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Top censored stories of 2004
January 6, 2005Project Censored 2005 – Top 25 Censored Stories #1: Wealth Inequality in 21st Century Threatens Economy and Democracy #2: Ashcroft vs. the Human Rights Law that Holds Corporations Accountable #3: Bush Administration Censors Science #4: High Levels of Uranium Found in Troops and Civilians #5: The Wholesale Giveaway of Our Natural Resources #6: The Sale [...]
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FCC rules changes remain in limbo
January 6, 2005Free Press News : FCC media rules remain in limbo Consumer activists, backed by smaller and independent media concerns, challenged the rules and won. A federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled in June 2004 that the FCC had failed to justify its overhaul of the media regulations. It ordered the agency to reconsider the rules, [...]
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Podcasting vs. Clear Channel
January 3, 2005Podcasting is DIY radio for programmers and listeners alike. Will it save us from corporate radio? Or further isolate us inside our own miniature media worlds? BY DAN KENNEDY. The Boston Phoenix, January 3, 2005. Thanks to MediaCitizen
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Regret the error is BOTM for 1/2005
January 2, 2005Regret The Error Here’s the first BOTM for 2005: Regret The Error. this site “reports on corrections, retractions, clarifications, and trends regarding accuracy and honesty in North American media.”
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BBC radio on Open Access
January 2, 2005BBC – Radio 4 – Publish or Be Damned Open access in the news!
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Lessig’s “Code” v.2: Open Access and collaborative
January 1, 2005Lawrence Lessig Stewart Brand, author of The Media Lab and The Clock of the Long Now wrote about Lawrence Lessig’s 1999 book, Code and other laws of cyberspace this way: “Lawrence Lessig is a James Madison of our time, crafting the lineaments of a well-tempered cyberspace. This book is a primer of “running code” for [...]
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RSS is not just for text anymore
January 1, 2005BBC NEWS | Technology | Podcasts bring DIY radio to the web “Podcasting” is the prototype for distributing sound files automatically. It’s pirate radio without breaking the law. It’s the next step in information distribution. This article gives a good, non-technical overview and background. Today you can listen to mom and pop radio; tomorrow, congressional [...]