http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/02/28/todays-media-debates/ Danny Schechter's daily media dissections Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:24:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/02/28/todays-media-debates/#comment-367 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 02:36:19 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/02/28/todays-media-debates/#comment-367 How do we follow up on Tom Fenton's call to action to get better foreign news coverage. I have written to the FCC. Reply received was the generic comment that the FCC does not patrol broadcast content - never mind that news is supposed to be a "public service requirement" for access to the public airways. I wrote back underlining this point and received no reply at all. HOW DO WE MOUNT A CAMPAIGN FOR FOREIGN NEWS COVERAGE? Please pass this question on to Mr. Fenton as well. Thanks How do we follow up on Tom Fenton’s call to action to get better foreign news coverage. I have written to the FCC. Reply received was the generic comment that the FCC does not patrol broadcast content - never mind that news is supposed to be a “public service requirement” for access to the public airways. I wrote back underlining this point and received no reply at all. HOW DO WE MOUNT A CAMPAIGN FOR FOREIGN NEWS COVERAGE? Please pass this question on to Mr. Fenton as well. Thanks

]]> http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/02/28/todays-media-debates/#comment-278 Wed, 02 Mar 2005 08:29:39 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/02/28/todays-media-debates/#comment-278 Indeed, in a coup, the first things to go are education and information. The success of the Bush administration is a clear oxymoron. Indeed, in a coup, the first things to go are education and information.
The success of the Bush administration is a clear oxymoron.

]]> http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/02/28/todays-media-debates/#comment-264 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:58:19 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2005/02/28/todays-media-debates/#comment-264 Tom Fenton, a journalist with backbone and a powerful sense of the absolutely essential role of the fourth estate in the grand experiment know as the United States of America. He, Walter Kronkite, and Bill Moyers are media patriots of the first order, and at this point national treasures and an endangered species. Thank you, Tom Fenton, for your book and its call to arms. Tom Fenton, a journalist with backbone and a powerful sense of the absolutely essential role of the fourth estate in the grand experiment know as the United States of America. He, Walter Kronkite, and Bill Moyers are media patriots of the first order, and at this point national treasures and an endangered species. Thank you, Tom Fenton, for your book and its call to arms.

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