Tag Archives: media reform

Copps: “We Have Wreaked Untold Havoc On The Media Environment”

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Trish Nelson

  Highlights: “..Finally we developed a strategy for the deployment of broadband around the country. This is the most opportunity-creating technology perhaps in the history of humankind.   It is going to be something that helps us address every problem that … Continue reading →

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Why Not Occupy The Corporate Media?

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Trish Nelson

As long as you’re out there, OWS, why not throw corporate media into the mix? As soon as you’re done with Wells Fargo and Bank of America, why not head over to General Electric, Walt Disney, News Corp., Time Warner, … Continue reading →

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Observations on the Media in Iowa: A Brief History of Consolidation

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Dave Bradley

by Dave Bradley When we left last week, I had asked that you read the Lewis Powell memo that became the catalyst for the right wing (or as Paul Krugman refers to them – the movement conservatives) to begin a … Continue reading →

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Our Second Priority: Media Reform

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Trish Nelson

   If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it, is there sound? If 300,000 war protesters march on Washington and no one sees it on TV, is there an anti-war movement? As … Continue reading →

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