Fake News and Payola is the Topic on McChesney's Media Matters This Week

Media Matters is a weekly program hosted by media professor Bob McChesney. The show usually takes comments and questions during the broadcast at 1-800-222-9455. Streaming and downloadable archives of past programs are available at the Media Matters website.

“The media are central to all our lives,” McChesney 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.”

Media Matters is normally a live program which originates from WILL-AM, the broadcasting service of the University of Illinois. A live audio stream of the program can be heard on the internet at 11 am Pacific Time.

Today's guests will be Dianne Farsetti, The Center for Media and Democracy's Senior Researcher, and Paul Porter, a collaborator behind Industry Ears, A New Generation Think Tank Dedicated to Promoting Justice In Media.

Useful Links:

Dianne Farsetti:
http://www.prwatch.org/cmd/bios.php/Diane_Farsetta
http://www.prwatch.org/blog/6
http://www.counterpunch.org/farsetta10152005.html

Paul Porter:
http://www.industryears.com/index.php
http://www.industryears.com/issues.php
http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur27978.cfm

Here is the Link to the Media Matters Home Page. To access the audio stream, click on the word "Listen" at the top of the page (in the banner):