Debates over Israel and activism in defense of transparency and journalism heat up this week Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Thursday 9 May 2013 14.01 EDT I'm traveling rather extensively this week - the last week of travel I have for quite some time, thankfully - so here are several brief items worthy of note: (1) As the Guardian was More
Debates over Israel and activism in defense of transparency and journalism heat up this week Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Thursday 9 May 2013 14.01 EDT I'm traveling rather extensively this week - the last week of travel I have for quite some time, thankfully - so here are several brief items worthy of note: (1) As the Guardian was More
Craig Aaron addresses the National Conference for Media Reform [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iONwaUAMzQk#.UWIKzmLnhqk] Published on Apr 7, 2013 Craig Aaron, President and CEO of Free Press, addresses the 2013 National Conference for Media Reform in Denver, CO Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS AND ACTION ALERTS click on the tab at the top of More
Craig Aaron addresses the National Conference for Media Reform [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iONwaUAMzQk#.UWIKzmLnhqk] Published on Apr 7, 2013 Craig Aaron, President and CEO of Free Press, addresses the 2013 National Conference for Media Reform in Denver, CO Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS AND ACTION ALERTS click on the tab at the top of More
Digital Disconnect: Robert McChesney on "How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy" — Video [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5yCL2U6Fzo#.UV8GUEClBDE] TRANSCRIPT DemocracyNow.org This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We are on the road in Denver, Colorado, at the first day of the National Conference for Media Reform, where close to 2,000 people have More
Digital Disconnect: Robert McChesney on "How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy" — Video [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5yCL2U6Fzo#.UV8GUEClBDE] TRANSCRIPT DemocracyNow.org This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We are on the road in Denver, Colorado, at the first day of the National Conference for Media Reform, where close to 2,000 people have More
FCC database misses huge chunk of ads In key battleground states, huge numbers of presidential ads are airing on TV stations that are not required to post to the Federal Communications Commission's online political ad database, new data released by the Wesleyan Media Project shows. By Jake Harper Oct 03 2012 6:36 p.m. Political Ad Sluth Sunlight Foundation More
Moyers: Media Giants Fight Proposal That Could Shed Light on Who’s Buying Our Elections The new rule would require the ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox affiliates in the top 50 markets to make their files on political advertising available on line immediately. by Bill Moyers April 18, 2012 BillMoyers.com By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship More
Media Justice and the 99 Percent Movement> How net neutrality helped Occupy Wall Street By Betty Yu Extra! December 2011 FAIR It all started with one message posted on a blog on July 13, 2011. The magazine Adbusters, a not-for-profit, reader-supported, 120,000-circulation magazine that combats corporate consumerism, issued a call: “On September 17, we want to see 20,000 people More
Saving the Democratic Internet Timothy Karr Posted: 11/9/11 07:03 AM ET Huffington Post Opponents of the open Internet like to portray its guiding rule, Net Neutrality, as “a government takeover of the Internet.” They argue that from the day of its inception the Internet has existed free of regulation — a perfect expression More
Understanding The New Internet Freedom Rules September 23, 2011 12:56 pm ET by Simon Maloy mediamatters.org Nine months after they were passed by the FCC in a party-line vote, the new rules promoting internet freedom are now officially on the books and will go into effect on November 20. Given that the conservative media More
