Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one. - H.L.Menken
Our liberty depends on freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited, without being lost. - Thomas Jefferson
The single most significant factor in American political culture is the incestuous, extensive overlap between our media institutions and government officials. The former is a dependent appendage of the latter far more than they are anything else. This article discloses some new details and proof of how that toxic process functions, but the fact that our major news organizations — with some exceptions — largely serve as government propaganda outlets is not news. It’s the central fact of American political life, and the NYT itself — along with every other news organization — more than five years ago was obviously aware of this specific problem but not particularly concerned about it. - Glenn Greenwald
FCC :
Fairness Doctrine/ Other Media Related Links:
- What Happened to the Fairness Doctrine?
- My Beef With Big Media, Ted Turner
- Media Consolidation – Common Cause
- “Clear Channel’s Big, Stinking Deregulation Mess.”
- “Habla usted Clear Channel?”
- Telecommunications Act of 1996
- Media, Democracy & Justice Summit in Pasadena
- The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio
- Text of Gore Speech at Media Conference, 2005
- Arbitron
- Radio and Records (arbitron ratings)
- The Enablers Of Facism, The Mainstream News Media
- Leading Journalists Expose Major Cover-ups in Media
- Taking a Proper Gander at Sean Hannity
- A new era for liberal talk radio?
- Radio Days
- Tim Robbins NAB Keynote Address
- Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand
- US News Media’s Latest Disgrace
- Just Between Us:Telecoms and the Bush administration talked about how to keep their surveillance program under wraps.
- A Study of Bias in the Associated Press
- Left Progressive Media Inside the Propaganda Model
- Federal Rules Give Corporation-Backed Conservative Radio All the Local Voices
- Author argues Clear Channel destroyed radio
- Who Will Tell Us?
- Kohl, Feingold must oppose media consolidation
- A Tale of Five Cities: Why the Newspaper-Broadcast Cross-Ownership Ban Should be Preserved
- Center for Media and Democracy
- Sens. to GAO: Study Access to Independent Programming
- Cantwell on media consolidation
- The Tipping Point for Media Reform
- The Future of Media Doesn’t Belong to Murdoch; It Belongs to Us
- Robert McChesney and Josh Silver of Free Press on the National Conference for Media Reform
- Corporate Reform Top Issue at Media Reform Conference
- Don’t Take the Internet for Granted
- Talk Radio’s Last Stand?
- Is the Fourth Estate a Fifth Column? Corporate media colludes with democracy’s demise
- McClellan and the Media ‘Enablers’ By Jeff Cohen
- US News Media’s Latest Disgrace
- National Pentagon Radio?
- THE FOURTH POWER AND THE RISE OF YELLOW JOURNALISM
- The rising irrelevance of talk radio
- IOKIYAR: Talk Radio Secrets Revealed by Insider
- The Art of the Fake Correction
- Rather’s Lawsuit Shows Role of G.O.P. in Inquiry
- No love for Obama in this corner
- Obama, Rush Limbaugh and Fox News: A Look at Media in 2009
- Journalists Targeted by Police @ DNC & RNC:
- Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC
- Update: Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar Released After Illegal Arrest at RNC
- Amy Goodman & Two Democracy Now! Producers Arrested at RNC Protest
- After Being Detained in Preemptive House Raid, Democracy Now!’s Elizabeth Press Files Report on Police Crackdown in St. Paul
- As the RNC Opens in St. Paul, Twin Cities Police Arrest Nearly 300; Journalists Targeted
- Amy Goodman Grills St. Paul Police Chief About Her Arrest and Two Democracy Now! Producers
- Three University of Kentucky Journalists Arrested at RNC for Alleged Rioting
- Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) Condemns Police Intimidation of Journalists
- Media Coverage on the Arrest of Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers
