http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/reporting 2008-11-21T12:26:59Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/63544-juarez-city-at-war 2008-11-21T12:26:59Z IronLungz <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FMdRfJTQvAk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FMdRfJTQvAk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/63544-juarez-city-at-war"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/79743" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>"Juarez, Mexico is currently one of the world's most dangerous places. </p> <p>This 4-minute documentary for Round 2 of the YouTube and Pulitzer Center "Project: Report" challenge takes a look at how Mexico's current war on cartels is affecting the lives of Juarez residents and the country as a whole."</p> <p>----------------</p> <p>BREAKING: Armando Rodriguez, crime reporter for the El Diario newspaper in Juarez, Mexico, was assassinated yesterday, November 13, 2008, in front of his daughter while preparing to take her to school. He leaves behind a wife and three children. He was 40 years old. Please see the follow news reportage for more information:</p> <p>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gHWLUm1UtoG95H7QyRg_-GiMC4HQD94EFIHO4</p> <p>----------------</p> <p>It appears the situation is deteriorating further. In the wake of Armando's death, another prominent journalist in Juarez, Jorge Luis Aguirre, received a death threat. He has fled to the US indefinitely:</p> <p>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2008/11/journalist-flee.html</p> <p>----------------</p> <p>Thanks to Juarez local band, 0P3R4D0R, for letting me sample their song, "Huella" for the intro sequence. They have a great sound born of the border, and I encourage anyone interested in this documentary to check them out here:</p> <p>http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=37857308</p> <p>---------</p> <p>Video filmed and edited by Torrey Meeks.</p> <p>http://www.torreymeeks.blogspot.com <br />http://www.myspace.com/torreymeeks</p> <p>---------</p> <p>Check out and vote on all the other Project: Report videos here. This challenge has brought out some stellar work:</p> <p>http://www.youtube.com/projectreport</p> </div> <a href="/blog/63544-juarez-city-at-war">Continue reading</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/58105-inside-iraq-reporting-on-iraq-17-oct-08-part-2 2008-10-21T04:51:08Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XF4K1ZXhacs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XF4K1ZXhacs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/58105-inside-iraq-reporting-on-iraq-17-oct-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/71025" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Critics say that the period between the 9/11 attacks and the invasion of Iraq represents one of the greatest collapses in the history of US media. They claim that the American media effectively galvanised the public opinion that led to the war. Six years on, questions are still being asked about whether the media has provided fair and objective reporting on the country. Inside Iraq discusses.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/58105-inside-iraq-reporting-on-iraq-17-oct-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53912-listening-post-north-korea-19-sep-08-part-1 2008-10-31T03:30:28Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jzOrqsiiGzQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jzOrqsiiGzQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53912-listening-post-north-korea-19-sep-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65428" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This episode of Listening Post looks at the propaganda and pitfalls of reporting on and from the closed world of Kim Jong Il's North Korea.</p> <p>For this week's News Divide, we peek behind the bamboo curtain and look into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. </p> <p>It has been described, by some commentators in the west, as a 'hermetically sealed' country, with no Western news bureaux. </p> <p>Few reporters get access into this secretive state, but we speak to Al Jazeera's Diplomatic Correspondent, Mark Seddon who has visited the country many times, to see what it is like to report from the hermit kingdom. </p> <p>The news coming out of Pyongyang is so restricted, that when their leader, Kim Jong Il, failed to turn up for the country's 60th birthday celebrations, the rumour mills went into overdrive with speculation about his ailing health. But where does the real story lie and how much truth is there coming out of the rumour mill? </p> <p>Plus in Plus in part two we report on the demise of the US newspaper industry.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53912-listening-post-north-korea-19-sep-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46921-mitchell-republican-meddling-in-obama-s-military 2008-10-28T21:29:56Z tpmtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wub1GvGJomY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wub1GvGJomY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46921-mitchell-republican-meddling-in-obama-s-military"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55473" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Andrea Mitchell, July 25, 2008</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46921-mitchell-republican-meddling-in-obama-s-military">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/45989-opinion-journalism-and-the-politics-of-language 2008-10-28T15:30:13Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HC3H8EuqH0k&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HC3H8EuqH0k&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45989-opinion-journalism-and-the-politics-of-language"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53341" 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>Talking Points Memo blogger Josh Marshall discusses the balance an opinion journalist must hold between political advocacy and informative reporting.