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Topic: Corporate MediaBy Rick Smith
Our politicians are treated as celebrities, while our corporate overlords operate in secrecy; turning dials, greasing wheels, and watching the whole. thing. burn. Can you hear us yet? No? Well, here’s some real top stories, Personal Storyteller‘s style! «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Commentary | No Comments
Restore Fairness, Return to Reality
Ever since the fairness doctrine went down for good in 1986, hate and misinformation have taken over the airwaves, beginning with Rush Limbaugh on the radio and spreading to TV. As Rep. Louise Slaughter said in a 2004 interview with Bill Moyers, after fairness was defeated,
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Comedy vs the Traditional News Networks
Take a look and see what you think… «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Opinion | 1 Comment »
Video: The fifth estate: The Lies That Led To WarThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation‘s program, The fifth estate took a look at the lies and manipulations which lead to the invasion of Iraq and the failure of the media to question the lies which they were being fed by this administration. They point out the many simularities between what we heard then about Iraq and what we are hearing from the administration about Iran. This program first aired on March 7th 2007. A video used to be embedded here but the service that it was hosted on has shut down. Since the US-led invasion four years ago, the fifth estate has covered Iraq and the war on terror from virtually every angle–the military, media, intelligence, politics–revealing aspects of the story that you didn’t find anywhere else. Now, as the White House warns about the latest threat in the region, this time from Iran, it’s worthwhile looking back to examine the deception, suspect intelligence, even lies, that convinced the world of the rightness of targeting Saddam Hussein. «Read the rest of this article» Orwell Rolls In His Grave The Power Of US Corporate Media
Meticulously tracing the process by which media has distorted and often dismissed actual news events, Pappas presents a riveting and eloquent mix of media professionals and leading intellectual voices on the media. Among the cast of characters in Orwell rolls in his grave are Charles Lewis, director of the Center for Public Integrity, Vincent Bugliosi, former L.A. prosecutor and legal scholar, film director and author Michael Moore, Rep. Bernie Sanders, Danny Schecter, author and former producer for ABC and CNN, and Tony Benn, former member of the British Parliament. A video used to be embedded here but the service that it was hosted on has shut down. «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Arts and Leisure | No Comments
Media Consolidation and the Corporate Media
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Jon Stewart and the American Media
You can sometimes say things in jest, that you never would be able to say outright. «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Opinion | No Comments
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