Knowledge: media
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- Media Tycoon
http://www.chez.com/folder1/frameset.htm - RealVideo copy of an ABC pilot show made by Australia's John Safran that criticises the media and news reporting. Satirically styled, it includes 'tips' on how to get on the nightly news, how to get a music video on Rage and how to get a movie onto the video shelves.
- NutraSweet Soured on the Truth
http://www.foxbghsuit.com/ - In 1998, Fox Television stations, allegedly fearful of Monsanto's lawyers, dropped a documentary in which NutraSweet was criticized. Covers the high-profile lawsuit involving the reporters of that program.
- PR Watch - Center for Media & Democracy
http://www.prwatch.org/ - Asserts that citizens today find themselves confronted by a bewildering array of hired propagandists paid to convince the public that junk food is nutritious, pollution is harmless, and what's good for big business and big government is good for everyone.
- "Rogue States", by Noam Chomsky
http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/articles/z9804-rogue.html - Article by Chomsky arguing the US and UK are in fact themselves "rogue states".
- Studying the Media
http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/articles/z9710-mainstream-media.html - Talk by Noam Chomsky on the power structures in the mainstream media - and on recognising subtle distortions that they implictly encourage.
- Treasure State Review
http://www.nathanielblumberg.com/tsr.htm - Montana periodical devoted to journalism and justice that is published and edited by Nathaniel Blumberg of WoodFIREAshes Press.
- Take Back the Media
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/ - Includes a media ownership chart, how to get involved, and news.
- Free the Media
http://freethemedia.org/ - Includes a calendar of events, how to get involved, a forum, and a list of resources.
- Noam Chomsky Archive
http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/ - Chomsky is one of America's most prominent political dissidents. A renowned professor of linguistics at MIT, he has authored over 30 political books, which repeatedly highlight the vital role of the mainstream media in implictly setting the parameters for debate, and "Manufacturing Consent" for actrocious policies. The searchable archive contains volumes of papers, and several complete books.
- Fear & Favor 2000
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2013 - FAIR's first annual report on how the powerful shape the news.
- The Television Project
http://www.tvp.org/ - Helps parents understand how television affects their families and community and proposes alternatives that foster positive emotional, cognitive, and spiritual development within families and communities.
- Is It News, Ad Or Infomercial?
http://www.journalism.indiana.edu/gallery/Ethics/isnews.html - Article by Doreen Carvajal discussing the ethics of TV infomercials and other media sources.
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