Arts / Culture

NBC Rejects Chicks: What's Up With That?

by Sasha Rae — November 5, 2006 - 10:54pm
  • Topics: Arts / Culture, Corporations, Media, Politics

    • The Dixie Chicks, that is.
    This isn't the first time that big media companies have barred them from the
    airwaves, but it is the first time that NBC and the new CW network have. It
    appears that once again the Dixie Chicks have exhibited public disapproval of
    the Bush administration and once again the media have answered by censoring
    them. This bodes ill for the future of free speech, at least what's left of it
    in America.

    Satirical Program Axed After Conservative Complaints

    by Bob Burton — November 1, 2006 - 2:11am

    The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, a government-funded public broadcaster, has axed a popular weekly satirical current affairs program after one of its co-hosts, Corinne Grant, participated in protests against draconian changes to industrial relations laws.

    Main Source: 
    The Age (Australia), November 1, 2006

    Product Placement Picking Up Steam

    by Judith Siers-Poisson — August 22, 2006 - 12:49pm

    Product placement in movies and on television is expected to triple by the end of the decade according to a report issued by PQ Media.

    Main Source: 
    BBC News, August 17, 2006

    Ann Coulter's PR Formula: Hate Speech + Media Coverage = Best-Seller

    by John Stauber — June 12, 2006 - 8:04am

    David Carr examines Ann Coulter's simple PR formula for marketing her best-selling books: vile hate speech echoed in the mainstream media.

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    New York Times, June 12, 2006

    Coming Soon To a Theater Near You: Docuganda!

    by Judith Siers-Poisson — June 2, 2006 - 12:57pm

    Several recent and forthcoming documentaries are, according to PR professionals, "docugandas." Those noted include "An Inconvenient Truth," which features Al Gore warning about

    Main Source: 
    Christian Science Monitor, June 2, 2006

    Art and Propaganda

    by Sheldon Rampton — November 18, 2005 - 12:57pm

    "The internet has added a whole new dimension and level of artistic sophistication to anti-war and anti-imperialist art and propaganda during the Iraq war and surrounding events," writes Kari Lydersen.

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    Infoshop News, November 18, 2005

    Attack of the Killer Pork Chops

    by Diane Farsetta — June 22, 2005 - 4:08pm

    "To mark the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day," London's National Archives launched an online exhibit of "250 images created for Britain's Ministry of Information during the Second World War - images intended to 'inform and inspire' the nation, as well as influence overseas opinions." The Art of War exhibit's propaganda section "breaks its material into 'Home Front' (featuring such themes as warnings against 'careless talk'), 'Alli

    Main Source: 
    Christian Science Monitor, June 21, 2005

    The Passion of Fake Radio News

    by Diane Farsetta — May 23, 2005 - 1:56pm

    "Back when Mel Gibson's movie 'The Passion of the Christ' was arousing passions nationwide, a promotion packet arrived at local public radio station KAZU," writes Karen Ravn in California. It included "a transcript of questions an enterprising reporter might want to ask Jim Caviezel, the movie's star," and "a CD of Caviezel-recorded answers." As KAZU's news director at the time, Bernhard Drax, described, "The transcript would say, 'Hi, Jim, how are you?' and on the CD, Jim would say, 'I'm fine.

    Main Source: 
    Monterey County Herald (California), May 21, 2005

    Weapons of Mass Deception - The Movie

    by John Stauber — December 14, 2004 - 6:58pm

    Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber, co-authors of the Center's 2003 book Weapons of Mass Deception, appear in filmmaker Danny Schechter's latest movie of the same title, but the movie is completely the creation of Schechter. A review on the Portland Independent Media website asks "what do you get when you cross relaxed media ownership laws, the military industrial complex, and public opinion? Weapons of Mass Deception.

    Main Source: 
    Portland Independent Media Center, December 12, 2004

    SLICK - The Novel

    by Laura Miller — August 23, 2004 - 10:00pm

    Check out the new book SLICK by first-time novelist Daniel Price. SLICK's anti-hero protagonist, Scott Singer, works "in the field of perception management, although the less colorful term is 'media manipulation.' We're the CIA of PR, the sublime little gremlins who live just outside your senses, selling you products and concepts without you even knowing. ... I've conspired with the gun people, schemed with the liquor people, toiled for tobacco, and moiled for Monsanto. I've pushed polluters and promoted porn. I've shilled for Shell and lied for Tide.

    Main Source: 
    http://www.slicknovel.com/
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