Corporate Media
The Real Operation to "Rescue" Ingrid Betancourt and US Mercenaries
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 22:10.
indymedia.org July 8, 2008
features about betancourt
In order to understand the "rescue operation" of Ingrid Betancourt and the Northrop Grumman Corporation mercenaries who were released with her, it is necessary to piece together articles published in the media, filter the content and out of this is formed a true understanding of the facts of what happened here. read more »
Sri Lanka journalists protest over attacks
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 19:49.
by Amal Jayasinghe Wed Jul 2, 2008
COLOMBO (AFP) - Hundreds of Sri Lankan reporters and cameramen staged a protest outside President Mahinda Rajapakse's home Wednesday demanding an end to a wave of killings, abductions and assaults against journalists.
Media workers' associations peacefully demonstrated outside the main access to Rajapakse's Temple Trees residence while dozens of unarmed police stood behind yellow iron barricades. read more »
AP photographer freed by US military after 2 years
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 04/16/2008 - 18:23.
By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press April 16, 2008
BAGHDAD - Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein embraced sobbing relatives and thanked colleagues after being released Wednesday from more than two years in U.S. read more »
Adbusters goes to the B.C. Supreme Court
Submitted by rick on Wed, 01/09/2008 - 08:14.Jammers and creatives,
Today is our big moment in court. Ever since the first issue of
Adbusters was published seventeen years ago we've been fighting to
break the corporate monopoly on access to the airwaves. After
countless delays, and over $100,000 spent on legal fees, we've
arrived at a critical juncture in the case. At issue is our
freedom of speech on the most powerful social communications
medium of our time, television.
Below is a copy of our press release as well as a sneak preview of
an article that will appear in the upcoming issue of Adbusters (on
newsstands February 18th). Please give us your support by getting
the word out there. read more »
Mogadishu broadcasters go silent to protest clampdown
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 21:58.
Mon Nov 19, 2007
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Mogadishu-based broadcasters on Monday went on a 24-hour-boycott to protest against the Somali government's clampdown on press freedom, st read more »
US plans case against AP photographer
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 21:46. By BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press Nov. 19, 2007
NEW YORK - The U.S. military plans to seek a criminal case in an Iraqi court against an award-winning Associated Press photographer but is refusing to disclose what evidence or accusations would be presented.An AP attorney on Monday strongly protested the decision, calling the U.S. military plans a "sham of due process." The journalist, Bilal Hussein, has already been imprisoned without charges for more than 19 months. read more »
Pakistan: Journalists strike in protest against emergency rule
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 19:48.
Islamabad, 8 Nov. (AKI/DAWN) - The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has announced that reporters throughout the country will observe a "black day" on Friday to protest against the imposition of emergency rule.
The journalists plan to boycott all official functions on Friday and Saturday, hoist black flags on press clubs. All affiliates of the PFUJ will organise meetings, set up protest camps and observe a hunger strike.
They have threatened to carry out this protest if the government fails to lift curbs on the media by Thursday. read more »
Comcast blocks some Internet traffic
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 10/19/2007 - 19:06.By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Oct. 19, 2007
NEW YORK - Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online, a move that runs counter to the tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally. read more »
Green groups and social justice orgs fight "Digital Rights Management" Crippleware
Submitted by rafael on Thu, 08/30/2007 - 07:14.yes, boingboing.
Peter Brown, executive director of the Free Software Foundation, sez, "An international coalition of environmental and social justice groups have signed a statement condemning DRM and specifically the DRM in Microsoft's Windows Vista, looking to promote awareness of computer user freedom. Groups and individuals who support the statement are being asked to add their own signatures at http://freesoftwarefreesociety.org. The coalition hope that this statement will help raise awareness to these important issues amongst social activists and NGOs outside of the technology field."
In January and February of this year, the Green Party and Greenpeace issued warnings about the tremendous threat posed to the environment by the disposable computer mentality promoted in Microsoft's $500-million Windows Vista marketing campaign. Vista's steep hardware requirements mean that to use it, most people will have to throw their current computer into a landfill and buy a new one. read more »
Broadcast Treaty wounded and dying!
Submitted by rafael on Tue, 06/26/2007 - 09:21.from the EFF via boingboing
It's been four or five years since Electronic Frontier Foundation joined the fight against the United Nations' "broadcast treaty," and this week, just as things were looking darkest, we scored our most definitive victory, read more »
Web radio sites to go silent in protest
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 06/22/2007 - 22:57.New licensing fees could doom Internet radio, but webcasters are fighting back.
By Chris Taylor, Business 2.0 Magazine senior editor
(Business 2.0 Magazine) -- If, like me, you're a fan of Internet radio sites such as Pandora or Live365, you'll have to find something else to listen to next Tuesday. That's the day dozens of online broadcasters go silent, in protest of a new levy the government and the music labels are about to impose. read more »
Don't Cry for Venezuela's RCTV
Submitted by rafael on Mon, 05/28/2007 - 23:11.By Charlie Hardy,
Posted on Sun May 27th, 2007 at 04:27:42 PM EST
Posted on Sun May 27th, 2007 at 04:27:42 PM EST
As I write this, I am looking at a Venezuelan newspaper, El Diario, from February 10, 1992. The editorial that would have occupied half of page 2 is missing. Page 4 is completely blank. The contents were censored by the government of the then president Carlos Andres Perez.
The newspaper is just one of many horrible memories of the pre-Hugo Chavez days in Venezuela’s “exceptional” democracy.
U.S. newspapers seem to overlook what Venezuela used to be like as they today discuss the actions of the current government. I have lived in Venezuela for most of the past 22 years and have never experienced such freedom as that which the Venezuelan population enjoys today under Hugo Chavez. That would include freedom of information. Never, in the past 22 years, has the mass media experienced the freedom it has had during the presidency of Chavez. One can freely buy anti-Chavez newspapers on streets and the airwaves and television channels are amply filled with anti-Chavez commentators. read more »
Protesters decry loss of Venezuela TV
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 03:11. By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER Associated Press May 21, 2007
10 CARACAS, Venezuela - Thousands of protesters carried a blocks-long "SOS" banner through Venezuela's capital on Monday, condemning threats to freedom of expression days before the country is set to lose one of its few remaining opposition-aligned TV stations. read more »
A Fair(y) Use Tail
Submitted by rafael on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 23:30.Check out this fantastically good mashup of old Disney crap explaining copyright and fair use!
8 Russian reporters resign in protest
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 04:45.By JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press May 19, 2007
MOSCOW - Eight correspondents have resigned from a Russian broadcast news agency to protest the pro-Kremlin management's decision to withhold stories in line with a new policy that half its coverage must portray the government in a "positive" light, journalists said. read more »
