2011 P.U.-litzers: Journalism that doesn't pass the smell test
by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
It's that time of year again--when FAIR goes through the year's archives to collect a sampling of the worst moments of corporate media spin and malfeasance.
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Obama signs into law the Local Community Radio Act: FCC Chairman pledges “Swift action to open the dial”
by Prometheus Radio
WASHINGTON, DC – This week President Obama signed the Local Community Radio Act, the most recent victory in a ten-year grassroots effort to open up the airwaves to new community radio stations. At the Federal Communications Commission, Chairman Genachowski promised swift action to open the dial to these new stations.
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Facebook and Muslim outrage: gleaning the wrong lesson, again
by Ramzy Baroud
“Any depictions of the prophet are considered blasphemous by Muslims,” wrote Agencies, as reported readily by Aljazeera.net English. The above statement is meant to fully summarize the reason behind the outrage that arises in Pakistan and other parts of the Muslim world whenever some provocative ‘artist’ decides to express his freedom of expression and ‘expose’ Muslims as anti-democratic.
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Recent Media Watch Articles

Flirting with fascism on CNN Headline News; Host Glenn Beck threatens Muslims with concentration camps
  December 8, 2006
  Marvin Wingfield

The theft of American elections is a media issue
  October 31, 2006
  Andi Novick, Northeast Citizens for Responsible Media

The cablization of network news
  September 3, 2006
  David Swanson

How the mainstream media consistently panders to the right and screws the left
  June 9, 2006
  The Ostroy Report

When journalists manufacture a crisis: What decline for Social Security and Medicare?
  June 6, 2006
  Seth Sandronsky

The Washington Post’s trouble with numbers Mexico after NAFTA
  May 29, 2006
  Seth Sandronsky

Iran through the media
  April 19, 2006
  David Swanson

The consequences of irresponsible media: Americans have lost the right to vote
  March 17, 2006
  Andi Novick, www.re-media.org

Right on schedule, Baker and Washington Post come to Cheney's rescue
  February 21, 2006
  August Keso

New Jason Leopold book: news junkie
  February 9, 2006
  Process Media

War lies and journalistic constipation
  January 22, 2006
  David Swanson

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