009, November 3, 2009, March 24, 2010, and October 3, 2010). The source says: "There may be internal squabbles. But what [Ailes] continually preaches is never piss outside the tent. When he gets really crazy is when stuff leaks out the door. He goes mental on that. He can't stand that. He says in a dynamic enterprise like a network newsroom there's going to be in fighting and ego, but he says keep it in the house." Evidence Bolsters Source's Claims - Boehlert notes that along with the source's contentions, a great deal of evidence surfaced in 2010 that showed Fox News to be deliberately propagandistic in its reporting (see March 13, 2009 and After, March 23-24, 2009, April 6-7, 2009, April 6-13, 2009, April 15, 2009, April 16, 2009, May 13-14, 2009, June 2, 2009, July 28, 2009, July 30, 2009, August 7, 2009, August 28, 2009, September 1, 2009, September 12, 2009, September 18, 2009, and November 5-8, 2009). He cites the recently leaked emails from inside Fox News in which a senior editor instructed his newsroom staffers to slant the news when reporting on issues such as climate change and health care reform (see October 27, 2009 and After and December 8, 2009 and After); the over 600 instances of Fox News personalities raising money, endorsing, and actively campaigning for Republican candidates and/or organizations; and the over $1 million donated by Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch to organizations dedicated to electing Republicans (see June 24, 2010 and After and September 30, 2010). Boehlert says that according to Media Matters estimates, Fox News has in essence donated $55 million worth of free airtime to Republican presidential hopefuls who also work for Fox News (see October 26, 2009). The source says Fox News is anything but a legitimate news outlet, and says both the Washington press corps and the general public has been duped by Murdoch's relentless "fair and balanced" marketing campaign over the years. "People assume you need a license to call yourself a news channel," the source says. "You don't. So because they call themselves Fox News, people probably give them a pass on a lot of things.… I don't think people understand that it's an organization that's built and functions by intimidation and bullying, and its goal is to prop up and support Republicans and the GOP and to knock down Democrats. People tend [to] think that stuff that's on TV is real, especially under the guise of news. You'd think that people would wise up, but they don't." Source Critical of Other News Outlets for Not Criticizing Fox News - The source is harshly critical of other news outlets, including their reporters and pundits, for failing to criticize Fox News for its propaganda. The source explains: "They don't have enough staff or enough balls or don't have enough money or don't have enough interest to spend the time it takes to expose Fox News. Or it's not worth the trouble. If you take on Fox, they'll kick you in the _ss. I'm sure most [journalists] know that." Boehlert notes that journalists who have criticized Fox News have come under heavy fire from Fox News (see November 17-18, 2010). The source says he/she was perplexed in 2009, when Obama administration officials questioned Fox News's legitimacy as a news source (see September 18-19, 2009 and October 11, 2009), only to have Washington press corps figures rush to Fox's defense. "That blew me away," the source says. The White House's critique of Fox News "happens to be true" (see October 17, 2009). [Media Matters, 2/10/2011]
Entity Tags: Fox News, Roger Ailes, Eric Boehlert, Media Matters, Obama administration
Four of Fox News's presumptive presidential candidates. Clockwise from upper left: Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Mike Huckabee. [Source: Huffington Post]New York Magazine reporter Gabriel Sherman profiles Fox News chairman Roger Ailes (see October 7, 1996), who also serves as a Republican campaign consultant (see 1968, January 25, 1988, and September 21 - October 4, 1988). According to close friends and advisers to Ailes interviewed by Sherman, Ailes wants far more than the continued ratings and advertiser success of Fox News—he wants the network to steer one of its own into the White House in 2012 (see October 2008). He is tremendously influential; a Republican strategist tells Sherman: "You can't run for the Republican nomination without talking to Roger. Every single candidate has consulted with Roger." Letdown? - Ailes has been keenly disappointed in the results of his network's official and unofficial candidates so far. Former Alaska governor and Fox commentator Sarah Palin (see September 15-16, 2010), who has not yet announced her candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, is polling at around 12 percent among Republican voters. Official presidential candidates Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, and Rick Santorum, a former senator, who both are commentators for Fox, have even lower numbers, at 10 percent and 2 percent respectively. Ailes has asked Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ), who is not a Fox employee, to run; until recently, Fox News was enthusiastically promoting the putative presidential run of billionaire "birther" Donald Trump (see March 17, 2011). Ailes has envisioned General David Petraeus as a potential candidate, but Petraeus has instead accepted the post of CIA director. "He thinks things are going in a bad direction," says a Republican close to Ailes. "Roger is worried about the future of the country. He thinks the election of [President] Obama is a disaster." None of the current crop of candidates meets Ailes's expectations. Ailes is particularly disappointed in Palin; according to the same Republican, Ailes considers her "an idiot": "He thinks she's stupid. He helped