
Hey Aaron Lewis (Stain’d) – Can you hear Putin now?
Ukraine accuses Russian snipers of abusing child, gang raping mother Apologies for the jarring headline, but we do no one, especially ourselves, justice when

Roku Endangers Democracy
1/6/23 – On this particular dark day in recent US history comes an apt article from Dan Frankel of NextTV that illustrates that Jan. 6, 2021,

Goodbye to Alex Blue Morales of Normandie Blue
Last week we lost a Raw Travel & PunkOutlaw family member and a friend. Alex Blue Morales of the band Normandie Blue Alex was one

Beware of Backblaze
Beware of Backblaze: Are there any Mac and Backblaze users out there? If so, I would like to offer a heads-up. I used BackBlaze successfully for

Raw Travel Visits Ukraine in Wartime
Crossing the border from Przemsyl, Poland into Ukraine during wartime was surreal, sad, inspiring, and infuriating. Slava Ukraine!

Jen Oda Was a Friend of Mine
Jen Oda was a friend of mine. She wasn’t a close or long-time friend or a particularly great friend, but she was a friend. How

My Trip to Ukraine in Wartime
UPDATE August 24th, 2022 – I’ve just returned from filming in Przemyśl, Poland & Lviv, Ukraine. It was an intense shoot full of mixed emotions.

Gas Prices Got You Down? Buck Up!
$10 PER GALLON IN FRANCE: These are the gas prices for a Liter of Gas in France. Multiply x4 to get a gallon. Convert Euros

Raw Travel Presents – “Let Freedom Ring in Ukraine!”
RAW TRAVEL TV TO HELP FREEDOM RING IN UKRAINE! Multifaceted Media Campaign Poised to Help Ukraine for the “Long Haul” – NEW YORK, NY: June

Guns from a Global Perspective
Today I was going to promote our next episode Chattanooga on Twitter. Then I read about the mass shooting resulting in six deaths there over

The Cable Strategy Tragedy
THE CABLE STRATEGY TRAGEDY: Too easy, I know, and sad but almost always unsaid, so I’ll say it. This is just the latest shoe-to-drop and

Raw Travel Helps Our Friends in Ukraine
Raw Travel has deep connections in Ukraine, having filmed three episodes in Lviv and Kyiv in 2019. Anastasia, our Ukrainian videographer, and her family are

Making the case for curating weekend TV on TV Newscheck
Appreciate Michael of TVNewsCheck for asking my “humble opinions” about the present and future of syndicated TV. Can broadcast TV be saved? Absolutely. What will

Too Whack for Weekends!
I have been privileged to work in the broadcasting industry for most of my adult life. I began in local ad sales and progressed to

Media Using “Political Polarization” in their Business Plans
I read a recent article in one of the business trade magazines about a large media company’s annual call with Wall Street regarding their potential

Open Letter to Jetblue – Why So Lax With Passenger Safety?
Rules are for some but not for all at Jetblue?

Nielsen… Still Lying After All These Years
Bad Nielsen Hispanic Samples perpetuated tired media stereotypes of U.S. Latinos as maids, gardeners, gangbangers, or illegal immigrants. Young U.S.-born Latinos were not represented in the research and, thus, the television programming landscape.

Mentally Ill or Mentally Weak?
They play internet doctors, lawyers, spiritual leaders, climatologists, entrepreneurs, political pundits, and experts of all stripes because they can do so without real-world knowledge or consequences. When proven wrong, which is easy with a stroke of a fact check, they double down or, at best, crawl back down their rabbit hole only to re-emerge later with more outrageous, bogus claims.

New York Post Denies Climate Change on Day of Global Calamity
His article proclaims more air conditioning and cooling centers as a solution to climate change? Yes, the answer for CO2 emissions is more CO2 emissions. This is farcical.

Journalists Not Immune to Qspiracy Madness
Anyone in the TV industry knows full well that a Sales Coordinator/Promo Producer is very far down a corporate chain and not anywhere near legit source for such information. Project Veritas knows this too, but they didn’t want facts to get in the way of a good story.
