Free the Media
Includes a calendar of events, how to get involved, a forum, and a list of resources.
Media Tycoon
RealVideo copy of an ABC pilot show made by Australia's John Safran that criticises the media and news reporting. Satirically styled, it includes 'tips' on how to get on the nightly news, how to get a music video on Rage and how to get a movie onto the video shelves.
Fear & Favor 2000
FAIR's first annual report on how the powerful shape the news.
NutraSweet Soured on the Truth
In 1998, Fox Television stations, allegedly fearful of Monsanto's lawyers, dropped a documentary in which NutraSweet was criticized. Covers the high-profile lawsuit involving the reporters of that program.
Media Foresight Society
Forum for discussion on how journalism and news industry is changing. Includes "Newstradamus," where stories about media trends from around the web are linked.
Treasure State Review
Montana periodical devoted to journalism and justice that is published and edited by Nathaniel Blumberg of WoodFIREAshes Press.
PR Watch - Center for Media & Democracy
Asserts that citizens today find themselves confronted by a bewildering array of hired propagandists paid to convince the public that junk food is nutritious, pollution is harmless, and what's good for big business and big government is good for everyone.
Take Back the Media
Includes a media ownership chart, how to get involved, and news.
The Television Project
Helps parents understand how television affects their families and community and proposes alternatives that foster positive emotional, cognitive, and spiritual development within families and communities.
What's Wrong With the Local News
Lists grievances against local news stations, and how they copy eachother's problems.
Noam Chomsky Archive
Chomsky is one of America's most prominent political dissidents. A renowned professor of linguistics at MIT, he has authored over 30 political books, which repeatedly highlight the vital role of the mainstream media in implictly setting the parameters for debate, and "Manufacturing Consent" for actrocious policies. The searchable archive contains volumes of papers, and several complete books.
Studying the Media
Talk by Noam Chomsky on the power structures in the mainstream media - and on recognising subtle distortions that they implictly encourage.
"Rogue States", by Noam Chomsky
Article by Chomsky arguing the US and UK are in fact themselves "rogue states".
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