boost her up. People like Sarah Palin haven't elevated the conservative movement." After Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords was shot in January 2011, and other media outlets focused on Palin's use of gunsight graphics to "target" Giffords and other vulnerable Democrats in the 2010 election (see March 24, 2010), according to Sherman, "Ailes recognized that a Fox brand defined by Palin could be politically vulnerable." After the Giffords shooting, Ailes told an interviewer, "I told all of our guys, 'Shut up, tone it down, make your argument intellectually.'" Ailes was infuriated when Palin refused his advice to remain quiet until after the memorial service, and accused her critics of committing "blood libel," a phrase often seen as anti-Semitic. The problem with Palin was further exacerbated when she argued about the amount of work Fox expects her to do: she does not want to host special broadcasts or other tasks the network expects of her. In March 2011, Fox suspended the contracts of Gingrich and Santorum so they could run their campaigns without legal or ethical entanglements. Shortly thereafter, Huckabee chose to remain at Fox and abandon his plans for a primary challenge. The network is still waiting for Palin's decision whether to run for president. Creation of the Tea Party - While Ailes and Fox News did not directly create the "tea party" "grassroots" movement, Ailes was involved in its creation and promotion from its outset (see February 19, 2009, February 27, 2009, and April 15, 2009). Ailes has always been somewhat leery of having Fox News too closely associated with the burgeoning movement (see March 13, 2009 and After, March 23-24, 2009, April 2, 2009, April 6-7, 2009, April 6-13, 2009, April 8, 2009, April 13-15, 2009, April 15, 2009, April 15, 2009, April 16, 2009, May 13-14, 2009, July 28, 2009, August 3, 2009, August 28, 2009, September 12, 2009, and September 12, 2010), and at one point banned Fox News host Sean Hannity from hosting a tea party rally. However, according to Sal Russo, a former Reagan aide and the founder of the national Tea Party Express tour, "There would not have been a tea party without Fox." Fox News has promoted a number of successful "tea party" candidates (see May 14, 2008 - February 2010), including former host John Kasich (see March 27, 2008 - June 1, 2009 and After), who won the Ohio gubernatorial election in 2010. Before that election, Gingrich, still a Fox News commentator at the time, said that he was confident the "tea party" would evolve into "the militant wing of the Republican Party" (see April 21, 2010). Ailes used some of the same "astroturf" tactics (see February 27, 2009 and April 14, 2009) in developing the "tea party" as he did when he represented tobacco companies such as R.J. Reynolds, creating phony, seemingly independent "front" groups to push the "tea party" messages in the media. [New York Magazine, 5/22/2011]
Entity Tags: John Kasich, Donald Trump, David Petraeus, Christopher J. ("Chris") Christie, Fox News, Gabrielle Giffords, Rick Santorum, Sal Russo, Gabriel Sherman, Newt Gingrich, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin, Roger Ailes
Timeline Tags: Domestic Propaganda, 2012 Elections
Liberal columnist Joan Walsh uses a recent op-ed by authors and researchers David Campbell and Robert Putnam (see August 16, 2011) to ask why the media portrays the "tea party" movement as a powerful new force of non-partisan advocates of small government, when research shows that the movement is, as Walsh and others have long argued, largely formed of right-wing social conservatives. Walsh writes: "It's great to have data, but this is something a lot of us believed all along—the tea party was the Republican base dressed up in silly costumes. Why was the media so quick to declare them a vital new force in politics?" Walsh points to the early involvement of the billionaire Koch brothers (see July 3-4, 2010 and August 30, 2010), lobbying groups such as FreedomWorks (see April 8, 2009 and April 14, 2009) and Americans for Prosperity (see Late 2004), and Fox News, whom she says did early and "energetic publicity for… tea party rallies" (see March 23-24, 2009, April 6-13, 2009, April 6-7, 2009, April 8, 2009, April 13-15, 2009, April 15, 2009, April 16, 2009, May 13-14, 2009, July 28, 2009, August 3, 2009, August 3, 2009, August 8, 2009, August 10, 2009, August 11, 2009, August 28, 2009, September 1, 2009, September 12, 2009, September 18, 2009, Early November 2009, and May 22, 2011). Former Fox News talk show host Glenn Beck helped start one of the earliest nationwide "tea party" organizations, the "9-12 movement" (see March 13, 2009 and After). The first "tea party" rally Walsh attended, in San Francisco in April 2009, was sponsored by right-wing talk radio station KSFO and featured speakers such as Melanie Morgan, who, Walsh recalls, "whipped the crowd into an anti-government frenzy that day." Many "birthers"—people who insist that President Obama is not the legitimate president because he is not an American citizen—were on hand. Race is a big issue for many "tea party" members, Walsh writes: while Obama's race is a bone of contention for many "tea partiers," "it's worth noting that these are the same people who've been fighting the Democratic Party since the days of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and the beginning of the War on Poverty, almost 50 years ago. They associate those long overdue social reforms with giving folks, mainly black people, something they don't deserve. I sometimes think just calling them racist against our black president obscures the depths of their hatred for Democrats, period." [Salon, 8/17/2011] Walsh is echoing similar claims made by Mother Jones columnist Kevin Drum almost a year ago (see September 2010).
