http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/censorship 2008-10-06T10:50:03Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/55839-meet-the-bloggers-dr-richard-sagebiel-on-the-dangers-of-mccain-s-health-record-secrecy 2008-10-06T10:50:03Z ZP Heller <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dmGo4RfPSc0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dmGo4RfPSc0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/55839-meet-the-bloggers-dr-richard-sagebiel-on-the-dangers-of-mccain-s-health-record-secrecy"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/67897" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>&quot;If there&#39;s limitation to the transparency of anybody&#39;s medical records, it always raises the suspicion, &#39;What are they hiding?&#39;...&quot;&nbsp; Those were the words of Dr. Richard Sagebiel,<span> co-director of the UCSF Melanoma Clinic and yesterday&#39;s special guest on </span><em><a href="http://meetthebloggers.org/">Meet the Bloggers</a></em><span>.&nbsp; Dr. Sagebiel was one of over 2,750 doctors who <a href="http://therealmccain.com/doctors/">signed the open letter</a> urging John McCain to provide full disclosure of his medical records.&nbsp; And really, &quot;What are they hiding?&quot; is the question we need to be asking ourselves again and again as this story unfolds.</span></p><p>What is McCain hiding?&nbsp; He released a portion of his medical records back in May under extremely restricted circumstances, allowing a handful of hand-picked reporters to view nearly 1,200 pages for just three hours, without the use of the Internet, cell phones, or copying equipment.&nbsp; As <em>The Nation&#39;s</em> Ari Melber pointed out during yesterday&#39;s show, most of these journalists were not medical experts.&nbsp; But even if they were, this was an insufficient amount of time to examine so many pages of McCain&#39;s health history.&nbsp; That&#39;s why CNN&#39;s Dr. Sanjay Gupta--one of the journalists who got to see this portion of medical records--told Sam Stein at The Huffington Post that McCain&#39;s lack of candor amounted to &quot;<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/30/new-urgency-over-mccain-m_n_130298.html">cloak and dagger</a>&quot; secrecy.&nbsp; </p><p>And why is the corporate press censoring any discussion about McCain&#39;s medical records?&nbsp; Yesterday&#39;s <em>Meet the Bloggers</em> came in part because both CNN and MSNBC refused to air <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHvJPGnkQxE">Brave New PAC&#39;s ad</a> about McCain&#39;s record secrecy.&nbsp; Both complained about the graphic images in the ad--images that both networks aired earlier this year.&nbsp; Even more amazingly, MSNBC actually banned the ad after shock jocks <a href="../../blog/55098-why-is-the-corporate-press-censoring-attempts-to-discuss-mccain-s-health-records">Bill O&#39;Reilly and Rush Limbaugh self-righteously ranted about it</a>.&nbsp; </p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/55839-meet-the-bloggers-dr-richard-sagebiel-on-the-dangers-of-mccain-s-health-record-secrecy">Continue reading</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/55838-meet-the-bloggers-charles-karel-bouley-says-we-must-know-if-mccain-could-drop-dead 2008-10-06T10:50:02Z meetthebloggers <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cW17oyyt1KM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cW17oyyt1KM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/55838-meet-the-bloggers-charles-karel-bouley-says-we-must-know-if-mccain-could-drop-dead"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/67896" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>On <em><a href="http://meetthebloggers.org/">Meet the Bloggers</a></em>, Charles Karel Bouley (<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/">The Huffington Post</a>) said all we have to go on about McCain&#39;s health is speculation since he won&#39;t provide full disclosure about his medical records.<br /><br /><em>Meet the Bloggers</em> airs Fridays at 1pm ET/10am PT. Catch all the episodes on <a href="http://meetthebloggers.org/">http://meetthebloggers.org/</a></p> </div> <a href="/blog/55838-meet-the-bloggers-charles-karel-bouley-says-we-must-know-if-mccain-could-drop-dead">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/55769-michael-savage-attacks-brave-new-films-has-youtube-account-shut-down 2008-10-06T09:46:01Z ZP Heller <div id="flashcontent"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> var so = new SWFObject("http://gobnf.org/bnf/javascripts/flvplayer.swf", "mymovie", "375", "292", "8", "#FFFFFF"); so.addVariable("file","http://gobnf.org/v/bnf/savage.flv"); so.addVariable("autostart",false); so.write("flashcontent"); </script> <a href="/blog/55769-michael-savage-attacks-brave-new-films-has-youtube-account-shut-down"><img src="http://gobnf.org/bnf/images/empty_vid.gif" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left"></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>For those of you wondering why the Brave New Films YouTube account was suddenly shut down late yesterday, it was because of Michael Savage.