- ABC News Asks Denver Police To Drop Charges Against Reporter
- Four journalists, including AP photog, arrested on riot charges at RNC
- I-Witness Video Collective Forced Out of Living Space After Second Raid by St. Paul Police in Five Days
- Police Raid and Detainment of I-Witness Journalists 083008 (Youtube Video)
- Why We Were Falsely Arrested
- “We’ve Been Arrested” – Adventures In Reporting At The RNC
- Journalists Trapped Between Police, Protestors And Pyrotechnics
- City And Police On Arrests Following RNC Protest March- Part 2
- Drop the Charges Against Independent Journalists
- SPJ Concerned over RNC and DNC Arrests
- RNC Arrests Slammed as Goodman Arrest Video Is Seen 500,000-Plus Times
- An Open Letter on Behalf of Amy Goodman
- PepperSpray Videographers Arrested in Saint Paul
- AP Photographer’s Last Pre-Arrest Shot is a Stunner
- St Paul Mayor & Media Mum on Journalism Crackdown
- Citizen journalists converge on party conventions
- ABC, CBS aired no analysis from Dems during Day 2 of RNC coverage, despite airing analysis by Republicans during Day 2 of DNC coverage
- Nearly 400 Arrested on Last Day of RNC, Including Over a Dozen Media Workers
- Fear and Loathing/ 2008 National Conventions in Pictures
- St. Paul’s Police Protest the Press
- Video of Clashes Between St. Paul Police and RNC Protestors Bubble Up Online
- Video: Press conference at City Hall
- Video: Delivery of letters to City Attorney John Choi
- Video: Local TV Coverage of Our Event
- More Video Footage from “the Uptake”
- Amnesty International says use of force against RNC protesters “disproportionate”
- Amy Goodman explains what happened
- Why MSNBC/NBC/GE caved on Olbermann and Matthews
- St. Paul dropping all misdemeanor charges for journalists arrested during RNC
- Charges Against Journalists at RNC Dropped; Questions Remain
- The Media and Law Enforcement at the RNC – What Went Wrong, What Went Right?
- List of Journalists Arrested at the RNC
- http://www.bostonprogressivetalk.net
- Progressive Talk Fades Away in Boston
- Madison Redux: Boston Libtalk Fans Hope To Bring Back Dead Stations
- For One Night Only…Progressive Radio Returns – Medford Transcript
- ResidentTries To Save Boston’s Progressive Talk _ Arlington Advocate
- Corporations Killed the Liberal Radio Stars – Metrowest Daily/ Alan Frankel
- Invisible Airwaves Crackle With Life – Alan F- dailykos
- Who (Almost) Killed Progressive Talk Radio? – Alan F – dailykos
- Grassroots Meet Rainmakers: Boston Progressive Talk Radio – Alan F – dailykos
- Grassroots Meet Rainmakers: Boston Progressive Radio – Alan F – bluemassgroup
- A revolution in talk radio
Progressive Talk Radio – Nationally:
- Wrong About Madison
- Another Jon Rallies for KLSD
- Saveklsd.com – Why We Fight
- Jon Elliott Wants You to Save KLSD
- Liberal radio host Randi Rhodes gets gig based in West Palm Beach
- Channel Changer (How Maddow Is Rewriting The Rules Of Cable News)
- Jeff Farias says thanks to listeners
- Jeff Farias Progressive Radio Host Fired from NovaM Radio
- A Maddow Moment
- The New American Classic (Rachel Maddow)
- ltradio progressive talk radio wiki
- A revolution in talk radio
- dkosopedia- progressive radio stations page
- dkosopedia – progressive radio timeline
Progressive Talk Activist Groups:
- Save Progressive Talk Radio Boston
- Save the MIC
- Dallas Air America Group
- Ohio Majority Radio
- Save Progressive Talk CT
- CPRSanDiego
- CPR Emerald City
- Town & Country Democrats Sacramento
- Bring Air America Back, Fresno
- Non Stop Radio
Voting/Election Issues:
- Three key ways YOU can help protect the 2008 election
- RFK Jr., Mike Papantonio: “Is Your Vote Safe?”
- GOP Plans and Denials to Challenge Foreclosed Voters Examined
- Spoonamore Reveals The Plan to Steal The Next Election
- Republican IT consultant subpoenaed in case alleging tampering with 2004 election
- Voter Purges
- Election Protection
- Election Protection Wiki – SourceWatch
- Voter Suppression Wiki
- Election Integrity
- Officials Find, Fix Glitch in NM Voting Machine
- Block the Vote
- Scoop
