Media Reform

Ideas for Obama

Curtis Black | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Valerie Jarrett, Arne Duncan, Housing, Green Jobs, President Obama, Jobs, Transportation, Immigration Reform, Broadband, Foreclosure Crisis, Bailout, Rahm Emanuel, School Reform, Media Reform, Social Services, Sprawl, Health Care, Campaign Finance Reform, Community Organizers, Chicago News
Curtis Black

President-elect Barack Obama now faces tremendous challenges, and local advocates -- many of whom have worked with Obama over the years -- offer a range of ideas on how to move forward.

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FCC's Comcast Decision Scratches a 20-Year Itch

Gigi Sohn | Posted 08.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Media Reform, Comcast Net Neutrality, Technology, Fcc, Comcast Interfering, Net Neutrality, Media News
Gigi Sohn

That the Comcast complaint was filed, put out for comment and decided within the space of 10 months is nothing short of a miracle in the annals of public interest communications advocacy.

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The War Pundits: Sam Power, McJoan, Danner, Mitchell

Ari Melber | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Mcjoan, Greg Mitchell, Samantha Power, Ari Melber, Punditocracy, Netroots Nation, Pentagon Pundits, Pundits, War Coveevrage, Media Reform, Msm, Media, Iraq, Pentagon Propaganda, Mark Danner, War Pundits, Media News
Ari Melber

By relying too heavily on government sources from one party, most pre-Iraq war coverage misstated the threat and drastically underplayed opposition to the war among experts, political elites, and the general public.

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Women's Media Events in the Bay Area: BlogHer, Momentum, and PARTY!

Jennifer L. Pozner | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Women in Media & News, Social Justice, Media Justice, Jennifer L. Pozner, Media Activism, Media Criticism, Jenn Pozner, Jeff Perlstein, Lisa Jervis, Media Commentary, Media, Women in Media and News, Robert Greenwald, Bitch Magazine, Feminism, Politics, Progressive, Lisa Rudman, Mdia Analysis, Op-Ed Project, Catherine Orenstein, Momentum, Media Reform, Jennifer Pozner, Feminists, Martha Wallner, Sarah Olson, Wimn, Blogher, Media News
Jennifer L. Pozner

On behalf of Women In Media & News, I'm taking our show on the road tomorrow. Over the next two weeks, San Francisco/Bay Area journalists, bloggers, m...

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Party for Feminist Media Justice!

Jennifer L. Pozner | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Women in Media & News, Media Justice, Social Justice, Jennifer L. Pozner, Media Alliance, Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media, Jeff Perlstein, Lisa Jervis, Media, Pop Culture, Women in Media and News, Making Contact, Bitch Magazine, Women's Media, Feminism, Journalism, Bay Area, Philanthropy, Politics, Progressive, Lisa Rudman, Oakland, Media Reform, Jennifer Pozner, Feminists, National Radio Project, San Francisco, Wimn, Media News
Jennifer L. Pozner

This goes out to all my Bay Area friends -- if you've been reading my occasional blog posts about women, media, politics and pop culture here at Huffi...

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What Bill O'Reilly Is Really Afraid Of

Timothy Karr | Posted 06.06.2008 | Media

Read More: National Conference for Media Reform, Newscorp, Media Consolidation, Media Reform, Media, Bill O'Reilly, Dan Rather, Rupert Murdoch, Media News
Timothy Karr

Fox News' trash-talking, prime-time headliner is little more than an apologist for those in power -- and especially for his boss Rupert Murdoch.

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The FCC Voted: Time to Raise Hell

Josh Silver | Posted 12.18.2007 | Media

Read More: Fcc, Stop Big Media, Federal Communications Commission, Media Reform, Kevin Martin, Communications, Junk Media, New, Newspapers, News Corp, Dow Jones, FCC Media Consolidation, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, FCC Chairman, Cross Ownership, Kevin Martin FCC, Media News
Josh Silver

Witness yet another shining moment: the Bush administration serving up a wholesale giveaway to the largest media corporations in the most corrupt process imaginable.

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Harry Potter vs. Big Media

Josh Silver | Posted 12.12.2007 | Media

Read More: Senate, Fcc, Media Consolidation, Media, Kevin Martin, Media Reform, Harry Potter, Music, News Corp, Tribune Company, Potterwatch, Media Ownership Rules, Media Ownership, Harry and the Potters, Wizard Rock, Gannett, Harry Potter Alliance, Media Monopolies, Media Conglomerates, Big Media, Federal Communications Commission, Rupert Murdoch, Andrew Slack, Harry Potter Fans, Kevin Martin FCC, Local News, Music Inspired by Harry Potter, Voldemedia, Media News
Josh Silver

Potterwatch is building a real-world movement against "Voldemedia" -- the handful of companies that control most of what we see, hear and read every day.

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Stop the FCC Now!

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.18.2007 | Media

Read More: Kevin Martin, David Horowitz, Neil Postman, Dana Perino, Dick Cheney, Anti-Trust Media, Amusing Ourselves to Death, Media Consolidation, Fcc, Corporate Media, FCC Media Consolidation, Media Reform, The Fairness Doctrine, Public Broadcasting, Media News
Joseph A. Palermo

Unless the Dems aggressively reform the corporate media, the crucial debates on the key issues will continue to be slanted, skewed, and distorted.

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