http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/media-bias 2009-01-08T00:55:21Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/65281-fox-news-mccarthyesque-witch-hunt-against-obama 2009-01-08T00:55:21Z newshounds <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jAQOSu87HI8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jAQOSu87HI8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/65281-fox-news-mccarthyesque-witch-hunt-against-obama"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/83371" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>In this compilation of moments from Hannity &amp; Colmes and On the Record, one guest after another implied or insinuated or suggested without any real evidence that somehow Barack Obama is guilty of something with regard to disgraced Governor Rod Blagojevich. Hannity was chief smear-monger and &quot;liberal&quot; Van Susteren was first mate to her smearing guest.</p><p>The witch hunt continued on Fox and Friends, where Michelle Malkin and Brian Kilmeade desperately tried to link Obama and Blagojevich.&nbsp; As <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/11/malkin-fitzgerald/">Think Progress points out</a>, however, Obama may have &quot;indirectly contributed to the downfall&quot; of Blagojevich. </p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/65281-fox-news-mccarthyesque-witch-hunt-against-obama">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53855-hannity-spoonfeeds-palin-gop-talking-points 2008-11-01T03:32:23Z newshounds <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UoCkbZmP6bo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UoCkbZmP6bo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53855-hannity-spoonfeeds-palin-gop-talking-points"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65355" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Sean Hannity made a pretense of probing into some of the many controversies involving Sarah Palin. But his &quot;questions&quot; were posed in such a way as to steer her into a safe haven of polished spin, replete with distortions and contradictions -- <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/18/palin-misrepresents/">especially regarding the Bridge to Nowhere</a> -- served up as Truth to FOX News viewers. </p> </div> <a href="/blog/53855-hannity-spoonfeeds-palin-gop-talking-points">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52718-introducing-amy-goodman 2008-11-03T08:23:09Z jschlei <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6YR6AiWHbLI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6YR6AiWHbLI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52718-introducing-amy-goodman"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63948" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! tells the story of the Iraq War from more than the government's point of view.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52718-introducing-amy-goodman">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52696-the-new-yorker-magazine-cover-has-obamas-as-terrorists 2009-01-05T02:30:51Z ReelBusy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MgKv9BPhAok&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MgKv9BPhAok&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52696-the-new-yorker-magazine-cover-has-obamas-as-terrorists"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63921" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>What THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE forgot when it published the Obamas as Terrorists cover....</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52696-the-new-yorker-magazine-cover-has-obamas-as-terrorists">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52517-hannity-feigns-innocence-over-obama-muslim-smea 2008-10-31T09:31:34Z newshounds <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RdaxYNG_UeA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RdaxYNG_UeA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52517-hannity-feigns-innocence-over-obama-muslim-smea"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63717" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Champion hypocrite Sean Hannity hypes the Obama-is-a-Muslim smear while attacking Obama for accusing Republicans and FOX News for perpetuating it. Hannity "forgot" that he and FOX News were major sources of the rumors. More at www.newshounds.us.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52517-hannity-feigns-innocence-over-obama-muslim-smea">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52451-hannity-brags-he-never-questions-anyone-s-patriotism 2008-10-31T09:31:34Z newshounds <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RK1OXCgfpOU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RK1OXCgfpOU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52451-hannity-brags-he-never-questions-anyone-s-patriotism"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63631" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Then moments later, he suggests the Obamas don't love their country. From the 9/8/08 Hannity & Colmes.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/52451-hannity-brags-he-never-questions-anyone-s-patriotism">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51989-brave-new-milestone-the-real-mccain-2-hits-4-millions-views 2008-10-30T09:35:49Z ZP Heller <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xukp-Ogd5u0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Xukp-Ogd5u0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51989-brave-new-milestone-the-real-mccain-2-hits-4-millions-views"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63079" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p><a href="../../blog/39179-mccain-s-youtube-problem-just-became-a-nightmare"><em>The Real McCain 2</em></a> reached a whopping 4 million views late last week, an unprecented number for a Brave New Films short video.&nbsp; Immediately after this video was released in late May, it became a viral sensation as people spread it far and wide to friends, coworkers, blogs, and news sites.