freedom of the press

Stop Big Media Now

2007/11/09 VirusHead Comments 2 comments

Banking on your short attention span, big media is giving it another shot. Stop Big Media is trying to get the word out. Tell Congress not to dismantle media ownership rules! Kevin Martin, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has been keeping a secret from the American people. He wants to push through plans to remove decades-old media ownership protections. And he’s trying to do it without public scrutiny. Senators Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.) have introduced groundbreaking…

America Ranks 53rd on Freedom of the Press

2006/10/24 VirusHead Comments 0 Comment

Reporters Without Borders’s Global Press Freedom Index tracks actions against news media. America’s ranks 53rd on press freedom. We’re between Tonga and Uruguay. Home of “freedom of the press,” the United States entered the list – when it started in 2002 – at 17th place. We fell nine places just since last year. “The steady erosion of press freedom in the United States, France and Japan is extremely alarming,â€ Reporters Without Borders said. They particularly concerned this year about how…

A note about our press

2004/10/17 VirusHead Comments 2 comments

I’ts not so much that we have outright censorship. The White House sends out press releases. It doesn’t have a whole lot of interviewing. And it they don’t like what you say, they cut off all access. Then, it’s a matter of money. Advertisers, network owners, and so on. But you know, last night an old girlfriend was in town. As the three of us munched down our dinner in the kitchen, my hubby John started telling us about his…

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