&nbsp; That&#39;s right, the notoriously hate-filled shock jock managed to get YouTube to silence us, claiming a copyright violation over our video &quot;<a href="../blog/25187-michael-savage-hates-muslims">Michael Savage Hates Muslims</a>.&quot;&nbsp; As a result of Savage&#39;s protests, YouTube took the extreme step of removing ALL Brave New Films videos from their site. </p><p>Take a look at the e-mail YouTube sent us just prior to disabling our account:</p><blockquote>Dear Member:<br /><br />This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by Original Talk Radio Network, Inc. claiming that this material is infringing:<br /><br />Michael Savage hates Muslims: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtY-JWahHQs">www.youtube.com</a> <br /><br />Please Note: Repeat incidents of copyright infringement will result in the deletion of your account and all videos uploaded to that account. In order to prevent this from happening, please delete any videos to which you do not own the rights, and refrain from uploading additional videos that infringe on the copyrights of others. For more information about YouTube&#39;s copyright policy, please read the Copyright Tips guide.<br /><br />If you elect to send us a counter notice, please go to our Help Center to access the instructions.<br /><br />Please note that under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />YouTube, Inc.</blockquote><p>Rest assured, we are working to resolve this issue.&nbsp; We will NOT yield the airwaves to a hatemonger.&nbsp; Nor will we tolerate being censored by YouTube over a bigot&#39;s complaints.&nbsp; We will keep you posted and call upon you for help if this persists.</p><p>UPDATE: YouTube has restored our account.&nbsp; But while all Brave New Films videos are available again (with the exception of &quot;Michael Savage Hates Muslims&quot;), the fact that YouTube removed them in the first place over one copyright complaint has caused us all sorts of trouble.&nbsp; We&#39;ll keep you posted as we take further action.&nbsp; But for now, we&#39;ll resume posting more content. </p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/55769-michael-savage-attacks-brave-new-films-has-youtube-account-shut-down">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54849-youtube-deleting-accounts-imposing-mass-censorship-at-the-united-states-government-request-look-up-hr1955-and-sr1959-our-freedoms-are-no-more-secret-combinations 2008-10-06T10:42:50Z secretcombinations <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FHzMAa_gcVM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FHzMAa_gcVM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54849-youtube-deleting-accounts-imposing-mass-censorship-at-the-united-states-government-request-look-up-hr1955-and-sr1959-our-freedoms-are-no-more-secret-combinations"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66520" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>AMERICANS UNITE visit AdvocacyCorporation for great information as they have created this video for you! <br />USA180 - Emergency Bulletin:</p> <p>YouTube Makes Sen. Lieberman Happy With New Anti-Terrorism Guidelines</p> <p>http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_YouTub...</p> <p>___________________ <br />UPDATE: <br />Who is Senator Joe Lieberman?</p> <p>Joe Lieberman is a Neo-Con pretending to be a Democrat pretending to be a Republican. </p> <p>Its all there in your face - RIGHT IN HIS VOTING RECORD!</p> <p>Peace Action West - Middle East Peace - desires to get out of Iraq -grade of 0</p> <p>ACLU -grade of 43 <br />Tax Reform - 5 <br />Taxpayers Union - F <br />Gun Owners Of America - F <br />USA Engage - C</p> <p>"USA*ENGAGE has lead a campaign to inform policy-makers, opinion-leaders, and the public about the counterproductive nature of unilateral sanctions..." <br />-VoteSmart <br />. <br />org</p> <p>does THIS really look like a guy that wants to END THE ROOTS OF TERRORISM? </p> <p>Protects Civil Rights? - when convenient <br />Get rid of the Central Banks - NO <br />Get rid of your GUN - YES <br />Impose and take unilateral action - YES <br />(THIS LEADS TO TERRORISM)</p> <p>I am going to give my rights to THIS GUY? <br />Hell no! <br />________________ <br />UPDATE:</p> <p>Let me make this PERFECTLY CLEAR. We have to SAVE GOOGLE!!! Google protected our information against Viacom who wanted to know who all of us were and EVERYTHING we watched on YT - If Google falls right now we are ALL in trouble. They have DATA ON EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET. If Google can be FORCED by the US Government and Joseph Lieberman to restrict our rights under the US Constitution and selectively preempt the First Amendment AGAINST THEIR WILL - We are ALREADY LOST.</p> <p>We MUST stop thinking of ourselves as having different issues and different approaches. We need to UNITE while there is still time to do so. YouTube is ready to FALL. This is BIGGER than just moving your videos A LOT BIGGER!