Entity Tags: David Koch, Barack Obama, Americans for Prosperity, Charles Koch, Fox News, FreedomWorks, Joan Walsh, Melanie Morgan, Kevin Drum, Glenn Beck
Fox News chief Roger Ailes acknowledges that Fox News has undergone what he calls a "course correction" over the last year, dialing back some of the most inflammatory and partisan rhetoric that is its brand. The release of talk show host Glenn Beck (see March 28 - April 6, 2011) is one of the actions Ailes has taken to "moderate" Fox News's stance, as is the lower profile given former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as a prominent Fox personality—once aggressively promoted by the network as the savior of the Republican Party, Palin is much less visible on the network now. Fox executives admit that after Barack Obama's election in 2008 (see January 2009), "the entire network took a hard right turn (see February 2, 2009, February 9-10, 2009, February 10, 2009, February 20, 2009, March 16-17, 2009, March 17, 2009, March 17-24, 2009, March 18, 2009, March 23-24, 2009, March 24, 2009, March 24, 2009, March 31, 2009, April 1, 2009, April 1, 2009, April 1-2, 2009, April 3, 2009, April 3-7, 2009, April 6, 2009, April 6-13, 2009, April 6-7, 2009, April 13-15, 2009, April 15, 2009, April 16, 2009, April 22, 2009, April 23, 2009, April 28, 2009, April 29, 2009, May 5-6, 2009, May 6, 2009, May 8-15, 2009, May 13-14, 2009, May 26, 2009, May 27, 2009, June 2, 2009, July 8, 2009, July 23, 2009, July 27, 2009, July 28, 2009, July 28-29, 2009, July 30, 2009, August 3, 2009, August 3, 2009, August 7, 2009, August 8, 2009, August 10, 2009, August 10, 2009, August 11, 2009, August 11, 2009, August 14, 2009, August 28, 2009, September 1, 2009, September 12, 2009, September 18, 2009, September 29, 2009, October 11, 2009, October 16, 2009, November 3, 2009, November 5-8, 2009, November 18-19, 2009, November 24, 2009, January 27, 2010, May 20-22, 2010, June 11, 2010, June 24, 2010 and After, July 2, 2010, July 24, 2010, September 1, 2010, September 4, 2010, September 4, 2010, September 15-16, 2010, September 18, 2010, September 18, 2010, September 27, 2010, September 28, 2010, September 29, 2010, September 29, 2010, September 30, 2010, October 1, 2010, October 3, 2010, October 26, 2010, November 9-11, 2010 and After, and November 9-11, 2010 and After)… but, as the tea party's popularity fades (see August 25, 2011), is edging back toward the mainstream" (see November 16, 2010, November 17-18, 2010, February 23, 2011, February 28, 2011, March 19-24, 2011, March 23, 2011, March 23, 2011, March 24, 2011, March 27-28, 2011, March 30, 2011, April 26, 2011, April 26, 2011, April 27, 2011, April 27, 2011, April 27, 2011, April 28, 2011, May 22, 2011, May 23-24, 2011, June 10, 2011, July 13-14, 2011, January 14, 2012, January 17-18, 2012, February 11-16, 2012, and February 12-13, 2012). Ailes has ordered the opinion show hosts such as Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly to tone down the rhetoric, in part in response to the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and the resultant debate about the aggressive, violent rhetoric being promulgated on the right (see March 24, 2010). Moreover, as media pundit Howard Kurtz writes, "[i]t was, in his view, a chance to boost profits by grabbing a more moderate audience." Ailes's contract is up in 2013, and some expect the 71-year-old media magnate not to renew his contract thereafter. Ailes continues to insist that his news network is the only "fair and balanced" (see 1995) news outlet on television, with the other broadcast and cable news providers being relentlessly liberal in their presentations, but on the other hand implicitly admits that he routinely pushes right-wing memes and talking points on his network. Today, for example, he is touting Fox News's new "Regulation Nation" series, pushing the idea that government regulations have a stranglehold on American business. "[N]o other network will cover that subject," he says. "I think regulations are totally out of control." Government bureaucrats hire Ph.D.s to "sit in the basement and draw up regulations to try to ruin your life," he says. Under Ailes's direction, Fox News will feature stories on "over-regulation" in many of its straight-news and opinion shows. Some non-Fox News conservative pundits, such as radio host Rush Limbaugh, wonder if Ailes hasn't given up on his commitment to conservative principles in return for ratings, saying, "Fox wants these people [Republican primary candidates] to tear each other up, 'cause they want approval from the mainstream media." Kurtz says that Ailes has turned the Republican primary into his own "reality show" for ratings and profits, essentially agreeing with Limbaugh. Overall, others are registering that Ailes is attempting to dial back the hyperpartisan posturing, even former Obama administration aide Anita Dunn, who says, "You have the sense that they're trying to at least appear less of the hyperpartisan political network they had been." [Newsweek, 9/25/2011]
Entity Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Anita Dunn, Barack Obama, Fox News, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Roger Ailes, Howard Kurtz, Sarah Palin
Critics accuse an unnamed advisor to the Romney campaign of making a racially insensitive remark to British reporters when the advisor accused President Obama of not understanding the shared "Anglo-Saxon" heritage of the US and the United Kingdom (see July 24-25, 2012). Obama's father was Kenyan, and many of Obama's critics have accused Obama of not being sufficiently American (see October 1, 2007, January 16, 2008, October 16, 2008 and After, Around November 26, 2008, February 10, 2009, March 9, 2009, March 18, 2009, March 25, 2009, March 27, 2009, March 30-31, 2009, March 31, 2009, April 1, 2009, April 1-2, 2009, April 3-7, 2009, April 6, 2009, April 6-7, 2009, April 9, 2009, June 2, 2009, June 5, 2009, June 25, 2009, June 29, 2009, July 23, 2009, August 1-4, 2009, August 6, 2009, September 17, 2009, October 2, 2009, October 13, 2009, November 17, 2009, December 3, 2009, December 17, 2009, May 7, 2010, June 11, 2010, Shortly Before June 28, 2010, August 4, 2010, August 19, 2010, September 12, 2010, September 12, 2010 and After, September 16, 2010, September 18, 2010, September 23, 2010, October 22-23, 2010, March 28, 2011, April 7, 2011, April 27, 2011, April 27, 2011, May 23-24, 2011, June 10, 2011, January 13-20, 2012, and June 20, 2012) and of not working hard enough to bolster relations between the US and the United Kingdom. Critics also accuse Mitt Romney of trying to create a division between the US and the United Kingdom where none exists. Romney's campaign is denying the remarks were ever made. [Daily Telegraph, 7/25/2012] Vice President, Obama Campaign Advisor Respond - Vice President Joseph Biden is quick to lambast the Romney campaign for the comment. "Despite his promises that politics stops at the water's edge, Governor Romney's wheels hadn't even touched down in London before his advisors were reportedly playing politics with international diplomacy," he says in a statement, "attempting to create daylight between the United States and the United Kingdom where none exists. Our special relationship with the British is stronger than ever and we are proud to work hand-in-hand with Prime Minister Cameron to confront every major national security challenge we face today. On every major issue—from Afghanistan to missile defense, from the fight against international terrorism to our success in isolating countries like Iran whose nuclear programs threaten peace and stability—we've never been