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Watching TV As They Covered D.C.
Fordham University Media Studies Professor Robin Andersen reports that news coverage of the demonstrations in Washington revealed more about the nature and depth of the crisis in journalism than it explained about the protest itself. From The Media Channel, April 19 2000.
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A Danger Zone For Journalists
There's one group that doesn't draw distinctions between the mainstream and the alternative: the D.C. Metropolitan Police. Carol Guzy, a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for The Washington Post was arrested on April 15 while covering the protests. As the Freedom Forum reports, at least four other journalists and photographers from the AP and UPI wire services were arrested or injured during the police crackdown on the demonstrations. From Freedom Forum, April 17 2000.
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Some Journalists Are More Equal Than Others.
When the IMF issued credentials to reporters seeking to cover its meetings and briefings, some journalists were flat-out denied. Not only were veteran independent journalists turned down with no explanation, but the IMF categorically refused access to "public access TV, community radio," and "student or academic publications." But community radio is one of the primary sources of information in exactly those countries whose economic future is determined by the IMF. From AlterNet/Independent Media Institute, April 14 2000.
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Covering (Up) The Protests
The demonstrators in D.C. may hope to draw media attention to their causes, but they shouldn't be surprised if they don't get it. Because, writes Norman Solomon, the media don't get it. Having internalized the language of the IMF and World Bank, the mainstream media have, in essence, already taken sides — and are already misrepresenting the goals of the protesters. From FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting), April 13 2000.
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Media Ignore The 'Non' In Nonviolent
As protesters prepared for a peaceful campaign against the policies of the IMF and World Bank, the press warned of a repeat of the mayhem of Seattle. But the mainstream news outlets got it wrong in Seattle, reports FAIR, and they got it wrong in D.C., too.
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From FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting), April 11 2000.
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Media Activists Or Activist Media?
The coalition that formed around the WTO protests in Seattle built its own press headquarters — the Independent Media Center — to centralize and distribute reports from the ground. As the organizers prepared to set up a similar operation in D.C., Rachel Rinaldo filed this report explaining how the IDC works, and why this isn't your parents' newsroom. From AlterNet/Independent Media Institute, March 31 2000.
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D.C. Via Satellite
The big-media news shows have aired their reports; now see what the alternative media have to say. On April 21 the Independent Media Center, in conjunction with Paper Tiger and Deep Dish TV, will offer two hours of news and analysis on the IMF, the World Bank and the events in D.C. The programming is available free, via satellite, to public-access and public-broadcasting stations. From Paper Tiger Television, .
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BACKGROUND
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What The Fuss Is About
Read up on the issues behind the "Mobilization for Global Justice" and the IMF/World Bank campaigns with these reports and resources from OneWorld.net. From One World Broadcasting Trust, .
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The Media Battle In Seattle
It was perhaps the mainstream's dismal failure to cover the issues of the World Trade Organization and its detractors that led the alternative media to come out in force. Back in those last heady days of the 20th century, MediaChannel and our affiliates filed these reports. From The Media Channel, .
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