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
2 contrasting views of Christmas gifts
In cities across the United States, people fighting in line over a chance to get the new Air Jordan $200 plus sneakers. Fights. Stabbings. Pepper spraying. Arrests.
Now, contrast that with an interview I conducted at about the same time. A story that got muc… Read full post »
2 amazing women and remembering John Lennon
Photo by Julie Baumgarten
Yesterday I participated in the domestic violence radio row at Liz Claiborne's Manhattan Fashion District headquarters.
Co-sponsored by Talker's Magazine, parent company of the Talk Radio News Service, the It's Time to Talk event brings radio sho… Read full post »
2 amazing women and remembering John Lennon
Photo by Julie Baumgarten
Yesterday I participated in the domestic violence radio row at Liz Claiborne's Manhattan Fashion District headquarters.
Co-sponsored by Talker's Magazine, parent company of the Talk Radio News Service, the It's Time to Talk event brings radio sho… Read full post »
Facebook the new town crier?
A domestic dispute - the guy walked into the house, opened fire and shot four people - three fatally - before turning the gun on himself.
As I said, a horrible, horrible story.
I got right on it, arriving while the scene… Read full post »
An unanswered ethical question
Just as I went to air today on News Talk Online on the Paltalk News Network, CNN proclaimed "Breaking News."
The big news? Yet another woman has come forward to say she had a sexual relationship with Herman Cain.
This one says she had a long-term affair with the GOP presidential hopeful.… Read full post »
An unanswered ethical question
Just as I went to air today on News Talk Online on the Paltalk News Network, CNN proclaimed "Breaking News."
The big news? Yet another woman has come forward to say she had a sexual relationship with Herman Cain.
This one says she had a long-term affair with the GOP presidential hopeful.… Read full post »
Photo by a c o r n/Flickr
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
I hung around Zuccotti Park again on Thursday afternoon trying to get a handle on the direction the Occupy Wall Street movement is going. My conclusion: it’s still, impossible to say.
I met so many people, there… Read full post »
Non-stop organizing at Zuccotti Park. Photo by Paul Hodara
There is no identifiable leadership. There is are no stated goals.
Detractors remind us of this constantly. Facts that prove the
Occupy Wall Street movement is doomed to failure. That the lack of
focus is its greatest weakness.
Perhaps… Read full post »
'He's not MY president'
He's your president too, even if you didn't vote for him. Obama for America - California photo
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
Reportergary.com
“He’s not MY president,” someone wrote in response to a comment made by an Obama supporter on my Facebook wall.
“I didn’t vote for h… Read full post »
Observations from Wall Street
Schechter says the demonstrations could turn confrontational again. Or they might fizzle out. Paul Stein photo
Danny Schechter the News Dissector spent time with the demonstrators on Wall Street.
He shares his observations in this interview with News Talk Online on the Paltalk News Network.… Read full post »
Was the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki legal?
Anwar al-Awlaki. Muhammad ud-Deen photo
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
ReporterGary.com
The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American turned al Qaeda spiritual and cheerleader, by the United States in Yemen is being heralded by people on both sides of the aisle.
President Obama called his killing a &ldqu
… Read full post »Palestinians reject Quartet proposal to restart talks
Abbas passes on peace talks. Olivier Pacteau photo
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
Does the Palestinian Authority really want peace with Israel? Or is it just looking for political and public relations victory at the expense of Israel?
These questions come to mind today as the Palestinian Authority … Read full post »
Palestinians reject Quartet proposal to restart talks
Abbas passes on peace talks. Olivier Pacteau photo
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
Does the Palestinian Authority really want peace with Israel? Or is it just looking for political and public relations victory at the expense of Israel?
These questions come to mind today as the Palestinian Authority … Read full post »
Palestinians reject Quartet proposal to restart talks
Abbas passes on peace talks. Olivier Pacteau photo
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
Does the Palestinian Authority really want peace with Israel? Or is it just looking for political and public relations victory at the expense of Israel?
These questions come to mind today as the Palestinian Authority … Read full post »
UN vote could make Palestinian Authority insolvent
Does Abbas really want what he's asking? Olivier Pacteau photo
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
The Palestinian Authority formally requests statehood status at the UN this week. The problem for the Palestinians is, they might not really like what they get if they win.
Actually, the situation isn’t a… Read full post »
The Wall Street Journal quotes a number of economists who are saying a recession is in the offing.
Did we really need this panel of experts to tell us what we already know?
This comes as no news to those who have been unemployed. Out of work for days, months, years.
Now there’s… Read full post »
The real threat to Iraq's Muslims
How U.S. foreign policy creates homeland security concerns
Williams says the Gitmo detention facility should have been closed. JTF Guantanamo photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Gino Reyes
Click here to hear the interview with Dr. Cindy Williams.
The war in Iraq, the evolution of the war in Afghanistan, the drone attacks in Pakistan and the… Read full post »
Former NYPD cop: Keep security high after 9/11
stlphotoblogger photo/Flickr
Click here to hear the interview with Gary Moskowitz.
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
A current credible threat over a possible terrorist attack targeting New York City and/or Washington, DC coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks has prompted a ratchet
… Read full post »Counterterrorism expert: Strides in protecting homeland
Clare Lopez
Click here to hear the interview with Clare Lopez.
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
An obvious and logical question that comes up as we approach the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is: are we safer now than we were then?
The answer, says former CIA officer Clare Lopez,… Read full post »
Obama chastises Congress to pass jobs bill
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
On a stormy night in Washington, President Obama gave a stormy speech, imploring members of Congress, both from his Democratic Party and the opposing GOP, to pass his jobs act, repeatedly telling them they should put aside their political differences and “pass it righ… Read full post »
Did MSNBC try to influence the outcome of the GOP debate?
Perry makes a point during the debate
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
Let the voters decide!
Why was it so important to MSNBC to determine for Republicans who the front runner candidates were before the debate last night?
And why did moderators Brian Williams and John F. Harris work so hard to… Read full post »
Did MSNBC try to influence the outcome of the GOP debate?
Perry makes a point during the debate
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
Let the voters decide!
Why was it so important to MSNBC to determine for Republicans who the front runner candidates were before the debate last night?
And why did moderators Brian Williams and John F. Harris work so hard to… Read full post »
Did MSNBC try to influence the outcome of the GOP debate?
Perry makes a point during the debate
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
Let the voters decide!
Why was it so important to MSNBC to determine for Republicans who the front runner candidates were before the debate last night?
And why did moderators Brian Williams and John F. Harris work so hard to… Read full post »
Details of Obama's job speech leaking out
Frank Tellez photo
By GARY BAUMGARTEN
President Obama will propose spending a whopping $300 billion in jobs in his address to a joint session of Congress Thursday, Bloomberg is reporting.
In so doing, the president is taking a huge political gamble. The House – the larger of… Read full post »
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