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Clear Channel Censors the Truth about Wal-Mart
After allowing The Campaign For America's Future to reserve a billboard less than a mile from Wal-Mart’s World HQ, Clear Channel has refused to accept their ad, censoring the message that the public selected about Wal-Mart....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 6:03pm PST
:::Investigative:::MORE CIFA and Indymedia
Indybay was reported to CIFA.
CLICK: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:DOAdytuAlSAJ:quarterdeck.maritime.edu/pipermail/everyone/2004-May/000201.html+al-masakin+cifa&hl=en...
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 5:29pm PST
The Web: Feds flop at stopping spam
Bush administration fails again - can't stop spam....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 2:11pm PST
Nick Turse Offers the Seasonal Shopping List from Hell
Tomdispatch presents its third annual opportunity for you, the Xmas gift-giver, to partake in some small way of an all-American, globally generous spirit of giving. Open your hearts, open your wallets, and shop til you drop. It's the Homeland Security way of life!...
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 1:55pm PST
FBI Grills Calif. Muslim High Schooler about 'PLO' Doodle
FBI Grills Calif. Muslim High Schooler about 'PLO' Doodle; Civil Rights Groups Demand School Board Hearing, Disciplinary Action
12/15/2005 1:58:00 PM
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To: City Desk
Contact: Basim Elkarra of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, 916-441-6269 or sacval@cair.com OR Alexandra Gross of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, 415-543-9444...
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 12:29pm PST
Wikipedia survives research test
The free online resource Wikipedia is about as accurate on science as the Encyclopedia Britannica, a study shows....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 8:29am PST
Hearing Raises Concerns about Free Wi-Fi
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee held a hearing yesterday to listen to the public's concerns about San Francisco's Wireless Broadband Initiative,TechConnect, which was created by Gavin Newsom in August. A large number of local organizations convened to express themselves, including Caminos, The Media Alliance, and the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR). Overall, representatives from these and other groups present expressed concerns over privacy, potential...
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 7:01am PST
US Launches Program for "Intl." Journalists
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has launched a program to invite foreign journalists to the United States to attend seminars at a number of American universities and watch journalists at work, with observers believing the target to be improving a deeply bruised image, especially among Muslims....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 6:49am PST
Critics Claim FCC Ruling Creates 'Duopoly'
Bush administration enriches corporate fat cats again....
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2005 10:20am PST
Robert McChesney Interviews Sam Husseini
Media studies professor and author Robert W. McChesney's weekly radio program from WILL-AM Urbana-Champagne highlights contemporary media issues.
“The media are central to all our lives,” he says. “Yet the media are the most frequently misunderstood parts of our lives. We want to help people understand the role of media in society.”...
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 12:28pm PST
The Philly Media and Mumia Abu-Jamal
When They Don't Bash, They Ignore
By LINN WASHINGTON, Jr....
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 7:04am PST
The Widening Wasteland of the American Media
Advertisements, Infomercials and Stacatto News...
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 7:03am PST
All the News That's Fit to Buy: How the CIA Paid for Judy Miller's Stories
All the News That's Fit to Buy
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN...
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 7:02am PST
Indybay Introduces New Regional Coverage, Redesign, and More
The website of the SF Bay Area Independent Media Center has expanded and continues to evolve!
Expanding to Include Regional Pages
Get Involved with Indybay
Indybay's Redesign: A New Look and Feel
Updates to How the Site Works
We Want to Hear Your Thoughts...
Posted: Sun, Dec 11, 2005 9:35pm PST
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JAIME AYMERICH ES UN JOVEN ACTOR MEXICANO QUE RADICA EN LOS ANGELES ES MUY VALIENTE , SU FILM EMPORTANTISISMO ES SECRETO DE ESPERANZA...
Posted: Sun, Dec 11, 2005 3:59am PST
Wireless World: Sponge Bob calling
Capitalists exploit beautiful child's imagery for commercial gain....
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 10:55am PST
News From Neptune Radio Program
News from Neptune is a radio program about the news of the week and its coverage by the media. It is hosted by C. G. Estabrook and P. Mueth and produced by J. B. Nicholson-Owens at the studios of WEFT, 90.1 FM, in Champaign, Illinois USA. The show is named in honor of Noam Chomsky who said: "Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune."...
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 5:05am PST
KPFA Bensky's One Sided Programming Favors Privatization
Larry Bensky on his radio show recently ignored the KPFA Education Collective and pushed
more charter schools and privatization. As one of the many prima donnas at KPFA who
dominate the station, Bensky has a practice of hanging up on listeners who challenge his
arroagance....
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 9:03pm PST
Bill Mandel Loses Show on KPFA (audio/mpeg 6.1MB)
Long-time Eastern-European Scholar, Commentator and Educator Expelled by Paid Staff...
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 6:14pm PST
The Web: Pols embracing podcasting
Democrats bring revolution to the Web....
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2005 11:36am PST