more in sync. The comments reported this morning are a disturbing start to a trip designed to demonstrate Governor Romney's readiness to represent the United States on the world's stage. Not surprisingly, this is just another feeble attempt by the Romney campaign to score political points at the expense of this critical partnership. This assertion is beneath a presidential campaign." Obama campaign advisor David Axelrod calls the comments "stunningly offensive" in a Twitter post, which states, "Mitt's trip off to flying start, even before he lands, with stunningly offensive quotes from his team in British press." [CBS News, 7/25/2012; Business Insider, 7/25/2012; Guardian, 7/25/2012] British Historian Questions Perception of 'Divisions' between Two Nations - British historian Tim Stanley says the perception of "divisions" between the US and the UK is overblown, and that many British citizens "love [Obama] because they see him as an antidote to the misdirected machismo of the Bush years. Few of us are keen to revive an alliance that led to the bloody mess of Iraq and Afghanistan." More directly, the advisor's "Anglo-Saxon" reference is obsolete and easily interpreted as racist. "Both countries are more multicultural than ever before, and both have forged alliances with countries that are decidedly un-Anglo-Saxon: the US is part of a trading bloc with Mexico and the UK is trapped in the engine room of the [European Union] Titanic," Stanley writes. "Many will therefore interpret the choice of words as a clumsy attempt to play the race card, exploiting the impression that Obama is anti-British because he is of African descent." Stanley writes that the advisors seemed more interested in painting Obama as a "left-winger" who lacks an understanding of the relations between the two nations than trying to make a racially insensitive remark, but he predicts the media will fasten onto the remark and label the Romney campaign, and perhaps Romney himself, as being racist to some degree. [Daily Telegraph, 7/25/2012] British Columnist: Romney Should Not 'Cast Us All Back into the Dark Ages' - Ian Vince, a columnist with The Guardian, asks what exactly the Romney campaign might mean by stating a desire to restore "Anglo-Saxon" relations between the two nations. Vince notes the thousand years of culture and heritage contributed by the Normans, the Romans, the Danish Jutes, and the Vikings, among others, and the huge number of non-"Anglo-Saxons" who consider themselves proud British citizens. He concludes by observing, "Mitt Romney would be wise not to cast us all back into the Dark Ages." [Guardian, 7/25/2012] Liberal News Site: Comments Part of Larger Attack on Obama's Heritage, Patriotism - Judd Legum of the liberal news Web site Think Progress says the comments are part of a much broader series of attacks on Obama's heritage and patriotism by the Romney campaign. Legum calls the comments "the latest attack by the Romney campaign on Obama's multi-cultural heritage." Last week, Legum reminds readers, Romney campaign co-chair John Sununu told reporters Obama has no understanding of the "American system" because he "spent his early years in Hawaii smoking something, spent the next set of years in Indonesia," and said Obama needs to "learn how to be an American." Later that day, Romney himself called Obama's policies "extraordinarily foreign." [Think Progress, 7/25/2012] Neoconservative Magazine: Story Not Believable, Romney's Denial Should Settle Question - However, Alana Goodman of the neoconservative Commentary magazine says she did not believe the story from the moment it was reported. She says the story hinges entirely on a single unnamed source (the Romney advisor, who spoke on condition of anonymity), and accuses the Obama campaign of "scrambling to pump air into" the controversy surrounding the comments. She concludes, "Unless a reporter is able to verify who said this and what his role is in the campaign, Romney's denial should put this story to rest." [Commentary, 7/25/2012]
Entity Tags: Willard Mitt Romney, Joseph Biden, Judd Legum, John Sununu, Mitt Romney presidential campaign (2012), Ian Vince, David Axelrod, Alana Goodman, Barack Obama, Tim Stanley
Timeline Tags: 2012 Elections
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and what's done is done.
You've thrown your fit,
made your mess.
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together of yourself,
the attempt to reestablish
your place on the shelf.
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Mirean Coleman, LICSW, CT – NASW Senior Practice Associate
The 2015 Final Physician Fee Schedule was released in the Federal Register on November 13, 2014 and provides regulations for clinical social workers who provide psychotherapy services. Clinical social workers should note these changes to keep their Medicare practice running smoothly and effectively. An overview of changes impacting clinical social workers includes the following:
Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR): The SGR is an annual growth rate that controls growth in Medicare expenditures for provider services. The Patient Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) of 2014 provides a zero percent increase in Medicare reimbursement in 2015 from January 1 to March 31, 2015. Under the SGR beginning April 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015, Medicare reimbursement is scheduled to decrease by a minus 21.2 percent unless averted by Congress. NASW is advocating for a remedy to the SGR to prevent further reimbursement reductions.
Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS): PQRS identifies individual measures that may be used by clinical social workers to improve the quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. Clinical social workers are encouraged to report PQRS measures to avoid a penalty resulting in less reimbursement fees. In 2015, clinical social workers who did not successfully report PQRS in 2013, will receive a 1.5 percent Medicare penalty. The 2015 PQRS program year data will determine the payment adjustment for 2017. In 2015, PQRS will not offer a bonus incentive payment for reporting measures. Clinical social workers who satisfactorily report PQRS will be listed on the 2016 Physician Compare Website at https://data.medicare.gov/data/physician-compare. In 2015, NASW has scheduled several trainings to help its members report PQRS to avoid future penalties.
Clinical social workers are encouraged to report PQRS measures
to avoid a penalty resulting in less reimbursement fees.
Upcoming FREE call-in informational sessions on PQRS:
March 18, 2015 "Getting Started with Medicare PQRS in 2015" Noon to 1 pm EST
April 15, 2015 "Getting Started with Medicare PQRS in 2015" Noon to 1 pm EST
An Hour with Private Practice Q&A is held every third Wednesday of the month from noon until 1:00 pm EST. TELECONFERENCE LINE: Toll Free: 866.575.6535; Participant Passcode: 611223
See below for a full list of 2015 FREE call-in private practice informational sessions**
Telehealth Services: Medicare currently reimburses clinical social workers for telehealth services using the individual psychotherapy Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)* codes. In 2015, Medicare will also reimburse clinical social workers when using telehealth services for the following CPT codes:
90845 – Psychoanalysis
90846 – Family Psychotherapy (without the patient present)
90847 – Family Psychotherapy (conjoint psychotherapy) (with the patient present)
NASW will publish a practice perspectives in early 2015 describing Medicare's telehealth services and how to use it for reimbursement.
