MSNBC Cans Donahue
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
MSNBC has abruptly cancelled the Phil Donahue show.
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US Radio Station Alter Playlists for War on Iraq
Submitted by John Stauber on
"After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, listeners denounced
many radio stations for playing songs insensitive to a
nation in mourning. Now, program directors are planning to
adjust their playlists if the United States goes to war
with Iraq. Expect to hear more patriotic tunes, and songs that appear right for the moment. ... Music stations will also increase their news reports if war
breaks out. Because radio has become so segmented in the
last 15 years, news had vanished from many music stations.
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TV Networks Censor Anti-War Ads
Submitted by John Stauber on
"The political battle over the Bush administration's planned war in Iraq is filtering down to impact the U.S. media and advertising industry. A growing number of groups opposed to the war allege cable networks are censoring citizens' political views by refusing to accept placements of their anti-war TV ads. Some peace groups are thwarting the networks' rejection by buying local time in major cities for the same anti-war ads.
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Media Questioned Over War Protest Coverage
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
"Did the media stumble on Iraq, downplaying opposition to war with Saddam Hussein until the USA's recent confrontation with Germany and France in the United Nations and worldwide protests gave them no choice?" asks Peter Johnson. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman writes, "For months both major U.S. cable news networks have acted as if the decision to invade Iraq has already been made, and have in effect seen it as their job to prepare the American public for the coming war."
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U.S. Public Turns to Europe for News
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
The threat of war in Iraq is driving increasing numbers of Americans to international news websites in search of the broader picture.
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Bogus "Consumer Group" Stripped of Domain Names
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
The Center for Consumer Freedom, a front group for the restaurant, alcohol and tobacco industries, has been forced to give up the domain names of two web sites used to attack the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), in what CSPI called an "Orwellian" effort to create confusion among Internet users looking for CSPI's websites.
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Protests Move the Media
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
A new survey by Editor & Publisher magazine shows that "the growing rift at the United Nations and massive antiwar demonstrations around the globe appear to have had an impact. E&P now finds that a majority of top papers oppose any attack on Iraq without broad international support." Previous surveys in January also opposed President Bush's desire for a quick invasion, but pro-war editorials surged immediately following Colin Powell's presentation to the U.N. in early February.
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Disappeared in Latin America
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
Where's the money in Argentina? What does U.S. oil cost in Colombia? The Resource Center of the Americas has prepared a list of 10 "important stories about Latin America that major news media distorted or ignored in 2002."
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Their Master's Voice
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
"You have got to admit that Rupert Murdoch is one canny press tycoon because he has an unerring ability to choose editors across the world who think just like him," writes Roy Greenslade. "How else can we explain the extraordinary unity of thought in his newspaper empire about the need to make war on Iraq?" Murdoch publishes 40 million papers a week and dominates the newspaper markets in Britain, Australia and New Zealand, and none "has dared to croon the anti-war tune.
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Spin Caught in Web Trap
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
"When Allied forces were last on their way to the Gulf in 1991, the Internet was little more than a gaggle of bearded academics swapping information on their latest computer programs," reports Owen Gibson. Today, however, the web "is opening up a world of different perspectives and viewpoints. ...
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