Corporate Media
WikiLeaks' Afghan War Diary as Litmus Test for Media Bias
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 11:53.Check out this good article about the biased media coverage of Wikileak's Afghan War Diary: http://tiresiasspeaks.wordpress.com/
Danny Glover on US Social Forum
Submitted by rick on Sat, 07/03/2010 - 10:45.Here is a link to Danny Glover interview on Al Jazeera:
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/faultlines/2010/06/2010627721966...
Feds Approve 27 Drilling Projects in Gulf After BP Spill
Submitted by rick on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 19:43.This is from Center for Biological Diversity. -Rick
Even as the
BP spill gushes millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the
agency tasked with overseeing offshore drilling is continuing to exempt
dangerous new drilling operations from environmental review. Since the
BP oil-rig explosion on April 20, an investigation has revealed that the
U.S. Department of Interior's Minerals Management Service has approved read more »
The FCC is Coming to Seattle
Submitted by rick on Tue, 04/20/2010 - 00:39.
Next week, Seattle will get our chance to weigh in on the future of the Internet, as the FCC returns to Seattle with a pair of events focused on preserving an open Internet. On Tuesday evening, Apr 27, FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker and staff will be featured guests at a community conversation on open Internet and net neutrality, organized by Reclaim the Media. The event begins at 6:30pm at Asian Counseling and Referral Service, 3639 Martin Luther King Way in Seattle. Details here. read more »
How Americans are propagandized about Afghanistan
Submitted by rick on Tue, 04/06/2010 - 02:56.
AP
Blood is seen near a shoe and a hairband inside a
room where five members of an Afghan family were killed near Gardez, in
Paktia province, Friday, Feb. 12, 2010.
room where five members of an Afghan family were killed near Gardez, in
Paktia province, Friday, Feb. 12, 2010.
(updated below - Update II) read more »
Media Disinformation regarding America’s Afghan War
Submitted by rick on Mon, 03/29/2010 - 01:48.by Prof. Marc Herold
Examining
a microcosm can shed light on the larger reality. I have chosen to
analyze a small mountain hamlet, Chagoti Ghar (Chergotah), located some
forty kilometers east of Khost city in eastern Afghanistan in a time
frame separated by eight and a third years – November 23rd 2001 and
March 24th 2010. Both times, two Afghan civilians perished as a result
of foreign occupation fire. In both instances, the U.S corporate media
was silent. Both times, to pierce the veil of silence spun by the
American military industrial media information complex (MIMIC) a person
had to turn to independent, regional media; in November 2001 to the read more »
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 »
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