Jackson Merritt

	About Jackson Merritt Jackson Merritt has been writing about culture and counter-culture for nearly four decades. He was co-founder of the Syracuse New Times, editor of teen music tabloid Tambourine, and the original music editor for Head Magazine, a cultural guide for pot smoking non-radicals. He has been a cultural consultant and... more
Note to Fox News: America - Love It or Leave It! - Jackson Merritt - MediaBizBloggers By Jackson Merritt When I was protesting the Vietnam War in 1968 it was suggested more than once that if I didn't love America – and its policies – I should leave. Many young Americans did… not because they didn't love America, but because they didn't agree with its policies and mostly to avoid the draft and the war. At the time, I... more
How the Right-Wing Black Knights of U.S. Politics Define Our Global Image - Jackson Merritt - MediaBizBloggers By Jackson Merritt From 2002 to 2008, Americans traveling overseas suffered the ignominy of Bush administration policies. While right wing apologists would never understand or condone it, we Americans who considered President Bush to be an embarrassment to our nation felt the need to apologize for and distance ourselves from our government whenever we traveled... more
Fox News: The Media God is a Consuming Fire - Jackson Merritt - MediaBizBloggers By Jackson Merritt Welcome Jackson Merritt our newest MediaBizBlogger. In his brilliant history of evangelical politics, The Family, Jeff Sharlet describes a 1951 organizational meeting of global leaders intended to affirm the moral rehabilitation of Nazi Germany. The conference's theme was from Hebrews 12:29: "For our God is a... more