Independent media is almost a household name these days. But in 1986 when Fairness And Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) launched most people hadn't heard of anything like it. So what's changed in the last two decades? Has the stranglehold of corporate media been loosened? Today, pioneers in the field, Janine Jackson, Program Director of FAIR and co-host of CounterSpin, Steve Rendall, Senior Analyst at FAIR and, Jeff Cohen, director of the Park Center for Independent Media and the author of Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media
What does net neutrality have to do with indy media? A report from free press on saving the internet.
Melvin van Peebles was fighting for self determination in the media back in the 1960s and 1970s. Now he's out with a new graphic novel, Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
Finally, Tania James, author of Atlas of Unknowns
Thanks to the Palestine Education Project and the Women's Refugee Commission for video in tonight's show.
I enjoyed the FAIR section of the show and commented today. I was surprised to learn so much about Melvin Van Peebles, what a wit. Thanks Laura and staff for what you do!! Keep it up and others that read this and have not yet donated – donate anything, as much as you can! Let freedom ring after all it is our media.
By bsmiley on August 14th, 2009 at 3:22 pm