Tag Archives: Media Criticism
“Who will fight for what is right and won’t be sold . . .” Celebrating Our Media Moment
Grammy winner Kimya Dawson, Michael Copps, Amy Goodman, Susan Crawford, John Nichols and much more . . . Published on Apr 7, 2013 Free Speech TV Saturday night’s keynote featured some of the brightest lights in the fight for better media including fiery speeches from top advocates and activists and presentations that celebrate our achievements, outline our […]
Stream Online> Shadows of Liberty: How does corporate control of media threaten democracy?
Shadows of Liberty: How does corporate control of media threaten democracy? This film has been shown at film festivals around the world, but not in the U.S. Don’t miss this opportunity to see it in its entirety now. The full film is being streamed online in conjunction with the National Conference on Media Reform in […]
Chris Hedges> The Day That TV News Died
The Day That TV News Died “The lie of omission is still a lie. It is what these news celebrities do not mention that exposes their complicity with corporate power.” By Chris Hedges Posted on Mar 24, 2013 truthdig.com I am not sure exactly when the death of television news took place. The descent was gradual—a slide into the […]
Glenn Greenwald> How Noam Chomsky is discussed
How Noam Chomsky is discussed The more one dissents from political orthodoxies, the more the attacks focus on personality, style and character Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Saturday 23 March 2013 09.52 EDT Noam Chomsky, delivering the Edward W. Said lecture in London on 18 March 2013. Photograph: guardian.co.uk (updated below – Update II [Sun.]) One very common tactic […]
Nygaard Notes> How the media distorts reality & misses the big stories
Nygaard Notes #526, February 28, 2013: “Quote” of the Week: “Are we not as human as you are?”; Why the Media Misses the Big Stories; Going Up the River to Find the Top Stories Nygaard Notes #525, February 18, 2013: “Quote” of the Week: Higher Minimum Wages Don’t Cost Jobs; How The Structure of Media Distorts Reality, Part […]
George Will & Theoretical Liberal Media Bias
George Will & Theoretical Liberal Media Bias By Peter Hart March 18, 2013 FAIR.org During a typically right-leaning roundtable discussion on ABC’s This Week (3/17/13), George Will said this about the big Conservative Political Action Conference: First, here’s the New York Times headline on the CPAC conference: “GOP Divisions Fester at Conservative Retreat.” Festering an infected wound, it’s awful. I guarantee, if there […]
Glenn Greenwald: Why the Obama Administration’s Persecution of Bradley Manning Should Terrify Us All
Why the Obama Administration’s Persecution of Bradley Manning Should Terrify Us All The Government’s charges portend a dangerous new world for journalists and whistleblowers. Democracy Now via OpEdNews Op Eds 3/5/2013 at 15:11:44 Bradley Manning is escorted from a hearing, on January 8, 2013 in Fort Meade, Maryland. Manning has told a military tribunal that he leaked incident […]
Media and the Keystone March> Little coverage of large climate action
Media and the Keystone March Little coverage of large climate action February 19, 2013 FAIR.org Tens of thousands of climate activists marched in Washington D.C.on February 17. Did the corporate media notice them? The main focus for the activists was the White House’s pending decision on the Keystone pipeline, a project that would deliver tar […]
Bruce Gagnon> CONTROL THE MEDIA, CONTROL THE MESSAGE, CONTROL THE PEOPLE
CONTROL THE MEDIA, CONTROL THE MESSAGE, CONTROL THE PEOPLE By Bruce Gagnon February 10, 2013 Space4Peace Here are the top twenty media corporations in the U.S. according to mediaowners.com All but two of the following, #18 and #19, are members of the Council On Foreign Relations. 1. Time Warner Inc. 2. Walt Disney Company 3. Viacom […]
Julian Assange | Sam Adams Awards | Oxford Union
Published on Jan 25, 2013 Julian Assange gives his address live via Videolink to the Oxford Union Society. Julian Assange begins his address by saying that in 2007-08 he was looking at what was happening in Iran. He says that a lot of people did good work, especially Thomas Fingar in: Trying to correct the […]
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