Media

Sept 7 in Milwaukee: Future of Media FCC Hearing

by Diane Farsetta — September 6, 2006 - 10:00am

Tell the FCC: No fake news!

Do you want more quality journalism? Are you concerned about the consolidation of media ownership? Is your community fairly represented in the media? Tell the U.S.

Main Source: 
Center for Media and Democracy, September 6, 2006

Inclusive Fake News Practices

by Diane Farsetta — September 5, 2006 - 1:32pm

PR Week has good news for marketers and PR professionals seeking to reach Black audiences: there are "about 1,100 [radio] stations in the U.S. programmed toward African Americans. ...

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PR Week (sub req'd), August 24, 2006

Hijacking 9/11

by Sheldon Rampton — September 4, 2006 - 11:59am

The FireDogLake weblog has featured an article by Sheldon Rampton describing the ABC television network's plan to broadcast a right-wing "docudrama" that attempts to place a lion’s share of the blame for the 9/11 terrorist attacks on alleged failures of the Clinton administration.

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FireDogLake, September 4, 2006

Kenneth Tomlinson Caught Horsing Around

by Judith Siers-Poisson — August 31, 2006 - 5:11pm

The State Department Inspector General has released a report finding that Kenneth Tomlinson, the head of the agency overseeing most government broadcasts to foreign countries has used his office to run a “horse racing operation” and that he improperly put a friend on the payroll.

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New York Times, August 29, 2006

Wanted: Wisconsin Media Activists for FCC Hearing

by Diane Farsetta — August 30, 2006 - 10:05am

Tell the FCC: No fake news!

Do you want more quality journalism? Are you concerned about the consolidation of media ownership? Do you think important issues don't get enough air time? Is your community fairly represented in the media?

Main Source: 
Center for Media and Democracy, August 30, 2006

NEWS RELEASE: CMD Commends FCC Investigation of Fake TV News

by John Stauber — August 14, 2006 - 7:41pm
  • Topics: Video News Releases, Media, U.S. Government

    • For Immediate Release

    Contact: Diane Farsetta or John Stauber, 608-260-9713

    Center for Media and Democracy Commends FCC Investigation of Fake TV News

    (Madison, WI 8/14/06) Diane Farsetta, senior researcher with the non-profit watchdog group Center for Media and Democracy, released the following statement regarding the announcement by the Federal Communications Commission of its investigation of the fake TV news scandal documented by CMD.

    PsyOps: The Other Middle East Air War

    by Diane Farsetta — August 10, 2006 - 12:24pm

    "Cell phones and land lines across Lebanon have been ringing with automated, recorded messages -- part of a propaganda war being waged along with Israel's assault on Lebanon," reports Associated Press. "The Israeli army has refused to confirm that is is behind the phone calls.

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    Associated Press, August 8, 2006

    Half of Americans Still Believe In WMDs - They Saw Them on TV

    by John Stauber — August 8, 2006 - 8:04pm
  • Topics: Iraq, Media, Propaganda

    • A recent Harris Poll reports found that while “the U.S. and other countries have not found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, surprisingly more U.S. adults (50%) think that Iraq had such weapons when the U.S. invaded Iraq. This is an increase from 36 percent in February 2005.”

    This is terrible news.

    No Green on the TV Screen - Networks Short the Environment

    by Diane Farsetta — August 7, 2006 - 1:29pm

    "Environmental coverage -- not counting natural disasters and weather -- dropped nearly to record low levels in 2005 on the three national broadcast networks' weekday nightly newscasts," according to a new study by Andrew Tyndall. Throughout 2005, the newscasts of ABC, CBS and NBC combined spent just 168 minutes on environmental news. Since 1988, the three networks have spent an average of two percent of their newscasts on environmental news and four percent on natural disasters.

    Main Source: 
    Environment Writer newsletter (US), August 2006

    Congresspedia/SourceWatch gets wiki-mania

    by Conor Kenny — August 4, 2006 - 10:45am
  • Topics: Citizen Journalism, Internet, Media

    • I’m currently at the Citizen Journalism "unconference" at the Wikimania 2006 conference in Boston with a joint team from the Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Media and Democracy.

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