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PR Watch Has Its Eyes Open
Ten years ago John Stauber decided to take on the media arm of corporate America: the public relations... more
November 17, 2003
COVER STORY
Features
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Winning the War of Ideas
If the triumph of the New Right could be blamed on one person, that villain might be Austrian... more
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The Candidates on the Media
Perhaps it’s surprising that most Democratic candidates are now speaking out on media ownership and deregulation of... more
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Seize the Moment
Many progressive Americans sense that we are at a watershed moment in our relationship to the mainstream media.... more
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WW3 Illustrated
The startling cinematic success of American Splendor—an indie film uniquely merging the real-story-behind-the-film-story with the comic drawings... more
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Supporting Young Thinkers
Right-wing foundations understand how to create dedicated ideologues. They target budding freshmen conservatives from their move-in day and... more
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Cracking the Media Walls
The major news outlets are like walls with cracks. The confining structures of big media loom large every... more
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No Brass Check Journalists
Upton Sinclair self-published a book called The Brass Check in 1919, 13 years after The Jungle. The brass check was... more
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Profile: Media Education Foundation
Sut Jhally believes the left faces two basic tasks: “The first is to understand and analyze the world... more
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From the Screen to the Streets
It has taken 10 years of talk about “new media” for a critical mass to understand that every computer... more
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A Language for Change
When Ronald Reagan accepted the Republican presidential nomination in 1980, he called for “a new consensus with all those... more
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Lessons from the Idiot Box
With its talking turd and adolescent T&A it’s easy to dismiss Comedy Central as a joke.... more
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Profile: Prometheus Radio Project
Despite an early victory, the court battle between the Federal Communications Commission and media reform advocates, the staff... more
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Media Forecast is Hazy
It’s bad weather in the communications industry, and not just for progressive media makers. These days, most... more
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Knowing What’s Nice
Author’s note: I’m working on a novel, If God Were Alive Today, about a fictitious man,... more
News
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Carry It Forward
Wellstone’s legacy lives on
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Killer Candidate
Ex-general threatens Guatemalan election
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White-Collar Blues
Professional jobs shifting overseas
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Teaching Commercialism
Remember the field trips you took in elementary school—maybe to the fire department, a farm, a radio... more
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Making it Official
Same-sex couples win registry rights in Cook County
culture
Columnists
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Creating Better Choices
Progressives have ideas about what a media strategy should be, but little collective agreement.
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Racial Bias Still Haunts Media
A study of Time and Newsweek stories found that the term “young black males” was synonymous with the word criminal.
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Sympathy for the Devil
I find myself frustrated with those who seem to be enjoying the spectacle of Rush Limbaugh’s decline.
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