Daily ArchiveTuesday, January 16th, 2007
Media SpinMeister on 16 Jan 2007
This Land is Your Land, Candyland or Wasteland?
“Those who control what stories we hear can help determine our politics and culture. Promoting a commercial culture is the most important story that General Electric, Disney, Viacom, and many others want us to constantly hear.”
– from Digital Destiny by Jeff Chester.
If your reality is a sweet world of American Idols, bimbo catfights, ultra-violence and big media slogans then you may be a zombie slave to the boss man owners of the Big Media Plantation.
The recent National Conference for Media Reform was held in Memphis, Tennessee where among others, Bill Moyers made a stirring speech for every one of us to defend a free press. Links below provide the details.
References:
- National Conference for Media Reform: Home Page
- YouTube video of Bill Moyer’s Keynote Address at NCMR
- Democracy Now’s Transcript of Bill Moyer’s Speech at NCMR
- Amy Goodman’s Interview with FCC Commissioner
- Review of the Media Reform Conference by News Hounds
- Stop Big Media
- Tell the FCC: No More Media Consolidation
- Public Access Television
- Legal Guide for Bloggers