From the incredible accounts of on-the-ground reporting from Tahrir Square during the internet and cell phone blackout by Democracy Now's Sharif Abdel Kouddous, to inspiring victories like an expansion of Low Power FM radio stations over … [Read more...]
FCC Commissioners Copps & Adelstein in Boston Tuesday 10/23 Forum: Media Ownership Concentration
crossposted on dailykosBelow is the information about the forum posted on the Emerson College website. I hope the forum will get good attendance and bring this important issue to the forefront as it has a direct impact ON EVERY OTHER … [Read more...]
Invisible Airwaves Crackle with Life (in Boston)
The first success in the fight to keep progressive talk radio was the saving of 92.1 ("The Mic") in Madison, WI. Fearless, organized effort on the part of listeners and advertisers saved a station that, though it was number two in its … [Read more...]
Moyers video: The Plantation Mentality in American Media Today
The full remarks can be accessed at the above link, the Moyers video is on the front page there in QT if you need it. The direct YouTube links to the speech are re-printed here:Bill Moyers at NCMR 2007 -- PART 1 (32:20)Bill Moyers at NCMR … [Read more...]