</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>Josh Marshall is the publisher of Talking Points Memo, TPMmuckraker, TPM Election Central and TPMCafe. He also writes a weekly column for the Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill. His articles on politics and foreign affairs have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers across the United States as well as abroad, including the American Prospect, the Atlantic Monthly, the Boston Globe, the Financial Times, , the New Republic, the New Yorker, the New York Post, the New York Times, Salon, and Slate. Marshall graduated from Princeton in 1991 and holds a doctorate in American history from Brown. He lives in New York City with his wife Millet, their son Sam, and their dog Simon.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45989-opinion-journalism-and-the-politics-of-language">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40637-the-listening-post-31-may-08-part-1 2008-10-25T15:31:14Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kHHIdrIEIBg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kHHIdrIEIBg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40637-the-listening-post-31-may-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45836" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>This week on The Listening Post, we look at media news solely from the Far East. We examine the media fallout from cyclone Nargis that ravaged Myanmar -- the country formerly known as Burma -- nearly a month ago. </p> <p>In the first of two reports, The Listening Post's Simon Ostrovsky goes undercover to seek out a true picture of the devastation wrought in Myanmar by cyclone Nargis -- a truth carefully concealed and deliberately obfuscated by the ruling military junta.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40637-the-listening-post-31-may-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40312-roger-mudd-s-first-big-breaks 2008-10-26T09:30:48Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DvJSDycaWV0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DvJSDycaWV0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40312-roger-mudd-s-first-big-breaks"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45477" 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/2008/04/08/Roger_Mudd_Glory_Days_of_Television_News">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former CBS News correspondent Roger Mudd recounts his first "big breaks" as a television reporter in the early 1960s.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Journalist Roger Mudd discusses The Place to Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News.</p> <p>Mudd shares his experiences as a CBS reporter: the rivalries, the egos, the pride, the competition, the ambitions - the volatile mix from which the news thundered. He also critique broadcast news today, especially political coverage.</p> <p>Roger Mudd is an Emmy Award-winning U.S. television journalist and broadcaster, most recently as the primary anchor for The History Channel. Previously, Mudd was weekend and weekday substitute anchor of CBS Evening News, co-anchor of the weekday NBC Nightly News, and hosted NBC's Meet the Press, and NBC's American Almanac television newsmagazine.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40312-roger-mudd-s-first-big-breaks">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38127-myanmar-state-tv-s-cyclone-coverage-08-may-2008 2008-10-14T11:17:08Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G0L6g7imiXc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G0L6g7imiXc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38127-myanmar-state-tv-s-cyclone-coverage-08-may-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43071" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Myanmar is one of the world's most secretive nations, making it difficult to get information on what's really going on inside.</p> <p>Zeina Awad looks at how the country's own state media are censoring the aftermath of a devastating cyclone.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38127-myanmar-state-tv-s-cyclone-coverage-08-may-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32979-b-boys-busking-their-moves-hollywood-blvd 2008-11-22T12:38:25Z veejaytsunamix <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hLvijUBO7zE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hLvijUBO7zE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/32979-b-boys-busking-their-moves-hollywood-blvd"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/35940" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>B-Boys Busking Their Moves Hollywood Blvd VJ_Tsu Live Reporting</p> </div> <a href="/blog/32979-b-boys-busking-their-moves-hollywood-blvd">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27922-the-listening-post-rafah-border-breach-1-feb-08-part-2 2008-10-19T09:30:35Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s6nB2Kx3LO0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s6nB2Kx3LO0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/27922-the-listening-post-rafah-border-breach-1-feb-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30020" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>As Palestinians poured into Egypt, did the media miss its chance to examine the impact of walls on people and politics, opting instead to present it as a massive shopping spree? Plus creative opposition in Myanmar and reporting restrictions in Iran.