</p> <p>What we MUST do is look at the voting records. ATTACK these people with solid indisputable FACT not conjecture, theory or association. We BETTER do it fast because this thing is speeding up - make no mistake about it.</p> <p>Here is where you get that FACT:</p> <p>WHO VOTED FOR AND AGAINST THE 1ST AMENDMENT IN CONGRESS (6 PEOPLE VOTED FOR IT - I CAN TELL YOU THAT)? <br />http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote....</p> <p>WHY IS THIS BILL S1959 NOW IN A COMMITTEE BARACK OBAMA IS IN AND NO ONE SAYS A WORD? <br />http://www.opensecrets.org/cmteprofil...</p> <p>WHAT IS LIEBERMAN'S POSITION ON THE ISSUES? <br />http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating... <br />http://www.votesmart.org/voting_categ...</p> <p>HOW IS LIEBERMAN FUNDED?<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politi">www.opensecrets.org</a> cians/summary.php?cid=N00000616&cycle=20 08</p> <p>IF YOU ARE STILL NOT CONVINCED WE ARE IN CRISIS GO HERE: <br />http://www.usa180.org</p> <p>NOW SPEND YOUR TIME AND MONEY DOING SOMETHING YOU BELIEVE IN! - HELP us wake up the 80-90 percent of the people sleeping: <br />http://www.usa180.org/playball</p> <p>________________ <br />YouTube is being FORCED by the federal government to impose this censorship</p> <p>Listen up people, they are implementing parts of S1959 - The Homegrown Terrorism Act - It HAS NOT PASSED THE SENATE. The language is the same. It's "Force or Violence" to promote a religious, social or political belief. Under this law if you stop someone on the street and hand them a Bible you can be considered a TERRORIST. If you advocate action against a corporation or the government you can be considered a TERRORIST.</p> <p>If we don't stop this here at YouTube and raise a HUGE CONCERN right now - they will pass S1959. They will rationalize that we will ACCEPT the censorship and go further. While the request of Senator Lieberman SEEMS reasonable the bill itself has so many holes that you could interpret it MANY different ways. There are videos on this - I suggest you watch them or go to <a href="http://www.USA180.org">www.USA180.org</a> and look at our analysis of the bill itself. We have to act NOW and get this message EVERYWHERE. Create your own video. ACT!</p> <p>Quoting article:</p> <p>"In May this year, Sen. Joseph Lieberman demanded YouTube to block videos depicting assassinations, death of US soldiers, as well as weapon training and speeches that encourage violence and could be used as a tool to create homegrown terrorists."</p> <p>Secret Combinations Exposed</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54849-youtube-deleting-accounts-imposing-mass-censorship-at-the-united-states-government-request-look-up-hr1955-and-sr1959-our-freedoms-are-no-more-secret-combinations">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54633-george-bush-dogs-and-cats-living-together 2008-10-06T10:38:50Z davenold <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8a3hm1YjJ9E&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8a3hm1YjJ9E&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54633-george-bush-dogs-and-cats-living-together"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66276" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Don't be afraid.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54633-george-bush-dogs-and-cats-living-together">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52853-anti-gay-religious-fanatic-book-burning-bull-in-lipstick-just-what-i-m-looking-for-in-a-vp 2008-09-15T12:13:22Z eriKKa <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZII0GjcJMus&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZII0GjcJMus&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52853-anti-gay-religious-fanatic-book-burning-bull-in-lipstick-just-what-i-m-looking-for-in-a-vp"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/64111" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>ABC investigated Sarah Palin&#39;s book censorship during her time as Mayor of Wasilla. It was during a town meeting that Mayor Palin asked a librarian what her response would be if she asked her to remove certain books from the shelves.&nbsp; The librarian answered that absolutely under no circumstances would she do so.&nbsp; Two weeks later, the librarian found herself without a job...</p><p>Sounds like she got Palin&#39;d!</p><p>The librarian did eventually get her job back.&nbsp; But eventually resigned because it was &quot;too hard to work [for] Sarah Palin.&quot; I don&#39;t know about you, but that&#39;s certainly the kind of VP I want. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/52853-anti-gay-religious-fanatic-book-burning-bull-in-lipstick-just-what-i-m-looking-for-in-a-vp">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52671-why-fight-for-independent-media 2008-10-06T10:44:06Z jschlei <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jdtLlvFjCV0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jdtLlvFjCV0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52671-why-fight-for-independent-media"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63896" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Our government doesn't tell us what they don't want us to know. Independent media give us the facts outside of our own experience and shows americans to the rest of the world through a clear, not corporate-filtered lens.