In the USA, more subtle means are used to stop aggressive reporting. Bill Moyers describes the pressure that came down on his PBS show NOW in the new issue of Broadcasting & Cable. He is asked about bias, responding: "We were biased, all right-in favor of uncovering the news that powerful people wanted to keep hidden."
In the past, we know that low-powered radio stations in the US were shut down by the FCC until the agency changed its mind on the issue. We also know that our government runs TV stations to put out propaganda packaged as news. BBC has just launched an Arabic service with British government funds to compete with Al Jazeera.
The time has come for the world media to denounce threats and actions by governments and media companies who squelch truth-telling. Truth is often a casualty of war and that's why we need the Mediachannel's "Tell The Truth About The War Campaign."
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/1555
Please respond to this simple appeal posed by a journalist at Al Jazeera who with his colleagues has had to face down threats, incitement, putdowns, and indifference. Yousef Al-Shouly says powerfully.
"My colleagues and I need your support. So do Tayseer, Sami, Tareq, and Rashid's kids - we want to know the truth. Simply because we are men and women who bring you the news."
Danny Schechter is "blogger-in-chief" of Mediachannel.org. His new books "The Death of Media" and "When News Lies" explore media complicity in the Iraq War. See: http:www.newsdissector.org/store.htm Comments to dissector@mediachannel.org
In the past, we know that low-powered radio stations in the US were shut down by the FCC until the agency changed its mind on the issue. We also know that our government runs TV stations to put out propaganda packaged as news. BBC has just launched an Arabic service with British government funds to compete with Al Jazeera.
The time has come for the world media to denounce threats and actions by governments and media companies who squelch truth-telling. Truth is often a casualty of war and that's why we need the Mediachannel's "Tell The Truth About The War Campaign."
http://mediachannel.org/blog/node/1555
"My colleagues and I need your support. So do Tayseer, Sami, Tareq, and Rashid's kids - we want to know the truth. Simply because we are men and women who bring you the news."
Danny Schechter is "blogger-in-chief" of Mediachannel.org. His new books "The Death of Media" and "When News Lies" explore media complicity in the Iraq War. See: http:www.newsdissector.org/store.htm Comments to dissector@mediachannel.org
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