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/27922-the-listening-post-rafah-border-breach-1-feb-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/27920-the-listening-post-rafah-border-breach-1-feb-08-part-1 2008-10-19T09:30:35Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/axXIhck1SiU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/axXIhck1SiU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/27920-the-listening-post-rafah-border-breach-1-feb-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30018" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>As Palestinians poured into Egypt, did the media miss its chance to examine the impact of walls on people and politics, opting instead to present it as a massive shopping spree? Plus creative opposition in Myanmar and reporting restrictions in Iran.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/27920-the-listening-post-rafah-border-breach-1-feb-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16170-riz-khan-what-is-really-going-on-in-iraq-16-october-07 2008-10-23T09:33:30Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hHNkmG9xGYU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hHNkmG9xGYU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16170-riz-khan-what-is-really-going-on-in-iraq-16-october-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/15938" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Riz speaks to journalists who have reported on the realities of daily life there.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16170-riz-khan-what-is-really-going-on-in-iraq-16-october-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/11672-hate-crimes-workshop-by-sacramento-police-department 2008-10-25T03:29:44Z LiberalViewer <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/omn6D5Emcgg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/omn6D5Emcgg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/11672-hate-crimes-workshop-by-sacramento-police-department"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/11781" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/11672-hate-crimes-workshop-by-sacramento-police-department">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9677-the-listening-post-reporting-gaza-s-chaos-13jul07-part-1 2008-10-26T03:29:24Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SU9c-qwohDc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SU9c-qwohDc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/9677-the-listening-post-reporting-gaza-s-chaos-13jul07-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/9822" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>We examine media reaction to BBC journalist Alan Johnston's release and its effect on conflict journalism.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/9677-the-listening-post-reporting-gaza-s-chaos-13jul07-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9676-the-listening-post-reporting-gaza-s-chaos-13jul07-part-2 2008-10-26T03:29:29Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KsQMkciZyZQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KsQMkciZyZQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/9676-the-listening-post-reporting-gaza-s-chaos-13jul07-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/9821" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>We examine media reaction to BBC journalist Alan Johnston's release and its effect on conflict journalism.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/9676-the-listening-post-reporting-gaza-s-chaos-13jul07-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6807-listening-post-venezuela-s-media-coup-01-jun-07-pt-1 2008-10-14T21:29:25Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jOR-0vQAPm4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jOR-0vQAPm4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/6807-listening-post-venezuela-s-media-coup-01-jun-07-pt-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6087" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The aftermath of a controversial reality show and the perils of reporting in Gaza.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/6807-listening-post-venezuela-s-media-coup-01-jun-07-pt-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6808-listening-post-venezuela-s-media-coup-01-jun-07-pt-2 2008-10-14T21:29:25Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FXrA_H65ZdM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FXrA_H65ZdM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/6808-listening-post-venezuela-s-media-coup-01-jun-07-pt-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6088" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The aftermath of a controversial reality show and the perils of reporting in Gaza</p> </div> <a href="/blog/6808-listening-post-venezuela-s-media-coup-01-jun-07-pt-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6729-the-listening-post-dutch-donor-hoax-08-jun-07-part-2 2008-10-14T21:29:48Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cvFfUL5QCRA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cvFfUL5QCRA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/6729-the-listening-post-dutch-donor-hoax-08-jun-07-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6009" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Listening Post looks at the great Dutch donor hoax and asks how far is reality TV prepared to go as well as looking at the perils of reporting in Gaza.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/6729-the-listening-post-dutch-donor-hoax-08-jun-07-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/4145-media-reform-a-critical-issue-of-our-times 2008-10-16T03:30:44Z COAnews <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" 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In the wake of unprecedented media consolidation, grassroots resistance to corporate control of our public airwaves and the internet has been growing. Robert W. 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