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Herman: Neither Popular Government Nor Popular Information
Zmag Article, March, 01 2008
Edward Herman
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One of my favorite quotations, from James Madison in 1822, is that “a popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both” (this was used as the title of Nichols ...
Chomsky: "Good News," Iraq and Beyond
Znet Article, February, 15 2008
Noam Chomsky
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Not long ago, it was taken for granted that the Iraq war would be the central issue in the presidential campaign, as it was in the mid-term election of 2006. But it has virtually disappeared, eliciting some puzzlement. There should be none.
Goodman: The FCC's Christmas Gift to Big Media
Znet Article, December, 28 2007
Amy Goodman
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On Dec. 18, the five commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission met in Washington, D.C., and, by a 3 to 2 vote, passed new regulations that would allow more media consolidation. This, despite the U.S. public’s increasing concern over t...
Schechter: As The Media Merges With Politics, Can We Resist "Electotainment?"
Commentary, December, 19 2007
Danny Schechter
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What were they thinking? Did the Democrats who decided to extend the campaign season with a year of frenetic barnstorming really believe that would turn more people on to politics or was it just another fundraising gambit?
Schechter: Can The Foxes Save The Hen House? Fox's New Business News Channel Seeks To Rescue Corporate America
Commentary, October, 30 2007
Danny Schechter
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The FOX has come back to guard the hen house. But if history is any guide, the hens and the chickens will not be too welcoming.
Schechter: Memories Are Made Of This: How We Can Learn From Each Others Lives And Times
Commentary, October, 23 2007
Danny Schechter
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Some years back, when I was in an AIDS conference in South Africa, I met some HIV positive women from Uganda who had come up with the idea of memory books. They included photos, diaries, anecdotes and family histories meant for their children so t...
Schechter: Shock Therapy On Wall Street: What's Next?
Commentary, October, 05 2007
Danny Schechter
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"Institutions and human psychology lead financial markets to bounce back and forth between exuberant greed and catatonic fear. Times of fear generate high unemployment. Times of greed are likely to be times of destabilizing inflation." - Economist...
Schechter: Media Coverage Helps Ahmajadinejad, Harms Us Public: How the Media is Selling Us Another War
Commentary, September, 28 2007
Danny Schechter
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Mike Wallace was not in the best shape. He was wheezing and his eyes looked like saucers as accepted his umpteenth Emmy award at the TV Academy dinner in New York on Monday night for his 60 Minutes interview with the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahma...
Goodman: Radio for the People
Znet Article, August, 10 2007
Amy Goodman
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Rupert Murdoch is looking like the cat that ate the canary with his ...
Chomsky: There's An Alternative World... If Only We Can Find It
Znet Article, August, 09 2007
Noam Chomsky
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There's An Alternative World... If Only We Can Find It
Schechter: ENOUGH ALREADY! Political Overkill Coverage Numbs Voters
Commentary, July, 27 2007
Danny Schechter
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Would someone please remind me when the next presidential election will be held? I sure don't want to miss it. A genie even told me it's not until November 2008. Can it be that far off? Could have fooled me.
Schechter: ECO JUSTICE FIGHT NEEDS TO GO BEYOND UNION FIGHT TO ORGANIZE Can We Take Back America Without Confronting The Debt Crisis?
Commentary, July, 12 2007
Danny Schechter
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The buses were arriving as I was leaving the Take Back America conference Tuesday afternoon Washington to bring delegates and activists to Capitol Hill to join union members rallying for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, which was being deb...
Schechter: Is There a 'Foxification' Underway at Al Jazeera Television?
Commentary, June, 20 2007
Danny Schechter
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Sources inside Al Jazeera who are in a position to know what is going on now confirm to MediaChannel.org that there is an internal struggle underway that may dilute Al Jazeera's independence and steer it in a more pro-western, pro-US direction.
Schechter: DonÕt Be Surprised That Congress Capitulated On The War
Commentary, June, 15 2007
Danny Schechter
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ÒOh peaceniks, donÕt you weep, donÕt you moan cause pharohÕs army got drowndedÉ.Ó
Schechter: The Stable Of Cable As A Poster Child
Commentary, June, 08 2007
Danny Schechter
Schechter's ZSpace page
"We are in an industry that benefits from a very deregulatory regime," boasts National Cable and Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow. "We think our customers benefit from that. We think we're the poster child for leaving most d...
Chomsky: Interventions Interview
Znet Article, June, 08 2007
Noam Chomsky
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Interventions Interview
Schechter: A LETTER TO CINDY SHEEHAN: DARKNESS COMES JUST BEFORE DAWN
Commentary, May, 30 2007
Danny Schechter
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It was sad to read Cindy Sheehan's letter of "resignation" from the peace movement because she offered so much of herself-despite all the personal pain she suffered from the loss of her son, the breakup of her family, and all the vicious and insen...
Schechter: The Stable Of Cable As A Poster Child
Commentary, May, 26 2007
Danny Schechter
Schechter's ZSpace page
"We are in an industry that benefits from a very deregulatory regime," boasts National Cable and Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow. "We think our customers benefit from that. We think we're the poster child for leaving most d...
Schechter: TIME FOR A FOX HUNT AS MURDOCH TARGETS THE WALL ST JOURNAL
Commentary, May, 22 2007
Danny Schechter
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His network isn't known as FOX for nothing. Bear in mind that the term "Like a fox" was originally "derived from early European fox hunters, who had first thought the fox to be a stupid animal, only to be outwitted by the creature."
