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March 09, 2006
TAKE ACTION: DEMAND BETTER IRAQ WAR COVERAGE
Join United For Peace & Justice, MediaChannel.org and tens of thousands of Americans in calling on U.S. media outlets to do a better job of reporting on the war in Iraq and the anti-war movement protests against it.
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MEDIACHANNEL, UFPJ AND PARTNERS CALL FOR NATIONAL MEDIA ACTION
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'MONITOR' LAUNCHES NEW TV CAMPAIGN FOR JILL CARROLL RELEASE
The Christian Science Monitor has launched a campaign on Iraqi television stations, hoping to win the release of reporter Jill Carroll who was kidnapped in Iraq two months ago.
Associated Press
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/3636
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AT&T's $67 billion merger with BellSouth could enable those who control the information pipes to also control the information.
By Timothy Karr, AlterNet
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/3631
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HOUSE PANEL OKS NATIONAL CABLE FRANCHISE
In a setback for cable, key House lawmakers Wednesday night agreed in principle to award a national cable franchise to phone companies and to subject cable operators to continued local franchising requirements until phone rivals have reached 15% local-video-market penetration, industry and Capitol Hill aides said Thursday morning.
By Ted Hearn, MultiChannel News
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/3628
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THREE RENOWNED CHINESE BLOGS BLOCKED
Three renowned Chinese bloggers are blocked by their BSPs, including one of the most popular bloggers in the country. Apparently, this blockage is not done by the government but by the personnels in the Blog Service Providers who consider the three blogs offending and dangerous.
By Frank Dai, Global Voices
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/3630
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American technology firms are taking heat from the public and Congress for helping China's government police the Internet. But this controversy extends well beyond China and the so-called Internet Gang of Four: Google, Yahoo, Cisco and Microsoft.
By Xeni Jardin, NY Times
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/3626
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The battle for Internet freedom will not end with China.
By Mark Jurkowitz, The Phoenix
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/3635
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SPITZER ALLEGES PAYOLA IN LAWSUIT
The nation's fourth-largest radio company, Entercom Communications Corp., traded airtime for gifts and payments in a payola scam that included formalized programs to sell airplay to record labels, according to a suit filed Wednesday by New York Atty. Gen. Eliot Spitzer.
By Charles Duhigg, LA Times
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/3634
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ARMY WIPES ITS FEET ON PAT TILLMAN
The news of a fourth investigation into the former NFL star's death in Afghanistan is a clear rebuke for the Army.
By Robert Scheer, Truthdig (via AlterNet)
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/3632
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Ironies abound in how the Bush administration handles classified information. It has set an all-time record for classifying information, yet has been willing to leak classified information to serve its own purposes. But when opponents within the administration do the same, the administration cries foul.
Editorial, Sacramento Bee
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/3629
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Former circulation executive admits guilt in secret deal to mail fraud and income tax evasion charges.
By Robert E. Kessler, Newsday
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/3637
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ARE PAPERS ABOUT TO LAND OR TAKE OFF?
The fate of Knight Ridder newspapers, the nation's second-largest newspaper chain, could be determined any day — and with it, the future of what has come to be known as the mainstream media could become clearer.
By Katharine Q. Seelye and Andrew Ross Sorkin, NY Times
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/3627
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RATHER: JOURNALISM NEEDS NEW SPINE
TV newsman Dan Rather, who stepped down as CBS anchorman in the wake of a discredited report, on Wednesday night said the press "ought to be doing a better job."
By Jim Walsh, Courier-Post
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/3633
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