GaryBaumgarten
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
- Title
- Director of News and Programming
- Company
- Paltalk.com
- Bio
- Award winning journalist Gary Baumgarten hosts the News Talk Online show on Paltalk.com. He asks critical questions, and invites people from all around the world to talk directly to his newsmaker guests using Paltalk's voice over IP technology.
Gary came to Paltalk as director of news and programming from CNN where he was the radio bureau chief and correspondent in New York for a decade, where he covered, among other things, the 9/11 attacks in New York and Hurricane Katrina. He was previously reporter and assistant news director at CBS all news radio station WWJ in Detroit. Prior to that he was managing editor at Detroit Radio News Service and a reporter for the Jackson (MI) Citizen-Patriot, the Detroit News and a number of weekly newspapers.
Paltalk is the largest multimedia interactive program on the Internet with more than 4 million unique users. News Talk Online is also syndicated by CRN Digital Talk Radio to cable systems serving an additional 12 million households.
MY RECENT POSTS
- 2 contrasting views of
Christmas gifts
December 24, 2011 03:10PM - 2 amazing women and
remembering John Lennon
December 09, 2011 12:06PM - 2 amazing women and
remembering John Lennon
December 09, 2011 12:05PM - Facebook the new town crier?
December 07, 2011 07:40PM - An unanswered ethical question
November 28, 2011 11:06PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Jan, the possessive "my"
was not "my" statement. It
was
that…”
October 02, 2011 08:30AM - “No Mark, I wasn't
suggesting you doubted the
veracity of my
post. I was
wondering…”
August 10, 2011 07:25AM - “Mark, are you
questioning the veracity
because it's the LA
Times? Not
sure I unde…”
August 10, 2011 07:04AM - “You think folks who are
unemployed should be paying
too,
Deborah?
It's
called INCO…”
August 09, 2011 08:38PM - “You have knowledge of
the Israelis arresting the kin
of
reporters who they want
t…”
August 09, 2011 12:03PM
GaryBaumgarten's Links
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By GARY BAUMGARTEN
It’s not been a week since the midterm elections, the results of which were driven hard by the Tea Party movement, resulting in what its believers hope will be more independent-thinking Republicans being elected to the House of Representatives. Bu… Read full post »
Should Olbermann's bosses suspend themselves?
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By GARY BAUMGARTEN
The suspension of MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann for making campaign contributions to three Democratic candidates seems like a clear cut case of a journalist violating ethics standards. How can we trust him to be fair in his assessm… Read full post »
'I did everything right and I have nothing to show for it'
Erich Ferdinand photo
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
A friend, in his late 50s, has been a hard worker all his life. Productive. A good family man. Provided for his wife and his children.
But now, he is suddenly out of work. And at his age, the prospects are slim.
He… Read full post »
The election's over. Now it's time to start campaigning
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By GARY BAUMGARTEN
The French were the first to say it in 1422 upon the death of King Charles the VI and the coronation of King Charles the VII: “The king is dead, long live the king!”
To adapt t U.S. politics today: “The election campaign… Read full post »
John Boehner, likely the next speaker of the House
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
Now that the Republicans have handily recaptured control of the House of Representatives, the question left to be answered is: how will this affect the business of government?
The fact that the election’s results wer… Read full post »
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By GARY BAUMGARTEN
So Election Day is here, and the winners are: the voters, who no longer have to listen to those attack ads on radio and television.
Last night I got it from both sides. The first ad was by the Democratic incumbent and showed his… Read full post »
Another reason to shove Islamophobia to the curb
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There are those who, openly, express their fear and hostility toward Muslims. Even Fox news analyst Juan Williams, a black man who has through his commentary and reporting countered similar phobias toward African Americans has raised the
… Read full post »
PBS is not NPR
1 week before the vote New York fires its elections chief
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By GARY BAUMGARTEN
Bullying among teenagers is pervasive, according to a new study which shows more than 50 percent of American teens have hit their peers in anger at one time or another.
Bullying has become the focus of national attention ever since the story broke of a gay Rutgers… Read full post »
Angle uses decoy to duck press in Nevada
Angle ducking press in July in Reno
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
Running for the U.S. Senate is very serious business. If
you’re a candidate for this esteemed office, you need to be
accountable to the public. And that means meeting with reporters
along the way.
Sharron Angle seems to have forgotten… Read full post »
Don't blame Obama, blame the banks for the slow recovery
In a political year, with mid-term elections just a little more than a week away - it's easy/… Read full post »
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
When George W. Bush was president there was such an outrage over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the treatment of prisoners held indefinitely at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. But now that Barack Obama is commander-in-chief those voices are largely mu/… Read full post »
He's back with another apology.
Carl Paladino, the Tea Party-backed GOP candidate for governor in New York, who issued a mea culpa for forwarding offensive emails earlier in his campaign, is now apologizing for the offensive remarks he made oer the weeke
… Read full post »Today, the New York Daily News is reporting that a 16-year-old Muslim boy o/… Read full post »
The Tea Party sure knows how to pick 'em
Let me start by saying that the actions of the members of the Westboro Baptist Church/… Read full post »
In some/… Read full post »
The real threat is against the man who threatened Palin
Shawn Christy, the 18-year-old Pennsylvania man who allegedly threatened the life of Sarah Palin has been the recipient of death threats himself - from Palin supporters.
The Alaskan newspaper the Frontiersman, reports that readers have been imploring it to publish his photo so they can identify… Read full post »
Rick Sanchez knew better
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
Paltalk News Network
It's seemingly all out there on the Internet these days.
Sometimes it's a good thing - like the Long Island cab driver
videotaping a vicious beating - the tape will be used in the
prosecution of the perpetrators.
Sometimes it's not a good thing. And sometim… Read full post »
Watch out for Obamaphone!
The latest disinformation campaign targeting the president has just reached my/… Read full post »
Illegal immigrants who fix houses, dry cars, cut lawns
He later clarified that statement, saying what he meant to say is that/… Read full post »
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