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WORKING AGAINST A CLIMATE OF FEAR AND DIVISION: Informed opinion---the importance of information in a democracy---issues about the media & freedom of information |
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"No one can terrorize a nation unless we are all his accomplices." --Edward R. Murrow
"No
one should allow his mind to be a vehicle for others to use;
"Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul" -Thomas Paine
"He
who controls the present controls the past. He who controls the past
controls the future."
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GENERAL RESOURCES
*C-SAW BLOGS--- *FCC--Whose
in bed with the FCC? (Public
i) as discussed on Bill Moyer's NOW. Now's
E-mail tool for all the commissioners.
*NPR---On
the media *FCC--Consumer
Alerts and Factsheets and avenues for filing Complaints *Subscribe
to Moveon.org bulletins and get access to the latest one: Showdown
at the FCC *INDEPENDENT
AND ALTERNATIVE MEDIA---LINK HERE. *Institute
for Public Accuracy *Action
Coalition for Media Education *Guilty
Media---one intense site! Encourage
a whistleblower yourself *Take
Back the Media Action Alerts.
*Punditry Evaluation: Lying
in ponds;
*Presidential
Executive Orders
*Email Activist---News
Blackout; Reading
List
*Anti-War Sentiment, Demonstrations & Civil Disobedience are
under-reported in mainstream press. Link
to CD log.
*State Department Official
Iraq Texts
*Al-Jazeera English site hacked; mirror
site
*From the Wilderness links
page
SPECIFIC ISSUES *TALK RADIO---Does
it incite hate? *NPR'S BOB EDWARDS' editorial
on the Media in the CJ, April 20, 2003 *HOW THE MEDIA HAVE CHANGED--what
embedding does to perspective *STAGED? Was the statue dropping staged? Indimedia
picture from Palestine Hotel *EDITOR & PUBLISHER ON BUNGLED
WAR STORIES *CORPORATE MEDIA ISSUES---alternet;
Center for
Digital Democracy (actions include FCC write-in) *FOX NEWS "fair and balanced
reporting." Code
Pink calls for national protest. See information &
discussion. *ORCHESTRATED WAR NEWS---alternet *DECLASSIFICATION
slowed by by Presidential
Executive Order 3/35/03 (which see)---more secrecy in government; another
take re: internet secrets. MURDOCH EXPANDS--- 4/9/03 NYT: Media
holdings addition--- DirecTV *INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS OF CLEAR
CHANNEL by Paul
Krugman, by Salon---Clear
Channel has been sponsoring "Support the Troops and President Bush
Rallies" nation-wide and refusing to air (paid) anti-war spots
as well as politically
"editing" music offerings. When asked by one of our
members (seeming enthusiastic) asked if WHAS-AM were sponsoring a local
rally, the person who answered the phone at the station said: "We
can't do that any more; they are on to us." LOCAL
Clear Channel Affiliates: WHAS-AM--840,
WAMZ-FM--97.5,
WQMF-FM---95.7,
WTFX-FM--100.5,
WWKY-AM--790, WKJK-AM--1080,
WYBL-FM---93.1
& 101.7, WZTR-FM--- 98.9
as well as six stations in Lexington and one in Midway. Clear
Channel TV stations; Clear Channel Radio Stations. To see the relationship between
this and 2004 Bush Re-election Campaign compare these two websites--- 1
& 2. Other
articles: New
York Press; Chicago
Tribune. NPR's Marketplace on Clear
Channel, March 25, 2003, scroll down. *COVERAGE OF LEAKED JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
DOCUMENT: The Domestic Security Enhancement Act 2003(draft) exposed on Bill
Moyers NOW 2/7/03 by a leak to The
Center Public Integrity---- but in the New York Times same story
appears on A9 as a short
article with the LEAD:
"A storm of liberal criticism erupted today over a Justice Department
draft of legislation to increase the law enforcement powers it won in 2001
in the U.S.A. Patriot Act." Abstract
free. What
can you do?
*NEWS
COVERAGE DURING WAR--Exclusive: U.S. Military Document
Outlines War Coverage--Promises Wide Access, But Strict Limits. (Full
article at Editor and Publisher) Cf. Doonesbury,
February 17, 2003. New! *Unembedded
Journalist Interview *SCRIPT
APPROVAL AT CNN:
A new
CNN system of "script approval" – the iniquitous instruction
to reporters that they have to send all their copy to anonymous officials
in Atlanta to ensure it is suitably sanitised – suggests that the
Pentagon and the Department of State have nothing to worry about..."
re: reporting during war. Link
above for full article. *MEDIA
DIVERSITY---THE ISSUE:
The Federal
Communications Commission is undertaking a review of nearly all of its
media ownership rules, a proceeding that will have profound effects on our
nation's media landscape. Our democracy depends upon a diverse and robust
media that ensures the free flow of information from a wide array of
sources and viewpoints. But recent years have been characterized by rapid
consolidation in the media industry, a trend that has left us with FEWER
corporations controlling a larger percentage of the information upon which
we base important political and personal decisions. The current FCC
proceeding seems skewed towards further scaling back regulations that are
intended to promote media diversity and protect civic, minority and
noncommercial voices.
The
Federal Communications Commission's plans will likely sweep away
long-standing safeguards designed to ensure that the public can receive
information, opinions and ideas from a robust array of sources. The
Commission is setting in motion changes that will place control of the
nation's TV stations, broadcast networks, and major daily newspapers in
the hands of fewer giant corporations. Your elected officials need to hear
from you encouraging them to preserve the media ownership limits that
promote diversity and competition in the media, and support our democratic
system. *THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT--- NOW'S resource
list. President Bush's Executive
Order 13233: Further Implementation Of The Presidential Records Act
(November 1, 2001).
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