&nbsp; Within a week, over a million people saw it.&nbsp; And as the mainstream media&#39;s overt bias toward McCain continued, the public went out of its way in search of alternative sources that offered the truth about the so-called Maverick.&nbsp; </p><p>The fact that our Brave New Milestone came on the heels of the Republican National Convention speaks volumes. Rather than listen to the GOP&#39;s tedious rhetoric that was <a href="http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/factchecking_mccain.html">riddled with lies</a>, or to the media&#39;s obsequious praise for Sarah Palin, more and more people tuned into <em>The Real McCain 2</em>.&nbsp; 4 million is particularly significant because it signals to the corporate media that what people want to see with less than two months until the election is hard-hitting, objective coverage of the McCain campaign.&nbsp; And this is something that is crucial now, since the press is just beginning to <a href="http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/03/is_the_mccainmedia_love_affair/">question its love for McCain</a> after being roundly criticized by the campaign last week. </p><p>So keep sending this video around.&nbsp; <a href="https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/552/p/10040/bravenewpac">Keep donating</a> to the Brave New PAC so that we can continue creating our Real McCain series.&nbsp; And for further proof of the media&#39;s biased election coverage, check out <a href="http://meetthebloggers.org/">last Friday&#39;s <em>Meet the Bloggers</em></a> with guest host Henry Rollins. &nbsp; </p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/51989-brave-new-milestone-the-real-mccain-2-hits-4-millions-views">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51933-sarah-palin-media-victim-or-campaign-weapon 2008-10-22T14:50:16Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3-Q68R3PIlg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3-Q68R3PIlg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51933-sarah-palin-media-victim-or-campaign-weapon"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63011" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>(September 4, 2008) The Republican National Convention became the coming out party for Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as John McCain's vice presidential nominee. A storm of worldwide negative media coverage scrutinizing every controversial detail of her life at times felt like a soap opera. Now, as the media are portrayed as the bad guys, many speculate it was all a part of McCain's grand campaign strategy.</p> <p>SOURCES: Al Jazeera, Qatar; Press TV, Iran; Tele 13, Chile; TV5, France; BBC, U.K.; FOX News; U.S.; San Francisco Chronicle, U.S.; New York Times, U.S.; The Huffington Post, U.S.; NBC, U.S.</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/51933-sarah-palin-media-victim-or-campaign-weapon">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51878-palin-and-gop-attack-media-a-look-at-the-playbook 2008-10-30T03:30:51Z thedailyphosdex <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v24ULd4yT94&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v24ULd4yT94&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51878-palin-and-gop-attack-media-a-look-at-the-playbook"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/62946" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Josh Silver, writing for <em><strong>The Huffington Post</strong></em>, reveals the playbook of the GOP and their droogs in the Mainstream Media on how they hope to guarantee victory for the McCain/Palin ticket at any cost&mdash;and how Right-Thinking Americans can fight such &quot;over-the-top&quot; excesses of sensationalism with the occasional appeal to emotion:</p><blockquote><p>Wednesday night&#39;s Republican convention was another page out of the GOP/Karl Rove playbook that has brought them victory for decades. Here&#39;s an excerpt: </p><p>1) Don&#39;t talk about your party&#39;s disastrous policies and the results: our failing economy, declining national security and domestic infrastructure. Instead, focus on the &quot;toughness&quot; and &quot;character&quot; of your nominee, and the heartwarming personal story of your VP. Be sure to include lots of visuals of your families, especially cute kids.</p><p>2) Present yourself as outsiders who are running to clean up Washington and get rid of corruption. Don&#39;t ever mention that the unprecedented level of corruption and corporate profiteering has actually been brought by your own party, whose leaders&#39; policies you are embracing.</p></blockquote>More after the flip.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/51878-palin-and-gop-attack-media-a-look-at-the-playbook">Continue reading</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51794-fox-news-pundits-overlook-palin-s-lies 2008-10-31T03:31:34Z newshounds <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SNhWEgNrIks&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SNhWEgNrIks&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51794-fox-news-pundits-overlook-palin-s-lies"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/62851" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>FOX News pundits, Democrats, conservatives and moderates alike gushed over Sarah Palin&#39;s convention speech without noting that she told a passel of lies, that she&#39;s involved in a corruption scandal, that she has radical viewpoints out of step with mainstream America and that she has a radical pastor to rival Jeremiah Wright. </p><p>And while the National Enquirer was a hero when it exposed John Edwards&#39; affair, nobody mentioned that it is now reporting about an extramarital affair between Palin and her husband&#39;s business partner. </p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/51794-fox-news-pundits-overlook-palin-s-lies">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51190-morris-overlooks-corruption-allegations-against-palin 2008-10-30T21:31:40Z newshounds <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m2cD1gEfHic&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m2cD1gEfHic&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51190-morris-overlooks-corruption-allegations-against-palin"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/62157" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Dick Morris crowed about Sarah Palin's ethics but "forgot" to mention the corruption investigation into her role in the firing of a state trooper who was in the midst of a custody battle with Palin's sister. www.newshounds.us</p> </div> <a href="/blog/51190-morris-overlooks-corruption-allegations-against-palin">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51086--fair-and-balanced-teaser-on-fox-news 2008-10-30T21:30:54Z newshounds <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Egwprq5-cNQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Egwprq5-cNQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51086--fair-and-balanced-teaser-on-fox-news"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/62031" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>From the 8/29/08 Hannity & Colmes.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/51086--fair-and-balanced-teaser-on-fox-news">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50957-sean-hannity-s-bigoted-double-standard-couldn-t-be-plainer 2008-11-03T00:01:13Z newshounds <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/471DpACUETE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/471DpACUETE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50957-sean-hannity-s-bigoted-double-standard-couldn-t-be-plainer"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61872" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Any doubts that Sean Hannity has a bigoted double standard would have to disappear after watching this Hannity & Colmes segment where Hannity repeatedly accuses Barack Obama of playing the race card yet does not mind when his guest says that most blacks in Tennessee are racists living in the 50's and 60's. From the 8/6/08 Hannity & Colmes.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50957-sean-hannity-s-bigoted-double-standard-couldn-t-be-plainer">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50948-fox-news-uses-russia-georgia-conflict-to-attack-obama 2008-10-29T21:30:25Z newshounds <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sdogz4gxvEY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sdogz4gxvEY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50948-fox-news-uses-russia-georgia-conflict-to-attack-obama"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61863" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>When confronted with evidence of its bias, FOX News will usually point to its supposed line between news and editorial and declare that its commentators such as Sean Hannity have opinions but that the news is reported objectively. Here's another example disproving that claim. From the 8/11/08 Hannity & Colmes.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50948-fox-news-uses-russia-georgia-conflict-to-attack-obama">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50944-discredited-corsi-gets-favorable-platform-on-fox-news-again 2008-10-29T21:31:13Z newshounds <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ixfL9UJkLXU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ixfL9UJkLXU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50944-discredited-corsi-gets-favorable-platform-on-fox-news-again"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61859" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Discredited author Jerome Corsi got two segments to himself, without any opposing guest, to spread his racially-tinged accusations at Barack Obama. This, despite the fact that Corsi has a long record of bigoted remarks and that many falsehoods have been exposed in his books. From the 8/12/08 Hannity & Colmes.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50944-discredited-corsi-gets-favorable-platform-on-fox-news-again">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50941-fox-news-runs-false-banners-about-obama-speech-tickets 2008-10-30T03:30:04Z newshounds <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZG0GErT4xVw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZG0GErT4xVw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50941-fox-news-runs-false-banners-about-obama-speech-tickets"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61856" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Despite reporting otherwise in the introduction, FOX News ran a series of banners on the lower third of the screen suggesting that the Obama campaign requires volunteer work to attend his convention speech. From the 8/13/08 Hannity & Colmes.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50941-fox-news-runs-false-banners-about-obama-speech-tickets">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50939-fox-news-extra-fair-to-corsi 2008-10-30T03:31:10Z newshounds <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QMkuBKeRUCQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QMkuBKeRUCQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50939-fox-news-extra-fair-to-corsi"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61854" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Discredited author Jerome Corsi has gotten several segments on Hannity & Colmes to discuss his book attacking Barack Obama. But a discussion about Obama's push-back and rebuttal to the book got one segment in which the Obama-supporter shared the time with a book-defender. For good measure, the crawl along the bottom of the screen gave Corsi's view an extra plug by suggesting that Obama is a Muslim who later belonged to a radical black church. From the 8/14/08 Hannity & Colmes.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50939-fox-news-extra-fair-to-corsi">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50932-colmes-and-beckel-get-it-exactly-right 2008-10-30T09:31:36Z newshounds <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/76foO3Gqx-M&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/76foO3Gqx-M&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50932-colmes-and-beckel-get-it-exactly-right"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61847" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Rather than playing the usual Democratic defense, Alan Colmes and Bob Beckel went on offense and challenged the conservative agenda at work against Barack Obama. From the 8/19/08 Hannity & Colmes.