http://www.freepress.net/taxonomy/term/2382 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.freepress.net/node/42138 <p>F YOU'RE lucky, you missed getting a bloody e-mail promoting Ashanti's new single, "The Way That I Love You." It was disturbingly violent and, given the homicide rate plaguing many American cities, it was in unbelievably bad taste.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/42138">read more</a></p> Stop Big Media Ashanti corporate media Industry Ears Lisa Fager Bediako Paul Porter Radio television TV Universal Music Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:55:35 -0700 Stevie Converse 42138 at http://www.freepress.net http://www.freepress.net/node/41844 <p>Direct action has its benefits and its irritation.</p> <p>Paul Porter knows this well. A former programmer for Black Entertainment Television, the infamous BET, he is now a member of Industry Ears, a nonprofit watchdog agency that he co-founded with Lisa Fager in 2004. It is dedicated to cleaning up those aspects of popular culture in which irresponsible material is aimed at children.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freepress.net/node/41844">read more</a></p> BET Black Entertainment Television content Industry Ears Parent Television Council television TV Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:05:01 -0700 Stevie Converse 41844 at http://www.freepress.net