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52671-why-fight-for-independent-media">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49121-re-mae-west-interview 2008-08-23T08:51:29Z MayorGalvan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G-ZXjVO6BQc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G-ZXjVO6BQc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49121-re-mae-west-interview"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/59471" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Video Cam Direct Upload</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49121-re-mae-west-interview">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47588-global-pulse-07-31-08-beijing-games-charm-control 2008-09-09T12:38:53Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/79NRSkgi6AU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/79NRSkgi6AU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47588-global-pulse-07-31-08-beijing-games-charm-control"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/56657" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>(July 31, 2008) China promised journalists complete freedom at the Olympics. But the press found that crashing Beijing's great wall of censorship was an Olympic sport in itself. Did media control, doping and a "tough love" charm offensive tarnish China's Olympic gold?</p> <p>SOURCES: CCTV, China; Al Jazeera, Qatar; BBC, U.K.; Deutsche Welle, Germany; TV5, France</p> <p>--- <br />Global Pulse is a fast-moving and informative television and web series that helps you navigate the news of the world by comparing and contrasting TV news reports. See all the episodes of Global Pulse at <a href="http://linktv.org/globalpulse">linktv.org</a> <br />---</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47588-global-pulse-07-31-08-beijing-games-charm-control">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46845-are-the-olympics-affecting-china-on-human-rights 2008-08-18T12:55:24Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QIXYIO1_UMA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QIXYIO1_UMA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46845-are-the-olympics-affecting-china-on-human-rights"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55362" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/18/Chinas_Olympic_Human_Rights_Challenges">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Human Rights Watch Media Director Minky Worden discusses whether recent international attention due to environmental disasters, economic growth, and the 2008 Olympics has affected China's positions on human rights.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>As human rights emerge as a central concern around the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China's Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges examines China in transition today.</p> <p>When Beijing first sought to host the Olympics, China was still recovering from the upheavals of Maoist rule and adapting to a market revolution. How are China’s leaders managing the Olympic process and the internal and external pressures for reform the Games are creating?</p> <p>China's Great Leap illuminates China's recent history through voices of leading China experts, and points to key areas for future reform. Join the book's editor, Minky Worden, and contributing writers Scott Greathead and Emily Parker for an evening of discussion, moderated by Jamie Metzl, Executive Vice President of the Asia Society - Asia Society</p> <p>As Media Director of Human Rights Watch, Minky Worden works with the world's journalists to help them cover crises, wars, human rights abuses and political developments in more than 70 countries worldwide.Before joining Human Rights Watch in 1998, Ms. Worden lived and worked in Hong Kong as an adviser to democratic party chairman Martin Lee and worked at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. as a speechwriter for the U.S. attorney general and in the executive office for US attorneys.</p> <p>A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Ms. Worden speaks Cantonese and German and is an elected member of the Overseas Press Club's board of governors. She is the editor of China's Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges (Seven Stories, May 2008) and the co-editor of Torture (New Press, 2005).