Top: News: Media: Analysis_and_Opinion: Commentaries:

» Ben Bagdikian Interview - Interview with media analyst about effect of corporate media ownership, using tobacco issue as example. From PBS Frontline.




» Blithe Spirit - Articles by Jim Bowman.




» Bloodbath in the District of Columbia - An essay from UnquietMind.com about the destructiveness of the Washington scandal culture.




» Chris's News and Views - Media analysis and criticism from a former TV news anchor, reporter and meteorologist. Also includes links to media research groups and organizations committed to creating a more democratic, citzen-based media environment.




» Consent, American Style - Analysis and commentary by Steve Mizrach about manipulation of the public through the media. Based on views of Michael Parenti, Noam Chomsky, and Ben Bagdikian.




» Hold On to Your Phone Bill -- It's Merger Time - Commentary on lack of FCC concern about the effects of consolidation of telephone and broadcasting services on consumer interests and democracy. From Mother Jones.




» Making Media Democratic - Article that critcizes the effect of commercial corporate media on society, and that calls for reform that brings diversity of ownership and access. By Robert McChesney from The Boston Review.




» Necessary Illusions -- Online Book by Noam Chmosky - Commentaries contend the "free press" serves the needs of those in power, rather than free speech and democracy.




» OpinionJournal - Best of the Web Today - Running commentary about current events. The work of James Taranto and Elizabeth Crowley of the Wall Street Journal editorial page.




» Tabloids, Talk Radio, and the Future of News - Technology's Impact on Journalism by Annenberg Senior Fellow Ellen Hume




» The Television Thing - This article by Jeffery Scheuer summarizes The Sound Bite Society, a study of television and ideology. (Dissent Summer 1995).

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