news propaganda

documentary film on decline of television

Mark Tollefson — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:47:00 -0400

I am producing a documentary film about the current state and future evolution of television. It is a critical examination of how the broadcasting industry has been steadily corrupted by the influence of media consolidation, greed and mismanagement.

Iraq Veterans Against War, one Long Island mans account, and the bigger issue of propaganda and censorship in the war

Sun, 18 May 2008 15:35:00 -0400

A censored war, censored veterans, media black
out of Pentagon propaganda "experts" on their payroll and the upcoming
war with Iran. What is the facts? will we ever know?

We start
our story with Joe Everybody, Kristofer Goldsmith,who starts his on
Sept. 11 2001, with rage in his heart, he signed up to protect America

Eco-media in the Arts: Transnational Temps

deck — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:48:00 -0400

Why "Earth Art for the 21st Century"? Like a lot of people, the artists who formed Transnational Temps in 2001 (info about the collective follows this article) sensed that coverage of global warming and other environmental issues was woefully inadequate. Commercially sponsored "informative" programming continues to suffer from attention deficit disorders, to say nothing of conflicts of interest. The Internet has presented a means to address the situation.

Pentagon Pundits Jeopardize America's Free Press

jsilver — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:35:00 -0400

Yesterday, the New York Times exposed a secret Pentagon campaign to infiltrate the media with pro-war propaganda.

The scheme reaches all the way to the Bush White House, where top officials recruited dozens of "military analysts" to spread favorable views of the war via every major news channel -- without revealing they were working from Pentagon scripts and often lobbying for major military contractors.

Spreading "covert propaganda" is illegal under federal law. Congress must investigate these military pundits and their ties to the Bush administration, defense contractors and our national news media.

The ABC Debate and the Danger to Democracy

Megan Tady — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:09:00 -0400

Despairing, disgusting and disheartening – those words are flying around today to describe ABC’s irresponsible Democratic presidential debate Wednesday night.

Here’s another one – dangerous.

ABC’s failure to ask tough questions, act as a watchdog and hold our leaders accountable is not an anomaly. It is a testament to our broken media system.

A True 21st Century Education Looks Like This

tompoe — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:40:00 -0400

"He sees interactive tablet PCs replacing textbooks and notebooks in schools. Students will call up everything they need on their tablet PCs and write everything directly on the screen to be stored there. His daughter’s school, he said, is already using this technology."
<a href="http://www.freepress.net/news/31335">Free Press News</a>

The Great American Horse Race

alicelee727 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:13:00 -0400

On November 2004, I was just a year younger that the required legal voting age. As a senior in high school, I felt that I had a great right (I felt superior because I was an upperclassman) to participate in our country’s most important decision: voting for the next President. I had a mini rant amongst my group of friends, as we joked about petitioning to lower the legal voting age.

It’s All in the Game: Media Coverage of the 2008 Presidential Primary Campaigns

Jim Carlson — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:11:00 -0500

The news media in a democracy should facilitate and nurture a “marketplace of ideas” where the best policies and the best political candidates emerge from competition between ideas that arise from free and transparent public discourse.

Corporate Media's influence over the 2008 presidential election

cv1122 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:03:00 -0500

Corporate Media is influencing the 2008 presidential election by trying to
control your vote. Why? Because they are controlled by those who want to push
their own financial and political agendas. Two short videos on this subject:

Use Your Brain!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfwVR1qDMWM

Media Manipulation of the 2008 Presidential Race

Newt — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:40:00 -0500

Why is the 2008 Presidential race suddenly about gender and ethnicity? It’s no surprise that people base their impressions of others on familiarity and subconscious comfort levels. But when does the media focus change start affecting the news instead of reporting it?