The New York Times story on a secret Pentagon plan to spread favorable views of the war by recruiting and planting military analysts in the nation's news media is just the latest example of the crisis in our media system.

If you’re enraged by this blatant propaganda and you want to learn how to fight for change in our media system, you need to be in Minneapolis on June 6-8.

At this year’s National Conference for Media Reform, we’ll help you connect the dots on how consolidation leads to a media that never properly challenged the Bush administration’s case for the Iraq war and failed to counter the official version with dissenting views. You won’t want to miss our panel on "War & the Media" featuring Naomi Klein and Rev. Lennox Yearwood.

Since it’s obvious that our “watchdogs” need watching, our trainings will give you media monitoring techniques, grassroots and online organizing skills, and communications strategies.

And you can learn how our media became toothless at our panel on the Changing Role of Media Watchdogs, featuring Media Matters’ Eric Boelhert and the Center for Media and Democracy's Diane Farsetta. These are just a few of the amazing panels and workshops you can be part of at NCMR to help bring your awareness and activism to the next level.

Don’t just get mad about the media’s role in duping the American people into war – get active.

We need you in this fight.