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- The Television Thing
http://www.jscheuer.com/dissent.htm - This article summarizes The Sound Bite Society, a study of television and ideology. (Dissent Summer 1995) By Jeffery Scheuer
- Necessary Illusions -- Online Book by Noam Chmosky
http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/ni/ni-contents.html - Commentaries contend the "free press" serves the needs of those in power, rather than free speech and democracy.
- Chris's News and Views
http://members.tripod.com/chris.shumway/ - Media analysis and criticism from a former TV news anchor, reporter and meteorologist. Also includes links to media research groups and organizations committed to creating a more democratic, citzen-based media environment.
- Ben Bagdikian Interview
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/smoke/interviews/bagdikian1.html - Interview with media analyst about effect of corporate media ownership, using tobacco issue as example. From PBS Frontline.
- Tabloids, Talk Radio, and the Future of News
http://www.ellenhume.com/articles/tabloids_contents.html - Technology's Impact on Journalism by Annenberg Senior Fellow Ellen Hume
- Consent, American Style
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Media/Consent_AmerStyle.html - Analysis and commentary by Steve Mizrach about manipulation of the public through the media. Based on views of Michael Parenti, Noam Chomsky, and Ben Bagdikian.
- Making Media Democratic
http://bostonreview.net/BR23.3/mcchesney.html - Article that critcizes the effect of commercial corporate media on society, and that calls for reform that brings diversity of ownership and access. By Robert McChesney from The Boston Review.
- OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today
http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/ - Running commentary about current events. The work of James Taranto and Elizabeth Crowley of the Wall Street Journal editorial page.
- Blithe Spirit
http://blithe-spirit.com/ - Articles by Jim Bowman.
- Bloodbath in the District of Columbia
http://unquietmind.com/bloodbath.html - An essay from UnquietMind.com about the destructiveness of the Washington scandal culture.
- Hold On to Your Phone Bill -- It's Merger Time
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1999/10/fotc6.html - Commentary on lack of FCC concern about the effects of consolidation of telephone and broadcasting services on consumer interests and democracy. From Mother Jones.
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