http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/media-ownership 2008-06-26T15:58:07Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27627-iowa-resident-blames-the-media 2008-06-26T15:58:07Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fMrZOsyzSO0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fMrZOsyzSO0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/27627-iowa-resident-blames-the-media"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/29693" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>more at <a href="http://theuptake.org">theuptake.org</a> <br />This Brandon, Iowa resident blames the media for making the news instead of covering the news. He believes they are skewing coverage toward Barack Obama because corporate media owners want him to be defeated by Republicans. Part of The UpTake's "Southern Fried Tour" leading up to Super Duper Tuesday.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/27627-iowa-resident-blames-the-media">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/25244-clear-channel-bush-s-propaganda-machine 2008-06-09T21:30:28Z freespeeeech <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8caxGSeKXlw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8caxGSeKXlw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/25244-clear-channel-bush-s-propaganda-machine"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/27280" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Find out how big Clear Channel communications is and who runs the CCC. Clear channel just started another WKKK radio station in Indiana Pennsyvania.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/25244-clear-channel-bush-s-propaganda-machine">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/21454-is-junk-media-making-you-sick 2008-06-10T03:31:44Z jgilliam <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ilNLeXefmNw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ilNLeXefmNw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/21454-is-junk-media-making-you-sick"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/21187" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Fantastic new video and campaign from our friends at <a href="http://www.freepress.net/">Free Press</a> and <a href="http://stopbigmedia.com/">StopBigMedia.com</a>:&nbsp;</p><blockquote><p class="body">FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is rushing through plans to remove decades-old media ownership protections. And he&#39;s trying to do it without public scrutiny. </p><p class="body">Senators Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.) have introduced groundbreaking bipartisan legislation that would hold the FCC accountable and put the people ahead of Big Media. </p><p class="body"><a href="http://action.freepress.net/campaign/ownership">Send a letter to your Senators and tell everyone you know</a>.<strong>&nbsp; </strong>Letters like this &mdash; millions of them &mdash; stopped media consolidation in 2003.</p></blockquote><p class="body">More from Josh Silver on the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-silver/junk-news-is-making-us-si_b_76686.html">Huffington Post</a>.&nbsp;</p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/21454-is-junk-media-making-you-sick">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16356-yes-the-media-can-get-even-worse 2008-06-15T15:31:53Z Garlin II <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fuOMG2RYR5c&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fuOMG2RYR5c&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16356-yes-the-media-can-get-even-worse"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16109" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/business/media/18broadcast.html?_r=1&amp;amp;n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Organizations/F/Federal%20Communications%20Commission&amp;amp;oref=slogin" title="FCC Chair wants to ease media ownership restrictions">FCC Chairman Kevin Martin&nbsp;give one media company the newspaper, the radio station, and the TV station in your hometown for Christmas</a>. FCC Commissioner Michael Copps would rather they get lumps of coal.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16356-yes-the-media-can-get-even-worse">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/4192-rupert-murdoch-and-the-news-corp-bid-for-dow-jones-cnbc 2008-06-08T03:31:07Z seeprogress <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_p4e6nx9ISY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_p4e6nx9ISY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/4192-rupert-murdoch-and-the-news-corp-bid-for-dow-jones-cnbc"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/3447" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Mark Lloyd joined CNBC to discuss NewsCorp's recent bid for the Dow Jones company, publisher of the Wall Street Journal.</p> <p>For more on diversity in the media please see: <br />http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/01/media_diversity.html</p> <p>www.AMERICANPROGRESS.org</p> </div> <a href="/blog/4192-rupert-murdoch-and-the-news-corp-bid-for-dow-jones-cnbc">Watch the video</a>