</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46845-are-the-olympics-affecting-china-on-human-rights">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46078-listening-post-belarus-media-special-18-july-08-part-2 2008-07-25T08:48:39Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7hfsd-AlVH4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7hfsd-AlVH4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46078-listening-post-belarus-media-special-18-july-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53619" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Listening Post travels to Belarus - a country trying to shed its Soviet era image but one that keeps a Soviet-like control over its media.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46078-listening-post-belarus-media-special-18-july-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46077-listening-post-belarus-media-special-18-july-08-part-1 2008-07-25T12:50:58Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qnc5bYgwpX4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qnc5bYgwpX4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46077-listening-post-belarus-media-special-18-july-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53618" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Listening Post travels to Belarus - a country trying to shed its Soviet era image but one that keeps a Soviet-like control over its media.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46077-listening-post-belarus-media-special-18-july-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45544-people-power-censor-man-12-jul-08 2008-07-16T08:49:29Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_IdN1cdHMu0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_IdN1cdHMu0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45544-people-power-censor-man-12-jul-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52737" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Media and filmmaking, in particular, in the Arab world is a profession fraught with difficulties. Film- makers have to deal not only with the lack of film infrastructure and culture, but also with the overreaching arm of government censorship. Mohamed Maklouf's film investigates the new trend of underground and independent film-making in Egypt, featuring interviews with directors, producers and actors, and screen extracts from censored films from the last few years.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45544-people-power-censor-man-12-jul-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44220-zoriah-embodies-courage-in-journalism 2008-07-01T22:20:31Z Jeanne_LongBch_CA <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44220-zoriah-embodies-courage-in-journalism"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/50586" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Hayden and Klein expressed concerns that journalists could become too afraid to cover crises situations. Right now (until they remove him in a few hours) there is an embedded photojournalist in Iraq who is not afraid to go out with troops and document what&#39;s going on. Because of his honesty and his blog, he is being expelled by the military...</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/44220-zoriah-embodies-courage-in-journalism">Continue reading</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43411-teacher-banned-for-using-wrtting-textbook 2008-06-29T12:44:16Z Cosmo Plavix <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/06/29/tuchman.in.banned.book.cnn">Visit cnn.com</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/43318-zimbabwe-s-independent-radio-28-jun-08 2008-07-02T06:44:54Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xbcPvLwzoIw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xbcPvLwzoIw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/43318-zimbabwe-s-independent-radio-28-jun-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/49546" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>News in Zimbabwe is heavily censored, but in Britain, one group has been trying to get information through to the people. </p> <p>Alan Fisher reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/43318-zimbabwe-s-independent-radio-28-jun-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42613-re-ron-paul-flexes-his-muscles-in-his-new-book-the-revolution-a-manifesto-and-so-do-i-at-the-end-of-the-video-well-sort-of 2008-06-20T01:37:07Z MayorGalvan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IcRv5sJx_vo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IcRv5sJx_vo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42613-re-ron-paul-flexes-his-muscles-in-his-new-book-the-revolution-a-manifesto-and-so-do-i-at-the-end-of-the-video-well-sort-of"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/48084" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Video Cam Direct Upload</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42613-re-ron-paul-flexes-his-muscles-in-his-new-book-the-revolution-a-manifesto-and-so-do-i-at-the-end-of-the-video-well-sort-of">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40401-episode-27-here-come-the-thought-police-5-29-08 2008-10-06T10:20:15Z orwelloptimist <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o733esn9lKY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o733esn9lKY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40401-episode-27-here-come-the-thought-police-5-29-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45578" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Thanks to Joe Lieberman, there's no need for us to form our own opinions. He'll take care of it for us. What a relief . . .