Author: Gary Bentley

This segment originally aired on the October 27th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. Had the traditional media done its job, the government shutdown never would have lasted as long as it did.  But they enjoyed the attention, and failed to report what was really happening. Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio discusses the failures of the corporate media with radio and TV host Thom...

Republicans are jumping all over the fact that the federal government’s healthcare website has been having problems – they consider this to be proof that Obamacare is a failure. But there’s more to the story than just a few website glitches. Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio speaks with journalist and author Joshua Holland about explain what’s going...

Mike Papantonio appears on The Ed Show on MSNBC alongside Stephanie Miller and Jesse LaGreca to discuss the filthy lies coming from right wingers like Sean Hannity – lies that are keeping people in need from obtaining...

For the first time in world history, the 10 highest paid CEOs in the US all received more than $100 million a year in direct compensation, and two of them took home billion dollar paychecks. Understand, all that is after Americans went through all that public drama and soul-searching where they were holding public media events and shareholder meetings asking that those ridiculous rhetorical questions, like, is the system broken?  Should management really be making 600 to 800 dollars for every one dollar an hour that a worker makes?  As double digit increases every year for top management takes...

The government shutdown may have officially ended, but the disastrous policies of the Republicans who shut down the government have been destroying jobs and our economy for months. Austerity measures are poison for America. Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio speaks with journalist David Dayen about how austerity is killing our economy. download adobe acrobat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sAgLOpv2q4...