Rural Health Clinic (RHC) and Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC): The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services removed regulations requiring clinical social workers who furnish services in a RHC and FQHC to be employees of the RHC and FQHC. This removal allows RHCs and FQHCs with flexibility to address their staffing needs without adversely impacting the quality of services or continuity of care of Medicare beneficiaries. In 2015, clinical social workers may contract for services in RHCs and FQHCs. In the future, guidelines on how to become providers in RHCs and FQHCS will be released and NASW will make them available to its members.
Health and Behavior Assessment and Intervention Codes: CMS continues to restrict payment to clinical social workers when services are performed using the Health and Behavior Assessment and Intervention CPT codes. NASW continues its advocacy efforts with CMS to change this.
ICD-10-CM: The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition, Clinical Modification Codes will be implemented on October 1, 2015. Clinical social workers will not be able to use the ICD-9-CM Codes after September 30, 2015 and will suffer claim denials if they do. NASW has scheduled several trainings on the ICD-10-CM to help members transition to the new codes.
Electronic Health Record: Clinical social workers who are Medicare providers may continue to use paper documentation as long as they are in solo practice or in a group practice with 10 or less practitioners. At this time, clinical social workers and other non-physician practitioners continue to be ineligible for electronic health record incentives. NASW is advocating for members to receive financial assistance when converting to an electronic health record.
Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF): Clinical social workers in independent practice continue to be reimbursed for mental health services only under Medicare Part B. For 2015, CMS continues to enforce its policy for the collection of overpayment for mental health services provided in a SNF by clinical social workers. NASW continues its advocacy efforts with CMS to change this. Additional information about 2015 Medicare updates is available online in the Federal Register of November 13, 2014 at:
(Hyperlinks are current at the time of distribution and may change without notice)
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**More Information on "An Hour With Private Practice: Questions and Answers"
A FREE question and answer session for NASW members which is held every third Wednesday of the month from January through November. The monthly call-in sessions focus on a specific private practice subject. There is no registration and members can join in the discussion, ask questions, and make comments. These sessions provide members with important clinical social work updates impacting the delivery of mental health services. Sessions are limited to the first 100 callers on the day of the event.
2015 Schedule:
January 21, 2015 Using Psychotherapy and Place of Service Codes Effectively in 2015
February 18, 2015 Transitioning to the ICD-10-CM Codes on October 1, 2015
March 18, 2015 Getting Started With Medicare PQRS in 2015
April 15, 2015 Getting Started With Medicare PQRS in 2015
May 20, 2015 Becoming a Provider for Insurance Companies
June 17, 2015 Guidelines for Using Technology in Private Practice
July 15, 2015 Highlights of Good Documentation
August 19, 2015 Transitioning to the ICD-10-CM on October 1, 2015
September 16, 2015 Transitioning to the ICD-10-CM on October 1, 2015
October 21, 2015 Social Media: Do's and Don't in Private Practice
November 18, 2015 Starting a Private Practice and Incorporating Safety Standards
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We want to make life more wonderful for all people in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Our vision is that everybody is thriving from the inside out. That everybody has the opportunity to live a life that is meaningful for them.
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Our Kaupapa:
We're working to create a more compassionate culture in Aotearoa. A world where life and work are "win-win-win" — good for you, good for others in your
Why did you create a game about human needs for organisations and communities?
We created the game with multiple outcomes in mind:
- Strengthening system-leadership
- Increasing capabilities for people-centred product, service and policy design
- Increasing individual, team, organisational and national performance (ability to create flourishing)
- Improving personal and whānau wellbeing in the workplace and at home
- Enabling fun and meaningful daily use of te reo Māori ~ the Māori language
- Giving people an insight into te ao Māori ~ the Māori world
So why human 'needs'?
Research shows that organisations where people care about the feelings and needs of each other perform better, and are better able to meet the needs of the people they are there to serve.Heartwork
Everyone knows we have physical needs – food, water and shelter etc. But there is equally strong evidence that we have innate psychological needs; we need to feel like we belong; we need to have meaning and purpose; we need to feel like people see us and value us.
Our leaders can have a massive impact on us. And the world is currently facing a global leadership crisis. Based on extensive research, including assessments of more than 35,000 leaders and interviews with 250 C-level executives, "The Mind of the Leader"concludes that organisations and leaders aren't meeting employees' basic human needs of finding meaning, purpose, connection, and genuine happiness in their work.
Global research shows that seventy-seven percent of leaders think they do a good job of engaging their people, yet 88 percent of employees say their leaders don't engage enough. Companies with highly engaged workforces outperform their peers by 147% in earnings per share. There is also a high level of suffering in the workplace: 35 percent of employees would forgo a pay raise to see their leaders fired. This is an enormous waste of human talent–despite the fact that $46 billion is spent each year on leadership development.
Why a card game?
We believe one of the reasons that we're living in a world where so many people have deep unmet needs such as for meaning and purpose is that we haven't had an accessible, shared vocabulary to describe our own feelings and needs in a constructive, connective way. In fact, many of us have been educated to use a limited and judgemental vocabulary that prevents us from acknowledging ours and others' deeper needs. This limited vocabulary can disconnect us from our needs — and if we are disconnected then we can't find solutions and nor can other people.
The game enables people to acknowledge, accept and articulate a wide range of their own universal feelings and needs. And in doing so it enables empathy with the feelings and needs of others.
We've been influenced by the science of gamification and how it supports individual behaviour change and culture change! Having this vocabulary as a physical tool makes it easier to remember and to
Why a "compassion starter culture" ?
