Lionel

Lionel (né Michael Wm. Lebron) is an Emmy® Award winning trial lawyer, published author, proud husband, legal analyst and news decoder, essayist, bluegrass guitarist, (out)spoken word performer and raconteur, vegan, talk radio veteran, pioneer podcaster, political atheist with a black belt in realpolitik and “[a]n intellectual known for his irreverent political and social humor” (Newsweek), “[who] wears the mantle of Lenny Bruce, with Lenny’s own tropisms: The Oblique, The Irreverent, The Tangential, The Concupiscent, The Polymorphous Perverse, The Arcane, The Numinous” (Jerry Wexler).

'Cultural incompetence': Legal defense for woman-beating migrant boggles the mind Opinion
The New Hampshire Union Leader reported a story that has this writer, a former prosecutor and licensed trial lawyer, sufficiently befuddled and of significantly boggled mind.
Jul 11, 2017 16:16
‘Introduction of terrorism into biosphere’: NYT article urges US to let ISIS ‘bleed’ Syria & Russia Opinion
A recent opinion piece in the New York Times is calling for a “complete and total catastrophe” in Syria as columnist Thomas Friedman urges US to use the Islamic State as a tool to “bleed” Syria, Russia and Iran, Emmy Award winning trial lawyer, Lionel, told RT.
Apr 14, 2017 02:26
‘Who decides what’s fake news and what isn’t?’ Opinion
When you consider what comprises fake news… do you ponder, for example, reports that there were weapons of mass destruction? Or is that flawed news? Lionel, legal and media analyst discusses the matter with RT.
Mar 28, 2017 17:39
Anti-Russia rhetoric in US is ‘replication of McCarthyism’ Opinion
Younger people in the US are unwittingly using the same Cold War, Russophobic, Kremlin-baiting phrases that maybe their parents used in the 50s, says media and legal analyst Lionel, adding that the replication of McCarthyism scares him.
Mar 20, 2017 16:05
‘Reuters citing ISIS ‘news agency’ elevates its legitimacy’ Opinion
By citing the Amaq 'news agency,' which is considered the mouthpiece of ISIS, Reuters is bringing a new recognition to the terrorist organization, by virtue of the platform it reports from, says legal and media analyst Lionel.
Dec 12, 2016 13:06
When does opinion become propaganda? Opinion
If there is something that the American government or the European government is doing wrong, that’s not necessarily Russian propaganda. That is called critique; that is called analysis, says legal and media analyst Lionel.
Dec 9, 2016 14:29
‘American exceptionalism as Rorschach test: Means anything you want it to’ Opinion
Hillary Clinton’s take on American exceptionalism has the “intellectual nutritional value of junk food,” according to media and political analyst Lionel, who believes the majority of the population don’t have the slightest clue what the term even connotes.
Oct 15, 2016 05:45
‘US media are distracters, veer attention from anything that can embarrass Clinton’ Opinion
Even in election season the US public is in a media blackout on anything that might embarrass Hillary Clinton, including allegations she could have exacerbated wars where Americans lost their lives, says media analyst Lionel.
Aug 3, 2016 16:09
‘Debate between Sanders & Trump would be the biggest event ever’ Opinion
Bernie Sanders has been hidden by American mainstream media as he is a nightmare for Hillary Clinton, legal and media analyst Lionel of Lionel Media, told RT America’s Manila Chan. A debate with Donald Trump would let Bernie come out and finally be Bernie, he added.
May 29, 2016 15:56
NYPD’s snooze police on patrol Opinion
Messrs. Kander and Ebb wrote that they wanted to wake up in a city that never sleeps, as Mr Sinatra crooned into history. Incidentally, waking from sleep in a city where no one sleeps always seemed a tad ironic.
Feb 21, 2016 13:38

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