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The best media about the media MediaChannel's international, biweekly, multimedia magazine Archive (NEW) | |
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A grassroots movement of social organizations and community radio stations is trying counter the culture of violence that has taken hold in Colombia. From International Development Research Centre | |
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Norman Solomon analyzes reports claiming that the United States is not the center of the world. A State Department official says if it were true, "don't you think we would have known a long time ago?" From FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) | |
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Liu Jianqiang on the problems of environmental journalists in a country where the government supervises the media. Nonetheless, reporters have helped solve some 4,000 environmental pollution problems in the past nine years. From TomPaine.com | |
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Bashy Quraishi analyzes how Islam is presented in Western media, outlines four principles of journalism and suggests 10 Media Commandments for improving the press. From On-Line/More Colour in the Media: The Multicultural Skyscraper | |
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Accused of bias by both left and right, reinventing itself to fend off competition, CNN may be doomed by its own corporate pressures and intractable culture, says Dan Kennedy. From Boston Phoenix | |
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Yugoslavia gets its first non-porn gay magazine, Decko. Editor Attila Kovacs says a surprisingly large number of private distributors have expressed interest in selling it on their newsstands. | |
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John Powers notes the misogyny that still prevails in the broadcast biz, where appearance counts. Plus: a deconstruction of Tunku Vardarajan's nasty criticism of three women reporters. From Los Angeles Weekly | |
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For the first time, Japan has a TV show-Nippon Television's new "Let's Go"-that spoofs politicians. Ilene R. Prusher reports on how the public reacts to pols being lampooned. From The Christian Science Monitor Online | |
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Mzwakhe Mbuli, who performed at Nelson Mandela's presidential inauguration in 1994, was convicted of armed robbery in 1998. Jean Redpath believes he was framed because of his high-profile anti-drug songs. From allAfrica.com | |
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How does a country without money, training, supplies or facilities manage to turn out prize-winning films? Andrew James Horton explains. From Kinoeye | The fortnightly journal of film in the new Europe | |
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