To solve the leadership crisis, organisations need to put people at the centre of their strategy.
Using real-world inspirational examples from Marriott, Accenture, McKinsey & Company, LinkedIn, and many more "The Mind of the Leader", published by the Harvard Business Review, proposes that organisations need to develop people who lead with three core mental qualities: mindfulness, selflessness, and compassion — with compassion being the intention to understand and care for others needs, as well as one's own.
The idea of a "starter culture" is based on both systems-change theory and also the science of behaviour change.
How does this relate to system-leadership?
Ineffective leaders try to make change happen. System leaders focus on creating the conditions that can produce change and that can eventually cause change to be self-sustaining.Stanford Social Innovation Review
A compassion starter culture is a group that creates its own conditions for change, and so can continue to grow.
How are feelings relevant to this work?
Research shows that our thoughts and feelings are intrinsically connected, and both play a key role in our decision-making. Feelings can also act as gauges for our human needs. To make effective decisions with and on behalf of others we need to grow our awareness of feelings and how they are influencing decisions and
The brain does not
honourthe kind of anachronistic distinction between thought and feeling. Thought and feeling are absolutely intermingled in the brain, and so there are no areas of the brain that are exclusively dedicated to one and not the other. There's a lot of interconnectivity. When a child, for example, is subjected to adversity, and the adversity gets under the skin, it will impair cognitive function in addition to producing emotional difficulties.
There's a very famous psychologist who did work on decision making, and he actually got a Nobel prize in economics; his name was Herb Simon. He worked in the 1960s and '70s, and the way he thought about emotion is that it was an interrupter. It disrupted cognitive function.
We know now that when we think about the really complex decisions in our lives .. we cannot make (them) based on a cold cognitive calculus. We consult our emotions for making those decisions. And if our emotions were disrupted, it will really impair our capacity to make those kinds of decisions. So this has led to the insight that emotions actually play a really key role. They can be both facilitatingDr Richard Davidson — Neuroscientist
ofour behavior and cognitive activity, and they can also be a disrupter. It can go both ways. It's not one way or the other, but they're an intimate part of everything that we do.
How does empathy play a role?
It's so important, really important, and we know that empathy, which is, we think, a necessary prerequisite for kindness and compassion, starts with experiencing in your body the emotions that another person may be experiencing, in order to help take the perspective of another. And also, this is part of self-awareness. Having a bodily representation of this kind of experience enables us to become more familiar with it, and so, we can get back to it.Dr Richard Davidson — Neuroscientist
Why "Sun" and "Moon" feelings?
… Happiness occurs within a process of human flourishing. Inherent in this perspective is the understanding that difficulty, struggles and even emotional and psychological pain and stress are not things to be avoided;
if experienced in the pursuit of growth, challenges and pain can ultimately contribute to a sense of deep meaning and fulfillment. This, in turn, engenders happiness.Forbes: Are You A Deliberately Developmental Leader? Here's Why You Should Be
Feelings can be helpful to highlight met and unmet needs, and the healthy expression of emotion — "whatumanawa" — is a need of itself.
Research shows that naming feelings is also a powerful way to bring people out of a fight/flight response.
To help people more quickly identify their own and others' feelings and needs, we split the 100+ feelings into two sets — the "I'm feeling challenged / in pain" set, and the "I'm feeling great" set.
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We have found inspiration in the rich natural metaphors and stories of Te Ao Māori. The labels 'Sun' — Te Rā — and 'Moon' — Te Marama have and continue to work well for a diverse range of players.


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The deputy's responsibilities typically include:
completing an annual report or account for the Office of the Public Guardian
completing tax returns
preserving access to the relevant state benefits and ensuring any care is correctly funded
investing and budgeting to ensure that funds will last as long as they are needed
arranging payments, which may include care costs on an ongoing basis or employing a care team
buying, selling and / or adapting a house
The Court of Protection recognises that deputies may need professional support in carrying out their role. Our experienced team can provide help and advice on all aspects of acting as an effective deputy.
We can also advise on making Wills for those who lack the capacity to make one for themselves, known as a statutory Will, and making gifts to others out of the funds held by a deputy.
Acting as a deputy is a long term commitment and occasionally a deputy may wish to retire from the role. If there is no other suitable person to take over the role we can be appointed as a professional deputy, and continue to work closely with a family whilst carrying the burden of the deputy's duties.
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Strengthening the foundations of our youth justice system and reinstating the approaches that will make our communities safer.
Investing more in the programs proven to work, such as early intervention, local community initiatives and education.
Providing support of the highest quality to young people in trouble to prevent further crime and improve outcomes.
Develop a ten year plan, backed up with investment for the Victorian youth justice system including:
Start locally with long-term investment in place-based solutions to tackle disadvantage, including justice reinvestment.
Step in early to support kids in trouble, to keep them safe and connected to school, family, culture and community:
Strengthen pathways to specialist training and employment programs to give young people purpose, stability and opportunity.
Continue to strengthen diversion opportunities with a focus on rehabilitation and restorative justice for all young people at each point in the justice system.
Avoid unnecessary detention through a focus on housing and alternatives to remand.
Break the cycle of crime with more intensive support for the small number of high-risk young offenders.
Strengthen in-prison and transition support to set kids up for success when they return to the community.
Strengthen the capability of the workforce to address the complex needs of young offenders.
Introduce a minimum qualification standard for the workforce.


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Join us for an evening of dinner, dancing and great auction items to benefit Mommy & Me Cancer Foundation. It will be a night to celebrate cancer journey successes, honor our legendary MAMCF moms, and to award the recipient of our 2014 Desiree David Scholarship. Enjoy a plated dinner followed by a dessert auction offering desserts from Sprinkles Cupcakes, Wildflour Cupcakes, Sweet Cakes & Honey Buns and LA Cakes.
