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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

Why Making Media The Issue Is Crucial For Saving Democracy

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Report highlights urgent need for better communication between Muslims and non-Muslims

Posted by Media Tenor on 25 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Bias, Middle East, World Press, Media Analysis

By Lord Carey
Over 30 leaders of business, politics, religion, media and civil society are gathering in London to discuss a new report by the World Economic Forum entitled Islam and the West: Annual Report on the State of Dialogue.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Winter Soldier: Has corporate media forgotten Iraq?

Posted by MediaChannel on 19 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Bias, VIDEO, Iraq War

Phyllis Bennis on the loss of interest in the Iraq war.

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‘Don’t trust the media’

Posted by Petoskey News-Review on 14 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Bias, Journalism, Media

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By Christina, Petoskey News-Review
Media critic Jeff Cohen told audience members during his lecture Tuesday at North Central Michigan College, “You can’t trust the big corporate media.”

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War Made Easy Deferring to Media Criticism

Posted by Brooklyn Rail on 13 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Bias, Commentary, Journalism, Iraq War, Activism

Can media criticism again form the basis of a “movement”?

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How self-censorship works in the empire of Rupert Murdoch

Posted by Guardian Unlimited on 04 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Bias, News Corp, Journalism, Rupert Murdoch, Newspapers

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By Roy Greenslade, Guardian Unlimited
In the run-up to Rupert Murdoch’s takeover of Dow Jones, he went to great lengths to assure the staff of the Wall Street Journal that his editors are able to exercise editorial freedom. But, as we all know, editors are always aware that their freedom to edit relies on having an editorship.

Popularity: 1% [?]

George Carlin Reads More Blogs Than You Do

Posted by Huffington Post on 03 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: Bias, Ownership, Fox News, USGOP, Bush, Blogs, Commentary, Politics, Obama, Hillary, Cheney, Journalism, New Media, Humor, FCC, 08 Election, Democracy, Pop Culture, MSNBC

George Carlin talks to Rachel Sklar about why he loves Bill Maher and Keith Olbermann, what he sees in Fox News, and why he’s surprisingly unjaded about the Obama phenomenon. Also, he swears a lot.

Popularity: 3% [?]

Tell the Truth, But Slant, While Web Trolls Rant

Posted by NY Observer on 27 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Bias, Free Speech, Politics, New York Times, Obama, Hillary, Media Freedom, Journalism, 08 Election

By John Koblin, NY Observer
It was a little over a month ago that The New York Times’ editorial board urged voters to cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Naked Launch: Fox News Architect Dan Cooper Tells All

Posted by Dan Cooper on 11 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Bias, News Corp, Fox News, Commentary

Rupert Murdoch hired Roger Ailes to brainwash America into thinking right-wing ideology is actually the political center. And he did. And, I’m ashamed to tell you, I helped him.

Popularity: 4% [?]

Top Reporters Are Ignoring the Top Issue

Posted by MediaChannel on 20 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: Bias, VIDEO, Environment, Journalism, Activism, Talk Shows

The climate crisis will be the biggest challenge facing the next president. But the top Sunday hosts don’t seem to think so. In 2007, they have asked: 2275 Questions. 3 mentioned global warming. Sign the petition and tell the reporters to focus on the human race, not the horse race.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Media Bias In The Case Of Mumia Abu-Jamal

Posted by Workers World on 07 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Bias, Ethics, Media Freedom, Journalism, Human Rights

By Betsey Piette, Workers World
As the case of Pennsylvania death-row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal enters its 27th year, the mainstream media have been relentless in their bias against this award-winning African-American journalist.

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Why Do ‘Liberal Media’ Go So Easy on Bush?

Posted by The Capital Times on 27 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: Bias, USGOP, Bush, Commentary, Libby, Cheney, Journalism

Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan’s soon-to-be-published book reveals that virtually every bigwig in the Bush administration passed along lies about who was involved in outing CIA agent Valerie Plame - including the president himself.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Study: Arabs excluded from Israeli media

Posted by Y Net News on 22 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, Bias, Middle East, World Press

By Meirav Crystal, Y Net News
New study finds Israeli-Arabs, who make up 20% of the Israeli population, are practically absent from TV screens, airwaves. Furthermore, media outlets very rarely employ Arabs workers.

Popularity: 1% [?]

VoteVets.org TV Ad Responding to Rush Limbaugh

Posted by MediaChannel on 03 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Bias, VIDEO, Politics, Iraq War, Radio, U.S. Military

VoteVets.org’s Brian McGough, a Purple Heart Recipient, responds to Rush Limbaugh’s charge that he’s a “phony” soldier, for opposing George Bush’s failed policy in Iraq.

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Cafferty Wrongly Assails John Edwards

Posted by Linda Milazzo on 01 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: News, Bias, CNN, Journalism

By Linda Milazzo
In a moronic, poorly constructed argument, Cafferty attacked John Edwards for his decision to publicly fund his Presidential campaign. Then to cement his flawed logic, Cafferty attacked the dangers of big money in privately funded campaigns. This post includes video.

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