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SUN 1/22 - KPFA TOWN HALL MEETING! - 1-4PM - Women's Bldg - S.F. KPFA is hosting a very important Town Hall Meeting on Sunday, January 22, from 1:00-4:00 pm at the Women’s Building, 3543 18th Street, in San Francisco....
Posted: Sat, Jan 21, 2006 12:12pm PST
US government demands Google hand over Internet search data The US Department of Justice has asked a federal judge in San Jose, California, to compel Internet search giant Google to comply with a subpoena issued last year to turn over records that detail millions of Internet searches....
Posted: Sat, Jan 21, 2006 8:26am PST
Google Defies US Over Search Requests Internet search giant Google is vowing to "vigorously" fight a legal challenge by the Bush administration to reveal details about online searches, a request privacy advocates warn underscores the potential for online databases to become tools for government surveillance....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 5:59pm PST
Google Defies Bush Data Demand; Yahoo and Microsoft Have Already Sold You Out Companies often boast of the data they collect, which they call particularly useful in providing customized search results for users and targeted advertising. Now the Justice Department also wants to have that information and is getting it from compliant corporations....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 10:45am PST
Google defies US over search data The internet search engine Google is resisting efforts by the US Department of Justice to force it to hand over data about what people are looking for....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 7:49am PST
Bill Mandel Struck by Car The terrible news is that Bill Mandel was hit by a car. Amelia Gonzalez and Tracy Rosenberg came up with a plan to have him have a 10 minute weekly commentary on KPFA. More on this when Bill recovers....
Posted: Thu, Jan 19, 2006 10:01pm PST
KPFA Town Hall Sunday A forum for listeners to talk about KPFA 94.1 FM....
Posted: Thu, Jan 19, 2006 10:41am PST
African 'al-Jazeera' aims to give a fairer view of the continent More than 20 years ago, Mohammed Amin set up his camera in the dustbowls of Korem in northern Ethiopia and filmed people starving to death. His footage, accompanied by a report from the BBC's Michael Buerk, left an indelible impression of Africa on the minds of British television viewers....
Posted: Wed, Jan 18, 2006 6:51am PST
Iran Bans CNN for News Distortion TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) -- The Foreign Press Department of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance issued a statement on Monday announcing a ban on the activities of the U.S. Cable News Network (CNN) in Iran....
Posted: Tue, Jan 17, 2006 4:54pm PST
"A Natural Fit": Ted Koppel, NPR and Henry Kissinger No doubt many people are glad that Ted Koppel will become a regular voice on National Public Radio. He recently ended 25 years with ABC's "Nightline" show amid profuse media accolades. But what kind of journalist goes out of his way to voice fervent admiration for Henry Kissinger?...
Posted: Tue, Jan 17, 2006 7:43am PST
Did the Marin Telecommunications Agency (MTA) Violate the Brown Act? 
Marin Telecommunications Agency (MTA) Chairman Dan Hilmer of Larkspur brought a motion to adjourn the regularly scheduled meeting of the MTA 40 minutes early, effectively cutting off public comment, in spite of the fact that there was a standing-room-only crowd of people expectantly waiting to speak to their local representatives about the agreement. Video clip is just under 2 minutes....
Posted: Mon, Jan 16, 2006 12:29am PST
Free Media Activists Tools Free Press is a national nonpartisan organization working to improve democracy in the U.S. media system.
If you go to their website you can download free and helpful information....
Posted: Sun, Jan 15, 2006 1:20pm PST
Implications and Direction of Internet Information Revolution Media Matters features host Bob McChesney in conversation with a variety of guests. Listeners may call with comments or questions....
Posted: Sun, Jan 15, 2006 11:06am PST
KPFA Board Manager Fired; No Word from KPFA Board to Listeners The capitalist press, the 1/14/06 SF Chronicle, gives the subscribers who pay for KPFA the first official announcement that yet another KPFA station manager has been fired. We never received any official announcement via Email or postcard or any other means from anyone on the KPFA Local Station board that this has taken place. This is gross mismanagement on the part of LSB and must end immediately....
Posted: Sat, Jan 14, 2006 10:08am PST
SF Bicyclist killed in hit and run PLEASE HELP A hit-and-run motorist ignored a red light early Thursday and killed a 26-year-old bicyclist, police said....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 12:21pm PST
FCC vs. The League of Women Voters: the Case That Pitted Samuel Alito Against Pacifica On the final day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito on Capitol Hill, we look at the 1984 case of that pitted Samuel Alito against Pacifica Radio. The case - known as the FCC v. League of Women Voters - centered on the constitutionality of a law that prohibited the airing of editorials by any public radio and TV outlet that received funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. We speak with the attorney in the case, Frederic Woocher....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 8:11am PST
The Web: 'Digital home' comes of age Yeah, right like you'll ever connect your refrigerator to your Internet. Duh....
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2006 11:16am PST
Protest Gov't Hrgs on KPFA Instead of Regular News Programs Protest the endless government hearings on KPFA, 94.1 FM, instead of regular programs for which the subscribers pay by calling 510.848.6767, option 3 for listener comment. The summary on the 6 p.m. news is sufficient; this is an outrageous insult to the subscribers to cancel the programs for which we pay for the endless bantering, chatter and procedural garbage that constitute all government hearings and the commentary....
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2006 6:33am PST
Rumor has it that Roy Campanella fired by Kpfa Governing board Roy Campanella was reportly fired Jan.7 by a 17-5 majority of the stations's board . Why is unclear ....
Posted: Mon, Jan 9, 2006 4:03pm PST
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