http://mickeyhuff.com/media-democracy-in-action-the-importance-of-including-truth-emergency-inside-the-progressive-media-reform-movement/ Because Democracy is Not a Spectator Sport Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:14:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://mickeyhuff.com/media-democracy-in-action-the-importance-of-including-truth-emergency-inside-the-progressive-media-reform-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-5 WELCOME TO THE MEMORIAL OF WWW! « STOP THE INFOWAR AGAINST CIVILIANS! Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:50:50 +0000 http://mickeyhuff.com/?p=120#comment-5 [...] Media Reform Movement, January 20, 2010 by admin in Press Releases, Word Press, mickeyhuff.com, < http://mickeyhuff.com/media-democracy-in-action-the-importance-of-including-truth-emergency-inside-... [...] [...] Media Reform Movement, January 20, 2010 by admin in Press Releases, Word Press, mickeyhuff.com, < http://mickeyhuff.com/media-democracy-in-action-the-importance-of-including-truth-emergency-inside-... [...]

]]> http://mickeyhuff.com/media-democracy-in-action-the-importance-of-including-truth-emergency-inside-the-progressive-media-reform-movement/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Media Democracy in Action: The Importance of Including Truth Emergency Inside the Progressive Media Reform Movement | The Media Freedom Foundation Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:30:00 +0000 http://mickeyhuff.com/?p=120#comment-4 [...] Topics and in-depth reports that matter little to most people in any meaningful way are given massive amounts of attention in the corporate media. In recent years, this has only become more obvious. For instance, CNN’s coverage of celebrity Anna Nicole Smith’s untimely death in early 2007 is arguably one of the most egregious examples of an over abused news story. The magnitude of corporate media attention paid to Smith’s death were clearly out of synch with the coverage the story deserved, which was at most a simple passing mention. Instead, CNN broadcast “breaking” stories of Smith’s death uninterrupted, without commercials, for almost two hours, with commentary by lead anchors and journalists. This marked among the longest uninterrupted “news” broadcasts at CNN since the tragic events of September 11, 2001.  Anna Nicole Smith and 9/11 are now strange bedfellows, milestone bookends of a deranged corporate news culture.[1] [...] [...] Topics and in-depth reports that matter little to most people in any meaningful way are given massive amounts of attention in the corporate media. In recent years, this has only become more obvious. For instance, CNN’s coverage of celebrity Anna Nicole Smith’s untimely death in early 2007 is arguably one of the most egregious examples of an over abused news story. The magnitude of corporate media attention paid to Smith’s death were clearly out of synch with the coverage the story deserved, which was at most a simple passing mention. Instead, CNN broadcast “breaking” stories of Smith’s death uninterrupted, without commercials, for almost two hours, with commentary by lead anchors and journalists. This marked among the longest uninterrupted “news” broadcasts at CNN since the tragic events of September 11, 2001.  Anna Nicole Smith and 9/11 are now strange bedfellows, milestone bookends of a deranged corporate news culture.[1] [...]

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