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50932-colmes-and-beckel-get-it-exactly-right">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50924-hannity-co-again-accuse-obama-of-supporting-infanticide 2008-12-30T12:47:31Z newshounds <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/J8ZyNEJK0Sw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/J8ZyNEJK0Sw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50924-hannity-co-again-accuse-obama-of-supporting-infanticide"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61839" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>For the fourth night in a row, Sean Hannity and his conservative cohorts made recklessly false and malicious accusations that Barack Obama supports infanticide. From the 8/21/08 Hannity & Colmes.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50924-hannity-co-again-accuse-obama-of-supporting-infanticide">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50909-brit-hume-gratuitously-uses-obama-s-middle-name 2008-10-30T21:30:26Z newshounds <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nFoLcqmRFdM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nFoLcqmRFdM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50909-brit-hume-gratuitously-uses-obama-s-middle-name"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61824" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>From a special America's Election HQ, following Obama's convention speech on 8/28/08.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50909-brit-hume-gratuitously-uses-obama-s-middle-name">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46856-global-pulse-07-24-08-mccain-who 2008-10-30T03:30:11Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jm3RiJ_xLPM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jm3RiJ_xLPM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46856-global-pulse-07-24-08-mccain-who"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55377" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>(July 24, 2008) Barack Obama toured the Middle East and Europe on a fact finding voyage surrounded by world and domestic media. While every step Obama took was documented and scrutinized worldwide, is anyone covering John McCain?</p> <p>SOURCES: CNN, U.S., Al Jazeera English, Qatar; The Media Line, Israel; BBC, U.K.; Deutsche Welle, Germany; Asia Today, China; JohnMcCain.com, U.S.; The Daily Show with John Stewart, U.S.</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/46856-global-pulse-07-24-08-mccain-who">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46402-missing-white-women-syndrome-media-bias 2008-10-15T18:46:59Z Brian Beach <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L6jiblDQpYs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L6jiblDQpYs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46402-missing-white-women-syndrome-media-bias"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/54594" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>When I first started working on YouTube videos, I was previously editing for Wikipedia.</p> <p>One of the articles I was working on was called Missing White Women Syndrome. A focus on why the media has an obsession with missing white women. By which, the mainstream media cover women who are upper middle class, pretty, coming from sturdy backgrounds and did I have to mention that they are white. </p> <p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_white_woman_syndrome</p> <p>Thanks for viewing and post comments at the bottom. Ratings are enabled.</p> <p>Determining the standards of the American media is "undefined"! The public generally thinks the news media has a political bias. Whether its either CBS, NPR, Fox News, or Wall Street Journal, the news media has officially sunk standards to new lows. And one in particular is the controversial coverage of missing people and inappropriate relationships.</p> <p>As many probably recognize is that the media has eventually a missing person case. It happens when a family member urges the mainstream media to cover a loved one.</p> <p>In 2005, Natalie Holloway, an Alabama high school senior who traveled to Aruba became the lightening rod of what some in the media claim an "over saturation" of coverage. And the people are noticing the issue. The media barely covered two missing moms! A Spartanburg mom by the name of Tamika Huston and Philadelphia mom by the name of LaToyia Figueroa were two prime examples. A national outpouring of supporters urge the media to push for the missing moms! The media did cover it and unfortunately they were murdered during our outcry for media attention.</p> <p>CNN's Anderson Cooper once said that if there's any hard evidence that might lead into breaking a news story, then CNN will cover it. Its sister network Headline News is one of the primary suspects of how the media covers missing people. Nancy Grace, a former prosecutor who hosts a talk show is primarily an example. Others who are in this profile include: Greta Van Susteren and Geraldo Rivera of Fox News. These pundits are the leading voices of how the media sunk to new lows in covering missing people.