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After The ABC News Debacle: How To Change Media
Posted by Danny Schechter on 18 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Bias, Ownership, Commentary, Politics, Action, Media Freedom, Journalism, Policy, Iraq War, Activism, 08 Election, Democracy, Media
Five Years of the War in Iraq: Where’s the Media Coverage?
Posted by IAVA on 20 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Commentary, Action, Iraq War
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq, but you wouldn’t know it from what you see on TV. Sign an open letter and demand the major networks increase their coverage of the Iraq war.
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Fox News Is In For A Very Rough 2008
Posted by Media Matters on 30 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Fox News, USGOP, Bush, Politics, Obama, Action, Journalism, 08 Election, Bill O'Reilly, Pop Culture
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By Eric Boehlert, Media Matters There are a lot of reasons for Fox News guru Roger Ailes’ hovering angst… |
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Saudi Women Journalists Are Coming Out Of The Closet
Posted by Yemen Times on 24 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Ethics, Action, Media Freedom, Journalism, Middle East, Activism, Human Rights
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By Hana’ al-Khamri, Yemen Times More and more women are demanding their proper place in the newsroom, and they are succeeding — slowly. |
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Gannett, Media General Win Waivers After Lobbying FCC
Posted by Bloomberg on 20 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Action, FCC
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By Todd Shields, Bloomberg The chief executives of Gannett Co. and Media General Inc. personally lobbied top U.S. regulators before winning exceptions to rules that limit newspaper and broadcast ownership in the same markets. |
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Ex-Sun-Times Boss Radler Sentenced To 29-Month Term
Posted by Chicago Tribune on 18 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Economics, Ethics, Action, Newspapers, Judicial
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By Ameet Sachdev, Chicago Tribune Radler was the only senior executive at Chicago-based Hollinger International Inc. who pleaded guilty for his role in defrauding shareholders. |
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Writers’ Strike: As Reruns Take Over Television, Eyes Shift To New Media
Posted by Christian Science Monitor on 03 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Action, Television, Activism, Cable, Human Rights
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By Gloria Goodale and Daniel B. Wood, Christian Science Monitor Will they ever go back to mainstream media? |
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Jesse Jackson: Stopping the Subprime Tsunami, Campaign 2008
Posted by MediaChannel on 03 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: VIDEO, Economics, Action, Activism
In this VideoNation commentary, Rev. Jackson lays out the problem and his vision for change, starting with a December 10th march on Wall Street. For more information, visit the Rainbow Coalition online.
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Democratic Presidential Debate Canceled Over Strike
Posted by Reuters on 29 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, CBS, USDemocrats, Free Speech, Politics, Action, Media Freedom, Activism, 08 Election, Human Rights
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By Steve Gorman, Reuters A planned televised debate among the Democratic presidential contenders was canceled after candidates vowed to boycott the event rather than cross picket lines of striking Hollywood writers. |
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Covering The Paris Riots From The Inside
Posted by Huffington Post on 28 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, Europe, FR, Blogs, Free Speech, Action, Journalism, New Media, Activism, Media Analysis
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By Conor Friedersdorf, Huffington Post What news coverage of the Paris riots needs is citizen journalists who live within the suburbs and will contribute, anonymously or not, to a blog or anything else that lends insight into the rioter’s mindset. |
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Democrats Honor Pickets Outside “View,” Debates
Posted by Reuters on 27 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, USDemocrats, Free Speech, Politics, Action, Television, Activism, Human Rights
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By Brooks Boliek, Reuters The writers strike is threatening to put on ice the Democratic presidential debate hosted by CBS News as the party’s front-runners say that they won’t cross a picket line. |
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Pakistan: 180 Journalists Arrested
Posted by Adnkronos International on 21 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, Free Speech, Action, Media Freedom, Journalism, Middle East, Activism, Human Rights
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By Syed Saleem Shahzad, Adkronos International Pakistani police arrested 180 journalists in Karachi as they tried to stage a march to protest against the curbs on the media. |
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Cyber Strikers
Posted by NY Post on 21 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, Action, Television, Activism, Pop Culture
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By Holly M. Sanders, NY Post While the major studios and networks say the Internet is unknown territory, striking Hollywood scribes sure seem to know their way around the Web. |
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News Staffers At CBS Authorize A Strike
Posted by LA Times on 20 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, CBS, Action, Television, Activism
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By Matea Gold, LA Times Union officials hope the vote prompts the network to resume negotiations. |
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Giuliani-Kerik Angle In Suit By Ex-Publisher
Posted by NY Times on 14 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, News Corp, Action
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By Russ Buettner, NY Times Judith Regan, the former book publisher, says in a lawsuit filed protesting her dismissal by the News Corporation, that a senior executive there encouraged her to lie to federal investigators about her past affair with Bernard B. Kerik. |
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