When: June 21, 2014
6:30 pm
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When our family decided to spend a few days taking a break at beautiful Rainbow Beach, I couldn't resist the temptation to take the short trip via the barge to Fraser Island and explore it for a couple of days on the fat bike.
We were fortunate to be staying in a large house with a sandy track leading from the back door to the beach, a short walk away.
The locals had built a bonfire on the beach to keep them warm while they shared a drink and watched the full moon rise.
With views like this from their back door, it's no wonder they were smiling.
Twelve hours later, I eagerly pedaled over the dunes onto the beach as the sun was rising…
I was grateful for full-fingered gloves as I rolled out onto the beach. The temperature was barely 3C. To the south the sand cliffs of Rainbow Beach glowed pink. But today's adventure lay to the north: Fraser Island.
As the sun rose over the horizon, I rode north along the beach to Inskip Point to meet the barge.
The early morning rays cast long shadows across the sand.
The incoming tide still had a couple of hours till it peaked, leaving plenty of sand to ride on.
It took almost an hour to ride to the tip of Inskip Point, past a few contented souls enjoying the solitude of the dawn.
While humans tried their luck with rods below, hungry raptors keenly watched the water from above, ready to strike at unsuspecting fish.
As luck would have it, I arrived at the point while the barge was on the other side of the strait. It would be a while before it returned, so I just sat down on the sand in the early morning sun and waited.
Sitting at the pointy end of Inskip, it was easy to see that it really was… a point. A long thin strip of sand reached out into the water. The land stopped here.
It didn't take long for the big green barge to come back to my side of the water. I hopped on, together with a couple of other vehicles, and enjoyed the short trip to the other side.
I was left alone on the beach while the other vehicles fled the incoming tide for the safety of the inland track. The beach was narrower, the sand softer, but I had the beach all to myself.
Oh yes.
The Rainbow-colored cliffs to the south seemed further away from me now than they had when I had first ridden onto the beach.
It's called the "75 Mile Beach" – and I had it to myself, although pedalling in the soft sand was hard work.
Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world – about 120 kilometres long, and about 25 kilometres wide.
It has over 100 freshwater lakes – some of them crystal clear, others stained red by the tannin from surrounding vegetation.
The traditional owners of the island are the Butchulla aboriginal people who call the place "K'Gari".
In Butchulla dreamtime legends, K'Gari was a goddess who was sent by the god Beiral from heaven to create the rivers, seas, land and mountains in which humans could live. The earth was so beautiful that K'Gari fell in love with it, and did not want to return to heaven. So the messenger Yendingie transformed her into a heavenly island. And that's how K'Gari, or "Fraser Island" got here.
I was in no rush today, so I decided to take a break in the shade of the dunes, and have a bite to eat.
At Dilli Village I left the beach and headed inland. Dilli is an environmental education camp operated by the University of Southern Queensland. It was about 30 kilometres along the beach from where the barge dropped me off.
I decided to follow a walking track rather than take my chances with 4WD's on the road.
After a few minutes I encountered some happy botanists from the University, who were surveying plant species in the area.
"Can I take your photo?" I gushed excitedly. "You're the first people I've seen for miles".
"How about you get in the picture too?" one of them replied.
So we all posed for photos while I quizzed them about species of Eucalypts – specifically about the red-colored gum trees I'd seen all over the island, and to the south along the Noosa River.
"Oh they're Scribbly Gums," one lady replied. "Eucalyptus racemosa".
I made a mental note. I love learning the names of trees, which is why I really like botanists. I liked these guys too 🙂
As if on cue, shortly after leaving my new friends, a fine looking Scribbly Gum greeted me as I rode past – complete with the artists signature scrawled into the bark by voracious insect larvae.
Nice to meet you too, Mr Racemosa.
Not long after that a friendly signpost pointed up a very steep sandy track, indicating there was a lookout nearby.
Leaving the bike behind for a short time, I scrambled to the top through the soft sand…
… and found myself on the edge of the Wungul Sand Blow, a large moving expanse of sand perched about 100 metres above the ocean.
Yes, I got a lot of sand in my shoes, but it didn't really bother me.
The walking tracks were well signed. It was impossible to get lost. I didn't realize Central Station was so close. Next time I might try to get there.
I reached Lake Boomanjin just before noon – the perfect place for lunch.
At the start of the day, my plan had been to turn around and head home around lunch time. Apart from that I didn't really have any major objectives, so I was delighted to have reached such an impressive lake.
Unlike some of the other lakes on Fraser, Boomanjin is stained red by the tannin from the surrounding vegetation. The contrast with the bright sand is impressive.
Boomanjin is a perched lake, sitting on compacted sand and decaying vegetable matter. In fact it is the largest lake of its kind in the world.
After lunch I made my way back down the hill towards the beach. Passing the friendly botanists again I cracked a few jokes and rolled by. They looked like they were enjoying themselves.
And then the real fun began.
The tide was now receding. Vast open spaces of flat hard sand lay in front of me. Normally this would be heaven on a fat bike as I rolled effortlessly down the beach.
But it was not to be.
A strong 25 knot headwind had sprung up. It was blasting down the beach at me. I could barely manage 8 km/h.
How frustrating.
"Ah never mind," I thought to myself, "The inland track is only 5 kilometres down the beach".
What I didn't realize was that with this headwind it would take me the good part of an hour to ride 5 kilometres.
If the wind had been blowing in the opposite direction I could have made that distance in about 7 minutes.
I soldiered on.
Eventually it got too much. I plonked down on the sand (out of the way of curious 4WD's), turned my back to the breeze, pulled out a mandarin, and savoured it.
Perhaps it was the emotional comfort of stopping to eat something pleasant, but the toil of the headwind didn't seem that bad afterwards.