</p> <p>Soft news stories are usually involved when the media avoids covering major hard news stories. Missing people stories that the producers of a program think are relevant get major air time. They need a back story, a pretty face and a villain: and there you have it! Your major story! Now for all the missing and murdered victims out there, I want to send my prayers and condolences to all the families and friends of that loved one. <br /> <br />In sense, I want you to know that I have no racial bias to the issue! I believe that each missing person is a victim. I believe the media is a tool in helping find a missing loved one. And in no way, I wish death on any missing one. I promise that I will do all I can to help, but I rarely rely on the media in my quest to find someone. I think it's essential not to jump to conclusions when covering a missing person story. </p> <p>As a bonus I will also cover Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly gets the wrath of an angry "mom" (grandmother) on live television! Caylee Anthony's grandmother Cindy lays one into Kelly over her rush to judgment. And of course, Fox News is upset and exploiting it to the fullest. My prayers go to the mother Cassie and the grandmother Cindy Anthony.</p> <p>To the family of Marilyn Renee "Niqui" McCown: It's been over seven years and Niqui McCown is still missing and not one mention other than local news media in my hometown of Dayton, Ohio. I need help in urging the media to cover her disappearance.</p> <p>Before I end the comments I want to say thanks to Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia, Derrica Wilson of Missing and Black (http://blackandmissinginc.com), National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (http://missingkids.com) and the National Center for Missing Adults (http://theyaremissing.org). Thanks for the inspiration.</p> <p>Take a stand against the corporate owned media and turn that television off. Don't let the media play on your emotions, your thoughts, your judgment, and your vote.</p> <p>This is a video response to my first video "Missing White Woman Syndrome - My personal take on the issue" was featured on second profile at (http://youtube.com/MrBrianBeach).</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46402-missing-white-women-syndrome-media-bias">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46003-on-writing-about-africa-charlayne-hunter-gault 2008-10-28T15:30:22Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_2Bzcjbk5vU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_2Bzcjbk5vU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46003-on-writing-about-africa-charlayne-hunter-gault"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53361" 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/2007/11/07/Solutions_The_Future_Political_Landscape">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault criticizes racist and sensationalist reporting on Africa.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>On the 60th anniversary of Orwell's Politics and the English Language, George Orwell described political speech as consisting "largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness." Some six decades later, many symptoms of manipulation and propaganda diagnosed by Orwell persist on the American political landscape, along with new disinformation techniques enabled by modern technology.</p> <p>Historians, scientists, philosophers, linguists, cognitive experts, journalists, image-makers, and public figures will debate in three separate sessions the current state of political discourse - and journalism's response to it - on the dawn of a bitterly contested presidential campaign - NYPL</p> <p>Charlayne Hunter-Gault is a journalist, having worked with CNN, NPR, and PBS. She was the first African American woman admitted to or graduated from the University of Georgia. She is also the author of the autobiography In My Place, which reflects on African American life in the 1940s and 50s and the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s. Charlayne Hunter-Gault recently left her post as CNN's Johannesburg bureau chief and correspondent, which she had held since 1999, to pursue independent projects. Before joining CNN, she worked from Johannesburg as the chief correspondent in Africa for NPR from 1997 to 1999.</p> <p>Hunter-Gault was the chief national correspondent for the Newshour with Jim Lehrer on PBS from 1983 to 1997. She had joined the MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1978 as a correspondent. In 1989, she was also the correspondent for MacNeil/Lehrer Productions' five-part series, "Learning in America." During her tenure at the NewsHour, she won two Emmys and a Peabody for excellence in broadcast journalism for her work on the series "Apartheid's People." She also received the 1986 Journalist of the Year Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46003-on-writing-about-africa-charlayne-hunter-gault">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45662-why-biased-media-coverage-matters-ask-the-expert 2008-12-01T14:51:15Z seeprogress <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R80YF_5oqoo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R80YF_5oqoo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45662-why-biased-media-coverage-matters-ask-the-expert"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52902" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/06/world_without_workers.html</p> <p>How does the media portray economic issues? Why does biased media coverage matter? And what would fair and balanced coverage of the economy look like? David Madland of the Center for American Progress offers some answers in the latest installment of CAP's ASK THE EXPERT series.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45662-why-biased-media-coverage-matters-ask-the-expert">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/41359-live-from-main-street-clip-3 2008-10-29T09:31:44Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v2KqC2Qv6-M&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v2KqC2Qv6-M&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/41359-live-from-main-street-clip-3"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46627" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>What Stands Between the Public and a True Story?</p> <p>What does it take to get heard in the era of big media and diminished civil liberties? Join us as we talk with journalists, national leaders and Minneapolis locals and explore how everyday people are confronting these challenges and working to get the truth out far and wide.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/41359-live-from-main-street-clip-3">Watch the video</a>