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What did the press cover in Buffalo’s mayoral campaign?
If Buffalo voters wanted to learn where mayoral candidates Byron Brown and India Walton stood on the issues, they were unlikely to find answers in the news media’s coverage of the campaign. A content analysis of news coverage in the… Read More ›
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Some thoughts on Crain’s list of ‘Most Powerful Women’ in NY State
By Richard Lee Crain’s New York Business published its list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in New York this week. Attorney General Letitia James is tops on the list, one slot ahead of Gov. Kathy Hochul. Crain’s criteria for… Read More ›
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Radio: Infrastructure Week
It’s finally Infrastructure Week so songs about highways, trains and bridges comprised the content for Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard Lee’s Nov. 11. radio show on WSBU-FM (88.3). Lee’s show streams live on Thursdays at 3 p.m. on the WSBU livestream… Read More ›
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Election Day 2021: A Simple Revulsion of the Democratic Party
By Michael P. Riccards. Although the media and the professional talking heads are commenting about the gubernatorial race in Virginia, there was a more important one in New Jersey. Sitting in my catbird seat in central Jersey, I can say that… Read More ›
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Deja Vu in New Jersey
By Richard Lee Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s narrow victory over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in Tuesday’s New Jersey governor’s election is reminiscent of Christie Whitman’s 1990 campaign for U.S. Senate. At the time, Whitman, a Republican, was a county freeholder who… Read More ›
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One question with Jesse Jackson
By Richard Lee The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who turns 80 Friday, has been a civil rights leader, a candidate for president and an international activist. And a few minutes of his 80 years were spent with me. We had very… Read More ›
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Radio: The Great Divide
Talk and music about the great divide in Washington and throughout the nation from Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard Lee’s Sept. 30 radio show on WSBU-FM (88.3). Lee’s show streams live on Thursdays at 3 p.m. on the WSBU livestream… Read More ›
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Who is NY’s most popular female government official?
By Richard Lee A Sept. 14 Siena College Research Institute poll found New York Gov. Kathy Hochul with a 42% favorability rating. How does does that number compare with what the poll found about other powerful women in New York… Read More ›
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Radio: Welcome Back
Talk and music about 2021’s unusual election campaigns from Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard Lee’s Sept. 16 radio show on WSBU-FM (88.3). Lee’s show streams live on Thursdays at 3 p.m. on the WSBU livestream site. More Richard Lee radio… Read More ›
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Radio: The Boss Turns 72
An hour of talk and music to celebrate Bruce Springsteen’s birthday — from Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard Lee’s Sept. 23 radio show on WSBU-FM (88.3). Lee’s show streams live on Thursdays at 3 p.m. on the WSBU livestream site…. Read More ›
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