I chattered gleefully to myself when the turnoff to the inland track appeared. At last I could get some respite from the wind…
But one hindrance was replaced by another. The road was horribly corrugated. I could manage a faster pace, but in place of the smooth sand I was faced with 20 kilometres of teeth chattering bumps, on a bike with no suspension except for soft spongy tyres.
My friend, Paul Brian, had warned me about this road, and how unpleasant it was, even in a 4WD. But I had no choice. I improvised and rode on the edge in the sand. Although it was a bit slower, it was much smoother, and I was able to make reasonable progress.
I finally reached Hook Point with the barge on the other side of the water. Mario, Michelle and Pedro had been camping on Fraser in their 4WD. The smiles on their faces told me they'd had a good time.
Wayne and Will had been doing the same sort of thing, but on a motor bike.
Wayne high-fived me and complemented my efforts and riding a bike in the sand against the strong wind.
They looked like they'd had a good time too.
Places like Fraser Island do that to you.
Just like the godess K'Gari fell in love with the place, so did we. There's something special about it.
A juvenile tern perched on the edge of the sandy barge ramp looking at us humans talk about our adventures.
Before I knew it, the ramp was lowering again, and it was time to roll back onto the sand.
The sun was lowering in the west. Now the bike was making shadows in the opposite direction. It had been a long, wonderful day.
Fishermen were still on standing on the shoreline. It was as if they'd never left.
That was the end of day 1. I rode about 93 kilometres in just over 10 hours, including breaks. During that time I burned about 4,500 kcal.
This was a big day, made more challenging by tough headwinds and tricky tides.
I'll rate it 8.5 out of 10 on the tough-o-meter.
Stay tuned for day 2!
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Min elevation: 1 m
Total climbing: 1048 m
Total descent: -1053 m
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Mpho joined Sonke as an intern in 2010, under the Red Card Campaign, through an International Human Rights Exchange certificate programme with the University of Witwatersrand's in Johannesburg. Mpho undertook the exchange programme after completing her Honours Degree in Journalism and Media Studies from the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Her love for working in the human rights sector led her to be part of a team of peer educators at Sonke in May 2011 under the Refugee Health and Rights project. Working in this project saw her rise to become a junior trainer, conducting community interventions in Johannesburg that address access to health care for refugees and migrants living in South Africa as well as educating them on their basic human rights. This project also saw her conducting workshops that promote re-integration of refugees and migrants together with the local South African nationals.
In 2013 Mpho moved from the Refugee Health and Rights project to focus on working with religious leaders and faith based organisations on issues around sexual gender based violence. Since the church reaches out to a large number of people, this project also brings aspects of faith based interventions of tackling day to day social issues that are being faced within communities. Mpho was part of a team, in partnership with an organisation called Tearfund that conducted surveys and Focus Group Discussions around issues around masculinities and sexual violence among participants drawn from Christian and non-Christians in Goma, Bunia and Bukavu located in the Democratic Republic of Congo in February 2014.
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There's a lot that goes into creating your own brand. Luckily, we know some incredible people in the scene that give great advice on starting your own label-like Byron McKoy of Hide & Seek Clothing.
Knowing what your target audience wants is a huge part of making a successful product, and Byron knows just how to do that. With introverts in mind, Hide & Seek offers apparel that lets those less social and more emotional wear their hearts on their shirts.
I was in a touring band in the late 2000s, and one of my roles when I wasn't swinging a mic around was to design merchandise. While this band dissolved a few years ago, my love for designing t-shirts grew. After years of chaotic traveling, my head was full of inspiration. With hands more idle than ever, I dove right in.
In high school, all of my favorite bands produced branding that was suspiciously similar. I dug around and found that this was thanks to Rob Dobi. His ability to conjure emotion while working primarily with silhouettes and minimal colors captured my imagination almost immediately. Without Rob, I doubt I would be doing what I am today.
Streetwear and lifestyle brands go hand in hand. Both represent a style that is more personal and connects with a group more than a major brand or label. They represent a shared and specific disposition.
I design clothing for anxious, introverted people who prefer spending their time on the couch drinking coffee, reading books and petting pets. So maybe seatwear is more appropriate?
Don't. Well, not until you have something you truly believe in. We're currently in an amazing place where producing clothing is easier than ever. Don't abuse that. Put in the work. Spend the hours before and after your day job improving second, third and fourth drafts of designs. Talk with people. Create your brand. The others are already taken. When you've got your vision on lock, find a great manufacturer. Make short runs and talk to your customers to see what they want.
Starting a brand of your own is not an easy task. But with a solid idea of what your brand is and constantly striving to improve, it can be a success. Thanks, Byron, for the great advice.
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It's Chriiiiiistmas! Well, okay it isn't. But today marks the start of Tokyo Telephone's Christmas countdown! Hurrah! Surely, that's enough cause for celebration? Still not quite doing it for you? But b-but… we're kicking off with Spank! in all its pony-pink glittery 80s pop goodness.
Arguably the phoenix rising from the ashes of Harajuku favourite fashion decora, fairy-kei/pop-kei/Spank-kei has now become a firm favourite among Tokyo girls who appreciate all things a bit kawaii & kitsch. I remember seeing this kind of 'sweet 1980s'-inspired clothing appearing in street fashion magazines like Cutie and Zipper even as long as six years ago, albeit rather briefly. Now with the huge upsurge in the popularity of vintage clothing (see the tag), fairy-kei (as I'll be referring to this syle) lovers have cemented their fully formed style. As I mentioned, there are some similarities to decora (unusual items used as jewelery, coloured hair), yet fairy-kei favours pastel shades over bright decora colours, and clothing from the 1980s-1990s rather than the older European styles of dolly-kei Grimoire shoppers. You'll often see Spank! aficionados in short fluffy skirts, coloured shoes, kawaii animal printed sweaters, and with large plastic accessories perched in softly dyed hair – pink, blue and lilac are favourites.
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On the first day of Christmas Tokyo Telephone sent to me: Spank-kei on a rooftop.
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