</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40401-episode-27-here-come-the-thought-police-5-29-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39816-give-me-youtube-or-give-me-death 2008-09-05T07:01:31Z Brian Beach <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PR9Cgykk2Mw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PR9Cgykk2Mw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39816-give-me-youtube-or-give-me-death"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44943" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Thanks for viewing and post comments at the bottom.</p> <p>This is ridiculous!</p> <p>This is the reasons why you're Senators and Representatives are a bunch of lying scumbags. They spend our taxpayer dollars to censor the freedom of speech and expression in the name of their fears!</p> <p>This is in a good sense to respond to Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Connecticut).</p> <p>Joe Lieberman has been on a virtual warpath with the music, television, video gaming and Internet industry. Being one of the founding members of the Parental Advisory Committee, Lieberman along with Jack Thompson, Tipper Gore, Dan Quayle, Bill Bennett and C. Delores Tucker have advocated their "values" on our music, television, video games, and Internet.</p> <p>The senator has written a letter to the founders and technical staff at YouTube, LLC, a division of GOOGLE, Incorporated. Lieberman is in the panic mode about how a global internet networking site advocating vile propaganda! And believe me, he's won't rest until he gets what he wants.</p> <p>He is upset that there's al-Qaeda and terrorist videos posted here on YouTube. Although, I do not advocate terrorism, I believe that these videos provide background into why they have a beef with the United States and Western culture in general.</p> <p>As with many on the conservative right, this man is no different. You see, the people of Connecticut re-elected him in 2006, after his defeat in the Democratic primary. Lieberman ran as an "Independent" and won a strong margin of victory. Those who support him are those who are truly the so-called "values" voters. </p> <p>This is a response to him. Yeah, I am aware; Senator Lieberman endorses Presidential Candidate Senator John McCain (R-Arizona)! </p> <p>http://lieberman.senate.gov <br />http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=MuaJbJV4Qkg</p> <p>Thanks to YouTube and Google staff: Steve Grove, Mia Qaugliarello, Michelle Rosen, Joe Smith, Andrew Bangs and Dorothee Fisher.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39816-give-me-youtube-or-give-me-death">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/39748-global-pulse-05-22-08-china-earthquake-china-uncensored 2008-07-10T20:25:32Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IfIN2j2q-BY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IfIN2j2q-BY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/39748-global-pulse-05-22-08-china-earthquake-china-uncensored"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/44868" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>(Global Pulse: May 22, 2008) A 7.9 magnitude earthquake decimates central China. In a startling move, the government allows 24/7 coverage of the catastrophe. News media, used to strict control, is suddenly free to report the scope of the devastation. But that freedom is not all it seems. Will the taste of Western-style news coverage help reshape Chinese media?</p> <p>SOURCES: ABC News, NBC News, BBC, Al Jazeera English, CCTV, Asia Today</p> </div> <a href="/blog/39748-global-pulse-05-22-08-china-earthquake-china-uncensored">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38285-episode-21-left-in-the-dark-3-8-08 2008-10-06T10:20:16Z orwelloptimist <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EJNgsZmrFT4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EJNgsZmrFT4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38285-episode-21-left-in-the-dark-3-8-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43247" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Internet censorship in liberty-lovin' America? Oh, you betcha.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38285-episode-21-left-in-the-dark-3-8-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37319-elizabeth-stephens-artists-and-political-expression 2008-06-09T03:30:33Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z8GFkv4yE90&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z8GFkv4yE90&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37319-elizabeth-stephens-artists-and-political-expression"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42068" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/03/25/Women_Artists_and_Political_Expression">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Elizabeth Stephens, Chair of the Art Department at the University of California - Santa Cruz, argues that politically-aware artists have a particular responsibility to incorporate their beliefs into their work.