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Edwards: BIG BROTHER'S BAD INFLUENCE
Commentary, March, 07 2001
David Edwards
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December 2001 will see London hosting the first conference exploring the extent to which radical writing tends to incorporate, and be corrupted by, mainstream prejudices, emphases and ethical presumptions.
Solomon: From Global Southx92s Side Of The Media Looking Glass
Zmag Article, March, 01 2001
Norman Solomon
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From Global Southx92s Side Of The Media Looking Glass
Schechter: IMMOLATE THIS
Commentary, February, 20 2001
Danny Schechter
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What could be more dramatic? People setting themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing. CNN is there. The police just happen to have fire extinguishers on hand. The victims are rushed to a hospital but only after their agonies ...
Bronski: Gay Media Monopoly
Commentary, February, 18 2001
Michael Bronski
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While the Bush administration is considering a possible reversal of the Microsoft antitrust case activists in the gay and lesbian community are debating their own looming monopoly problems.
Thrupkaew: The New Face of Tobacco
Commentary, February, 14 2001
Noy Thrupkaew
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While the Marlboro Man surveys the great Eastern frontier from posters, walls, and cigarette stands all over Vietnam, young ÒMarlboro cowgirlsÓ offer free cigarettes to pedestrians and beckon young people into company-sponsored events such as ÒHol...
Herman: THE MEDIA NORMALIZE A RIGHTWING COUP D'ETAT
Commentary, February, 08 2001
Edward Herman
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We have just gone through a remarkable moment in U.S. history, in which a Republican activist-dominated Supreme Court has refused to allow a complete vote count in Florida which would have given Al Gore the presidency, and by judicial fiat simply ...
Albert: Gloves Off
Commentary, February, 06 2001
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
February 2, in ÒResolving the Pacifica Crisis Revisted,Ó I argued that progressive organizations should employ participatory and self-managing rather than corporate structures. I urged that advocating self-managing structures has not only long-run...
Albert: Resolving the Pacifica Crisis Revisited
Commentary, February, 02 2001
Michael Albert
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When an institution like Pacifica devolves into dysfunctional infighting involving police interventions, lock outs, firings and protest resignations, rallies and recirminations, many possible causes invite investigation.Ê
Peters: Trivializing Teens
Commentary, January, 27 2001
Cynthia Peters
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The good news is: It takes a constant bombardment of advertising, articles, and advice to convince teens that they ARE their skin-exfoliators, hair de-frizzers, and lip moisturizers.
Herman: Errors, Lies, & "Corrections"
Zmag Article, January, 01 2001
Edward Herman
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Errors, Lies, & "Corrections"
Barsamian: Listening In
Zmag Article, January, 01 2001
David Barsamian
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Listening In
Chomsky: Elections 2000
Zmag Article, January, 01 2001
Noam Chomsky
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Elections 2000
Chomsky: Escaping Orthodoxies
Commentary, December, 31 2000
Noam Chomsky
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DB: Talk in concrete ways about liberating the mind from orthodoxies. Take for example, humanitarian intervention.
Herman: THE PACIFICA COUNTERREVOLUTION HITS WBAI
Commentary, December, 30 2000
Edward Herman
Herman's ZSpace page
One of the most crushing series of blows to the U.S. left, and to democracy in this country, has been the gradual transformation of the five station Pacifica Radio network from locally-based and left-oriented stations into centrally controlled, ma...
Thrupkaew: Marketing "Woman" to Women Online
Commentary, December, 29 2000
Noy Thrupkaew
Thrupkaew's ZSpace page
I just couldnÕt do it. I was shuddering at the thought of becoming a member of women.com, one of a rapidly proliferating group of "womenÕs websites," for the purposes of research for this piece. After spending just a few days surfing women.com and...
Cromwell: An Unholy Trinity: Truth, Market Forces and the Media
Commentary, December, 25 2000
David Cromwell
Cromwell's ZSpace page
Are you a regular newspaper reader? If so, you'll have noticed that many journalists and columnists include an email address at the bottom of their articles. They surely crave your feedback! So here's a fun experiment. Fire off an email to the com...
Monbiot: Big Business, As Seen On TV
Commentary, December, 23 2000
George Monbiot
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Our liberty could scarcely be entrusted to a more rackety bunch. Journalists are, quite rightly, almost universally reviled. But the freedom of a nation depends in large measure on the freedom they enjoy. If reporters are forced to show the world ...
Chomsky: Propaganda and Indoctrination
Commentary, December, 10 2000
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
This is the first of three Chomsky Commentaries I will send this month...each answers one or more queries from David Barsamian (DB) and all are excerpted from a still to be published interview... DB: Lets talk about a theme that we return to peri...
Schechter: The Media And HIV/AIDS: What Should We Do?
Commentary, December, 02 2000
Danny Schechter
Schechter's ZSpace page
Sorry. So sorry if you were given "unnecessary offense." So sayeth the BBC as part of an apology for a stunt concocted for a TV show that plays practical jokes on the public. "Aunty," as the Beeb is known, hired a child actor to pose as an Afric...
Solomon: FINALLY, A HUGE MEDIA SPECTACLE THAT REALLY MATTERS?
Commentary, November, 28 2000
Norman Solomon
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By Norman Solomon After a decade filled with round-the-clock media sensations, we finally ended up with one that's truly portentous. The post-election battle for the White House has stood in sharp contrast to countless ersatz stories that gain...
