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Corporate Rule/
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A Q&A with Josh Wolf
The debate continues: Is he a journalist or an activist?
Josh Wolf, the videoblogger who became a
1st Amendment hero, was released last
Tuesday after spending seven and a half
months in a California federal prison
for refusing to turn over video he
Josh Wolf Out of Jail
After spending more than seven months in
jail for refusing to comply with a
subpoena, blogger Josh Wolf has struck a
compromise with federal prosecutors, who
demanded that he turn over the unedited
video
Free Press Takes on Corporate Ownership
Advocacy group to bring in heavy hitters to journalism conference
Journalist-turned-scholar Robert W.
McChesney wants to save you from this
corporate-owned daily newspaper.
The founder and president of Free Press,
a Northampton, Mass.-based nonpartisan,
nonprofit organization, McChesney will
be in Memphis Jan. 12-14 for his
Probe of Non-News News Sought
KGO, CBS 5-TV say they improperly used corporate tapes
Frustrated by local TV news outlets that
run "commercials disguised as news," an
FCC commissioner wants to investigate
stations that don't tell viewers they
may be watching corporate propaganda
instead of independently reported
information.
KGO-TV, an
Media Ownership Takes On a Nightmarish Hue
At a time when warnings abound that the
concentration of wealth in America is
dangerously threatening the
underpinnings of our democracy, it’s
unsettling to see a cast of billionaire
moguls and dubious characters circling
their
Media With No Guts, No Grace
San Francisco — Do you think the Bush
administration is going after the press?
The San Francisco Chronicle said on the
front page, “Cameraman Jailed for Not
Yielding Tape,” whereas The New York
Times
Does America's Press Believe in Freedom of the Press?
Last month, when the White House attacked The
New York Times for revealing a secret Treasury
Department surveillance program, it was tempting
to conclude that the thieves were falling
Could a 15-Year-Old With a Laptop Be the New Campaign Media Guru?
Daily Kos's convention — the in-person gathering
of the nation's most-read online political blog —
was practically carpeted with presidential
candidates. But perhaps the most notable
presentation came from
Hey Mainstream Media!
Why Doesn’t Presidential Dismantling of the Constitution Warrant the Same Intense Scrutiny as Presidential Adultery?
Eight years ago, a president entering
his sixth year in office came under
suspicion: had he conducted an
adulterous affair with a young intern?
For months thereafter, the media could
talk of little else.
Just a Change of Masters for Iraq Press
In a speech to the International
Republican Institute in May 2005, George
Bush said democracies were built on
common foundations and included
fundamental rights: "First, all
successful democracies need freedom of
speech, with a vibrant
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