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The Global Media Democracy Movement
World Social Forum participants discuss how to hold corporate media accountable and how to build the alternative/independent media network....
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2005 2:39am PST
White House Won't Contest Media Ownership Rules in Major Victory for Media Activists
Grassroots media activists won a major victory Thursday when the Bush administration announced it would not seek to overturn a court ruling that has blocked the Federal Communications Commission from implementing sweepings regulations that would allow for greater media consolidation....
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 8:42am PST
BTL:Rightwing Talk Show Host Armstrong Williams Implicated in...
...Taxpayer-Funded Government Propaganda Campaign ~ Interview with Josh Silver, executive director of Free Press, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Fri, Jan 21, 2005 7:56am PST
Public Editor: Why the NY Times Doesn't Cover Environmental and Social Justice Issues!
I just received the following e-mail from the NY Times Public Editor, Daniel Okrent. My request: The NY Times should start an environmental and social justice section...
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 9:52am PST
Ukraine Democratic Action multimedia (audio/ogg 1.9MB)
Video/audio montage of the Ukraine Democratic Action following the realization the official vote count did not agree with exit polls....
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 1:23pm PST
FAIR on Bush Admin Funding of Armstrong Williams
Conservative pundit Armstrong Williams admits to taking almost a quarter of a million dollars from the U.S. government to promote President Bush's No Child Left Behind legislation and the GAO scolds the Bush administration for the second time for using prepackaged video news releases the media runs as news....
Posted: Tue, Jan 11, 2005 9:38am PST
CNN Fires Crossfire, Tucker Carlson Moves to MSNBC
The new president of CNN, Jonathan Klein, announced last week the network has ended its relationship with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson and will soon cancel its long-running program, Crossfire. We hear an excerpt of Crossfire featuring Jon Stewart of the The Daily Show and speak with Steve Rendall of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting....
Posted: Tue, Jan 11, 2005 9:36am PST
Germany investigates US link to torture and kidnap case
found this at http://logicvoice.blogspot.com...
Posted: Sat, Jan 8, 2005 11:51am PST
Radio Bronka off the air!!
Radio Bronka, an 18 year old free radio station in barcelona, was surprised to have its signal suddenly covered by Spanish National Radio...
Posted: Thu, Jan 6, 2005 12:39pm PST
The deadliest year for a decade : 53 journalists killed
At least 53 journalists were killed in 2004 while doing their job or for expressing their opinions, the highest annual toll since 1995. Fifteen medias assistants (fixers, drivers, translators, technicians, security staff and others) were also killed....
Posted: Wed, Jan 5, 2005 11:24pm PST
Independent Media Converges to Cover Bush Inauguration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: www.inaugurationmedia.org
Radio Coordinator: Selina; 202-250-4939; selina@riseup.net
Photo and Print Coordinator: Nancy; 202-216-2817; nancy@upcloseandpolitical.com
All Other Inquires: Chris; 202-413-2212; chrisstrohm@yahoo.com or Allison; 301-949-7639; allison@amp-photo.net...
Posted: Mon, Jan 3, 2005 3:16pm PST
The FBI and IT Consultants Need To Examine The Black Box Voting In Ohio and Florida
A short article about vote hacking in Ohio, and
Florida....
Posted: Mon, Dec 20, 2004 12:02pm PST
Happy birthday Indymedia
...since Nov. 30, 1999...5 years and 160 Indymedia sites around the world......
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 1:15pm PST
Int'l Policy Network Report on Climate Change Jammed
Jam IPN, 30.11.2004 01:40
A report by Neo-Con front group the International Policy Network was jammed this evening by a group of activists....
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 10:02pm PST
US media applauds destruction of Fallujah
Not a single major voice has been raised in the American media against the ongoing destruction of Fallujah. While much of the world recognizes something horrifying has occurred, the US press does not bat an eye over the systematic leveling of a city of 300,000 people....
Posted: Wed, Nov 17, 2004 6:45am PST
Police Terrorizing Indymedia.nl
On Friday November 12th at about 21.00h, the DNS-provider of Indymedia Netherlands received a writ of execution from the Haaglanden Police, demanding information on the person that posted a threat to politician Geert Wilders on the website of Indymedia.nl. The provider has to submit this information within 48 hours, that is by Sunday at 21.00h. Thus preventing the DNS-provider from seeking legal advice....
Posted: Mon, Nov 15, 2004 9:44am PST
Wireless World: City WiFi networks growing
Great piece about wireless data networks emerging in cities....
Posted: Sun, Nov 14, 2004 6:06pm PST
Indymedia Seizure Order May Have Come from Italy
Reposted from EFF's "Deep Links" blog......
Posted: Wed, Nov 10, 2004 6:00pm PST