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Political Is Personal Panel: Contemporary Women Artists and Political Expression.</p> <p>A panel of diverse female artists discuss the feminist art movement and present works that exemplify how the political is personal.</p> <p>Multimedia artist Elizabeth Stephens works in performance, sculpture, web based media and photography. She lives between the Love Art Lab in San Francisco and the Love Art Shack in Boulder Creek, California. She is currently the chair of the UCSC Art Department where she teaches in the intermedia and sculpture areas. </p> <p>Most recently she has been performing Exposed: Experiments in Love, Sex, Death and Art with her partner Annie Sprinkle. Together they are doing a seven-year performance art piece about love.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/37319-elizabeth-stephens-artists-and-political-expression">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36965-censorship-of-ron-paul-part-2 2008-06-12T09:30:49Z Ted Wansley <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R4QO7zXTljE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R4QO7zXTljE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36965-censorship-of-ron-paul-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41647" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Continuation of report on the establishment media&#39;s censorship of Ron Paul.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36965-censorship-of-ron-paul-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36964-censorship-of-ron-paul-part-1 2008-10-05T11:48:33Z Ted Wansley <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eXCkgz1Y-Bk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eXCkgz1Y-Bk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36964-censorship-of-ron-paul-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41645" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A report on the establishment media&#39;s censorship of Ron Paul.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36964-censorship-of-ron-paul-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36865-david-hajdu-censorship-in-the-comic-book-industry 2008-06-15T03:29:44Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nMYNpvoiBJw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nMYNpvoiBJw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36865-david-hajdu-censorship-in-the-comic-book-industry"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41524" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/03/21/David_Hajdu_Ten-Cent_Plague">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Author David Hajdu discusses 1950's-era self-censorship in the comic book industry.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>"The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America" with author David Hajdu.</p> <p>Comic books, not rock-and-roll, created the generation gap. (They also spawned juvenile delinquency, crime, sexual deviance, and things of such depravity that were we to name them, our note wouldn't get through your "adult content" filter.)</p> <p>Long before Elvis appeared on Ed Sullivan from the waist up, long before Jerry Lee Lewis married his cousin, long before James Dean yelled "you're tearing me apart," teachers, politicians, priests and parents were lining up across from comic book publishers, writers, artists, and children at bonfires and Senate hearings decrying the evil that was The Ten-Cent Plague.</p> <p>In what is the third in an informal trilogy about American popular culture at mid-century, Hajdu (Lush Life, Positively Fourth Street) radically revises common notions of popular culture, the generation gap, and the divide between "high" and "low" art - Cody's Books</p> <p>David Hajdu writes a monthly column for The New Republic on music and popular culture. He is a contributor to The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, and Vanity Fair. Mr. Hajdu was the general editor of Entertainment Weekly from 1990 to 1999, editor-at-large for the New York Times Magazine Group from 1985 to 1990, and the editor-in-chief at Video Review from 1980 to 1985.</p> <p>Mr. Hajdu is the author of Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn, published in 1996 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina, published in 2001 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. </p> <p>Both of his books were named finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Additionally, Mr. Hajdu has been published in the anthologies: O.K. You Mugs: Writers on Movie Actors and Best Music Writing 2000.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36865-david-hajdu-censorship-in-the-comic-book-industry">Watch the video</a>