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Media & Democracy Congress II October 16-19 in NYC |
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Interview by Claudia Dreifus |
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The 1997 Project Censored Yearbook by Peter Phillips and Project Censored |
The Princess of Peace
& The Media War
"...too much of what passes for journalism is sensation mongering
that justifies itself in terms of merely giving the
public what it wants -- as if it plays no role in creating
tastes or stimulating demand. A part of the public may
want heroin on demand. Do we just give it to them...?"
Human Rights Is Not A Hit on Chinese TV
"A point rarely acknowledged is that our TV system is no less controlled than China's - but in more subtle ways..."
Allen Ginsberg In The House:
The Poet As Journalist
When Allen Ginsberg died, the Nieman Foundation asked me to write
a reminiscence of the night in 1978 when I had invited Ginsberg to read to my Nieman classmates. That evening had not gone well...
On Filming Seeds of Peace
"...One dimensional reporting actually hardens attitudes and reinforces the status quo. The images of people working together, across racial, ethnic, religious and national lines are rare, and conspicuous by their absence."
Danny Schechter On The CNN Tailwind Story
There seems to be scandal a week these days in the press--about the press. Now it is CNN's turn. The network I used to produce for has retracted and apologized for a heavily-hyped story charging ..."
More Dissections...
Other essays by Danny Schechter addressing themes of media freedom, media reform and media power, previously published and available off this site.HTML By H.L. Fuller
© 1997, Danny Schechter