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The NAB and Rush Limbaugh
Limbaugh’s style of hate radio, embedded in a wildly distorted view of reality, is perhaps the most deeply embedded in the basic assumptions of America’s corporate media. In fact, he’s got more in common with PBS’s Newshour than you’d ever imagine....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2000 1:15am PDT
Prague authorities revoke permits for demos
Prague authorities have revoked permits for all street demonstrations on September 26th.
This obvious abuse of power probably won't stop the thousands of activists gearing up to disrupt the IMF/World Bank meetings next week.
Activists from around the globe can also help out by signing the open protest letter to Czech President Vaclav Havel (once political prisoner himself), and by faxing it to his office and/or sending email.
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Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2000 12:40am PDT
NAB Propaganda Against LPFM
Fearful that the FCC would respond favorably to grassroots demands for LPFM, the NAB launched an aggressive
PR offensive to sway public opinion. The attached PDF file, a facsimile NAB "Anti-LPFM Kit" shows the extent that the NAB has gone to prevent media from created at the community level....
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2000 11:15pm PDT
Seattle, Cancel the Debt Now!
Show your support and tell the IMF/WB to
CANCEL THE DEBT NOW !!!
Seattle, WA 9/24/00 1:30PM...
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2000 10:28pm PDT
LPFM Legislation and NPR Involvement
LPFM activist Peter Franck of the National Lawyers Guild on Democratic Communications issues a superb assessment of anti-LPFM legislation and NPR's role in it all....
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2000 10:18pm PDT
LPFM applications results
No more than 500 LPFM applicants entered in the second window.......
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2000 9:55pm PDT
The Media Big Six
We should consider how to break the hammerlock that huge firms currently maintain around the windpipe of the First Amendment. And we'd better hurry.The trend lines of media ownership are steep and ominous in the United States....
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2000 9:03pm PDT
Toxic Fire at Hunters Point Shipyard
Toxic Fire at Hunter's Point Shipyard in San Francisco - - Fire down below!...
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2000 7:18pm PDT
Protest Against Presidential Debate Exclusion
Call For A Nationwide Protest Against The Presidential Debate Exclusion...
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2000 5:40pm PDT
diamond dave calls u to dinner
time advance for community dinner...
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2000 4:47pm PDT
SF Bay Guardian Special on NAB
There's a great collection of articles, interviews, and editorials available from the SF Bay Guardian on their web site....
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2000 3:24pm PDT
NOW Protest Against NAB Report
NOW confronts the bigoted programing and corporate bullying by the NAB....
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2000 1:20pm PDT
Interview with Stephen Dunifer
Stephen Dunifer launched Radio Free Berkeley in 1993 with a transmitter the size of a brick. In this interview, he reflects on efforts to build a grassroots movement to free the media from corporate control....
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2000 7:42am PDT
The Transistor Triangle: NAB, Congress and FCC
Attacks on micro radio, million to buy congress, monotonous white dominated TV. Welcome to the world of the NAB....
Posted: Tue, Sep 19, 2000 9:05pm PDT
The Transistor Triangle: NAB, Congress and FCC
NAB and its members control broadcast policy. Privatization of public airwaves yields corporate media wasteland....
Posted: Tue, Sep 19, 2000 3:30pm PDT
learning channel vs. earth first
The learning channel runs Program that slams earthfirst. as a secret terrorist society
Size 6.2 MB run time 8 min....
Posted: Tue, Sep 19, 2000 2:29pm PDT
protest gore
Protest gore and let him know what California really thinks about him!!! This is a good warmup protest before we hit SF for the media protest!!!...
Posted: Tue, Sep 19, 2000 1:54pm PDT
convergence center is open
The CC is open - please come and visit!...
Posted: Tue, Sep 19, 2000 1:31pm PDT