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Eleanor White | 11.23.2008
Resumen: Media reporters and editors now have an on-line aid to evaluate information about the crime of organized stalking and electronic harassment
There have been many attempts over the past decade to persuade media reporters and their editors to take a serious look at the crime of organized stalking and electronic harassment (OS/EH). Mention this crime to the average journalist, and if you're lucky, they will take just enough of their time to tell you they don't print "tin foil hat stuff." The Washington Post Ombudsman is very concerned over what she describes as "liberal bias," but it's not clear that there's really a problem there. The problem with Deborah Howell's latest attempt to reassure conservatives concerning that ol' boogeyman "Liberal Bias" is that she doesn't appear to understand what journalism is all about. Is the problem she identifies, that conservatives are under-represented in the newsroom, a general across-the-board problem in the news media? Hardly. The Sunday talk shows for November 16th, shortly after a Democratic landslide sweep of the Presidency, the House & the Senate were devoted to..."how does the GOP recover; how does it map out a new future?" The dominant media assault continues. Targeting Hugo Chavez - by Stephen Lendman Since taking office in February 1999, America's dominant media have relentlessly attacked Chavez because of the good example he represents and threat it might spread in spite of scant chance it will in today's climate. Yet some of his fiercest critics maintain pressure and show up often on the Wall Street Journal's op-ed page. Most recently on November 10 by its America's columnist, Mary O'Grady. Her style is agitprop. Her space a truth-free zone. Her latest in an article headlined "Hugo Chavez Spreads the Loot" referring to what The New York Times calls "Suitcasegate." I only met the master interviewer Studs Terkel, who died Friday at 96, once but that occasion remains a high point of my 35 years as a journalist...He was completely conversational. He never cut me off, allowing me to answer questions fully, and if he wanted more, he knew exactly what he wanted and was able to gently ask a leading question that sent me in the right direction without my ever feeling steered, pressured or manipulated into answering. Most important, he was genuinely interested in what I had to say. It really was like he said, that we were two guys relaxing on the back porch conversing.
And that, I believe, not just his incalculable contribution to the understanding of America, is what was Studs Terkel’s greatness as a journalist.
RELATED: Studs Terkel, the passing of an icon By Dave Lindorff The case of radio journalist and Black Panther Party member Mumia Abu-Jamal in the United States serves as a reminder that capital punishment still has not been abolished in the world’s biggest economy. Sentenced to death in 1982 for the fatal shooting of a policeman, Daniel Faulkner - which he denies doing - Abu-Jamal has spent 26 years on death row. A Philadelphia federal appeal court commuted the sentence in March of this year to life imprisonment. The prosecution could still appeal. http://www.rsf. Project Censored's holding the dominant media accountable. Project Censored's Media Democracy Advocacy - by Stephen Lendman I’m not so bothered by the sloth and greed of the Wall Street crowd. What bothers me is the respect they are treated with by the journalists covering them. By Dave Lindorff Blogging gives a voice to citizens around the world, but why do their views often go unheard in the west? And is the web really a force for radical change? Antony Loewenstein, The Guardian, September 15, 2008 On our first show we'll be talking about: Listen now to the radio show produced by members of SEIU 32BJ, Unified Taxi Workers Alliance & UNITE HERE. With the RNC a month away and the propaganda machine of electoral politics shifting into high gear, a strong independent media infrastructure will be critical to a successfully crashed convention. But we at TC-IMC are running on a skeleton crew, and we need your help. Read on to see what's in the works and what we need. If you're an IMC activist coming to the Twin Cities, or if you're local and want to plug in, get in touch: IMCatRNC@gmail.com. With the RNC in the Twin Cities less than a month away, the propaganda machine of electoral politics is shifting into high gear. For months, corporate media in the Twin Cities has been trying |
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