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MEDIA-ASIA: Community Radio Carves Out Space for Itself
Submitted by rick on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 19:58.By Malini Shankar
BANGALORE, India, Mar 3, 2010 (IPS) - Community radio is moving from the margins to the mainstream in many
countries in Asia, carving out spaces from where they respond to public needs
ranging from disaster management to gender awareness, cultural identity and
belonging.
This was proven in Papua New Guinea in January, during a tsunami
triggered by an earthquake.
"No adult died because adults knew that when the sea withdraws (from the
shore), it portends the arrival of a tsunami, and all the adults fled to higher
ground," said Aloysius Laukai of New Dawn FM station. However, "the read more »
CHILE: Stop Treating Community Broadcasters as Criminals, Say Activists
Submitted by rick on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 19:53.Interpress can be a good source of international news not found elsewhere. -Rick read more »
Cuba's Aid to Haiti Ignored by the US Media?
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 16:28.Published on Monday, February 15, 2010 by Al-Jazeera-English
Cuba's Aid to Haiti Ignored by the US Media?
by Tom Fawthrop
Among the many donor nations helping Haiti, Cuba and its medical teams have played a major role in treating earthquake victims.
[After the quake struck, Haiti's first medical aid came from Cuba. (Gallo/Getty)]After the quake struck, Haiti's first medical aid came from Cuba. (Gallo/Getty)
Public health experts say the Cubans were the first to set up medical facilities among the debris and to revamp hospitals immediately after the earthquake struck.
However, their pivotal work in the health sector has received scant media coverage. read more »
The Real Top Ten Stories of the Past Decade
Submitted by rick on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 17:38.Published on Friday, January 1, 2010 by CommonDreams.org
by Robert Freeman
The media are awash with talking
heads bloviating about the top stories of the last decade. The
wired-in society. The growth of organic food. The new frugality.
This is the ritual that reveals their true function in the culture:
pacification. It's their way of signaling the masses that Bigger
Thinkers are looking after things, so go back to your Wii or Survivor
or Facebook reveries.
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The Pictures of War You Aren’t Supposed to See
Submitted by rick on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 17:32.Published on Monday, January 4, 2010 by TruthDig.com
Official: U.S. intelligence found Iran nuke document was forged
Submitted by rick on Wed, 12/30/2009 - 04:18.
WASHINGTON,
Dec 28 (IPS) - U.S. intelligence has concluded that the document
published recently by the Times of London, which purportedly describes
an Iranian plan to do experiments on what the newspaper described as a
"neutron initiator" for an atomic weapon, is a fabrication, according
to a former Central Intelligence Agency official.
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US Press Ignores Egyptian Suppression of Gaza Freedom March
Submitted by rick on Wed, 12/30/2009 - 03:40.Published on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 by CommonDreams.org
NY Times op-ed page legitimizes illegal aggression against Iran
Submitted by rick on Tue, 12/29/2009 - 17:10.
Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Sun, 12/27/2009 - 21:37.
This is from ww4report. -Rick
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Media Matters: With "Climategate" and Jennings smears, the right goes guerilla
Submitted by rick on Sun, 12/13/2009 - 14:28.The conservative reaction to President Obama's election is turning downright Faustian.
As the rhetoric on the right has grown increasingly shrill, a few conservatives have raised their voices in alarm, counseling their ideological kin to step back from the abyss. Former Bush speechwriter David Frum wrote in August that "the increasingly angry tone of incitement being heard from right-of-center broadcasters" is likely to lead to politically motivated violence. Not two weeks ago, conservative blogger Charles Johnson articulated the reasons behind his departure from the right, citing conservative support for "anti-science bad craziness" and "[h]atred for President Obama that goes far beyond simply criticizing his policies." read more »
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