News Flash, by Mr. Fish
Click to see Mr. Fish's once again on-the-mark cartoon. The wonderful featured image about organizing is from Ricardo Levins Morales. And who is Clark Kent when he's at home?
Media Bits and Bytes, by Portside
In the era of fake news, a cottage industry of startups is competing to turn media credibility into a booming business. Do we really want that?
State of the Media: How Congress Can Fix the Crisis
What can Congress do about the FCC rulings and the mainstream corporate media.
We Will Resist Trump’s Authoritarian War on the Media, by Mike Ludwig
These are the words of a man who would rather be king than president.
The FCC is having a terrible month, and consumers will pay the price
If you are a supporter of fast, fair, open, and affordable networks, November will be a bad month. And December will be, too. So, keep calling your representatives and senators and tell them that you oppose pretty much everything this FCC is doing.
MediaRevolt 101: Media Ownership with John MacDonald (Video)
Who REALLY owns the media? You will be amazed, but perhaps not really surprised.
The Orwellian-Octopus of the Entrenched-Interests Media
Does the media you ingest benefit the same old parties and people - left and right - who refuse to effect meaningful change? Does the media you take in day in and day out, feed the perpetual war machine...?
DN! Glenn Greenwald: On U.S. Media, Fake News, DNC Emails, WikiLeaks and Russia
"WashPost Is Richly Rewarded for False News About Russia Threat While Public Is Deceived."
DN! Robert Reich: Like a Tyrant, Trump Is Deploying 7 Techniques to Control the Media (Video)
"Democracy depends on a free and independent press, which is why all tyrants try to squelch it,"
Alleen Brown | Arrests of Journalists at Standing Rock Test the Boundaries of the First Amendment
“If you come from too radical perspective, your right to report is somehow in question, because you’re outside the ideological frameworks"
Free Assange: Global event calls for WikiLeaks founder freedom after 4 years of isolation
Four years after Julian Assange passed through the gates of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, asking for asylum, people from all over the world join their voices in order to ask that this unbelievable persecution is brought to an end.
Mnar Muhawesh | War, Media, Propaganda: Muslims As ‘Other’ — A Personal Narrative of Islamophobia
Muhawesh: Take the Iraq War, for example, which is many things to different people. If we look at Hollywood war porn propaganda movies like “American Sniper,” the Iraq War was a patriotic mission defending American freedoms and values. Even though the movie was released, 12 years after 9/11, the producers attempted to insult our intelligence by rewriting the U.S. destruction of Iraq by tying 9/11 to Saddam Hussein, to justify that war.