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SUPPORT YOUR MEDIA DAY
February 13, 2012
Show the power of all-for-one, one-for-all media during this 24 hour fundraiser -- and help bring the Laura Flanders Show one step closer.
Rep. Keith Ellison, John Fugelsang & Dean Obeidallah, and Media Reform
April 7, 2011
Republicans in Congress, says House Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Keith Ellison, are treating the budget and potential government shutdowns as an "opportunity to inflict generationally-changing policies" in the guise of paying the bills. We're facing a government shutdown not, Ellison notes, because Democrats won't compromise, but because Republicans like Paul Ryan are interested in forcing a fight over ideological issues.
The F Word: Remembering Why Media Reform Matters
April 7, 2011
Progressives cheered when it was announced Wednesday that Glenn Beck would be “transitioning” off his Fox News show. Beck's not gone for good, of course, but his daily screeds against the likes of Van Jones and Frances Fox Piven will be somewhat more limited -- perhaps to radio.
Philip Rizk, Eugene Jarecki on Reagan, and Al Jazeera
February 7, 2011
"The negotiations really are just a form of propaganda to the international community to give the regime some sort of cover for their desire to hold on to power," says Philip Rizk of talks between Mubarak and so-called opposition forces. He notes that scaremongering continues over the Muslim Brotherhood's role in the talks, but that the protesters that continue to occupy Tahrir Square are opposed to talks and mostly do not support the Brotherhood.
The F Word: Media Miss the Al Jazeera Story
February 7, 2011
One of the biggest stories of the past few weeks has been the story of Americans discovering Al-Jazeera English. It shouldn't have been so hard.
Abolish the Senate, Joe Sacco and Lisa Graves
February 9, 2010
With the election of Scott Brown to Ted Kennedy's former Senate seat, Democrats in DC seemed to give up on getting any major legislation passed. 59 votes (well, 58 and Joe Lieberman) was just not good enough. The blame has been flying--it's Obama's fault, Rahm Emanuel's, Harry Reid's--but what if the problem simply is the Senate?
The F Word: Pledge to Save Journalism
February 9, 2010
It's pledge time at many noncommercial, listener and viewer-supported television and radio stations and you may already be feeling irritated by the persistent pleading from your favorite public radio or TV host.
The F Word: Media Monsters Threaten Net Freedom
December 7, 2009
Comcast, the nation's biggest cable and broadband Internet company, has plans to take over NBC Universal. The result would be a new kind of media monster that would not only produce some of America's most popular entertainment but also control viewers' access to it.
The Independent Media Revolution, Melvin Van Peebles, and Atlas of Unknowns
August 12, 2009
What is the future of independent media? We speak to the founders of FAIR. Then, Melvin Van Peelbes on his new graphic novel. And debut novelist Tania James author of Atlas of Unknowns.
The F Word: Olbermann Says There's No Deal
August 5, 2009
Keith Olbermann wrote to me apropos my F Word on Monday. Following news of a corporation-brokered truce between MSNBC and FOX, I’d written that while the two networks pose as divided – and play up social divides for ratings - they actually stand united when it comes to corporate profits.

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